DC United to Relaunch Its Youth Programs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Look here: one of the questions addresses billing. Doesn't give you amounts because they don't want to scare you off this early.

https://www.dcunited.com/youth/rdsfaq

Can I sign up for multiple tryouts?

Yes, but only if you plan to participate at multiple locations. Upon acceptance, billing is processed automatically.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Interesting development.

https://www.dcunited.com/news/d-c-united-to-relaunch-its-youth-programs

Would assume the Regional Development School will attract top talent throughout the DMV.

Better late than never. They've been completely absent from the scene for years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The fact that DCU would try to brand this effort as a "school" is really unbelievable and laughable.

All you need to know as a parent is that DCU has just introduced another vehicle into the market by which they will try to take your money for absolutely nothing in return. Other than the potential to be seen, which, if your kid was good enough he would be seen regardless.

The whole press release is disingenuous PR and it is a shame that they resort to basically misleading the public about the realities of what they are doing. Engagement with this new thing, whatever it is, is effectively burning your money.

I clicked on every link in the article announcement and can't find anything about payments and how much.

Where are you guys seeing that and how much is it per year?

Go to the Website, Academy Portion and then Regional Development and then go to the FAQs. Great catch by a previous poster.

We are in the Philly Union email system and I got an email about trying out for their program of the same name. I was potentially interested in just trying out so I could have a defense against DCU if they ever put my kid on the protected list but the feedback in the PA Soccer Group FB forum was it is essentially just another P2P with no real talent evaluation.

As another poster just said our practice schedules are coming out soon and most high-level kids will have schedules finalized in a few weeks for the fall. It will be interesting if they try to go up against ODP with Sunday evenings or tap into Saturday evenings.

"IF" DCU has been able to coordinate with each of the P2P teams and development a schedule built on a day the 1st teams in the age groups at let's say Potomac, Achilles, Juventus in MoCo for example, they "might" be onto something. However, do you think an organization with quasi public-private fields in Leesburg and one scout for MD, DC, VA, WV and DE really took this step?

I had 15 minutes of optimism and then reality set in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So DCU is trying to sell the community that they are rolling out a quality, well thought out, sophisticated youth program in a month (which is fall of 2025)?? 🤣🤣🤣 This is again, an absolute joke. There are no details, no plans, no real information just, we are planning this stay tuned..

What is guaranteed is that this program will be total bullsh#t. It will be pay to play because DCU knows how gullible and uneducated the parents are in our area and realize there is untapped money to be made off people glazing the brand and like other people.said fomo.

This changes absolutely nothing at DCU. Literally nothing. Another PR stunt to mask how bad this organization is and how poor they are at youth development.

Is DCU in the room with you right now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The fact that DCU would try to brand this effort as a "school" is really unbelievable and laughable.

All you need to know as a parent is that DCU has just introduced another vehicle into the market by which they will try to take your money for absolutely nothing in return. Other than the potential to be seen, which, if your kid was good enough he would be seen regardless.

The whole press release is disingenuous PR and it is a shame that they resort to basically misleading the public about the realities of what they are doing. Engagement with this new thing, whatever it is, is effectively burning your money.

I clicked on every link in the article announcement and can't find anything about payments and how much.

Where are you guys seeing that and how much is it per year?

Go to the Website, Academy Portion and then Regional Development and then go to the FAQs. Great catch by a previous poster.

We are in the Philly Union email system and I got an email about trying out for their program of the same name. I was potentially interested in just trying out so I could have a defense against DCU if they ever put my kid on the protected list but the feedback in the PA Soccer Group FB forum was it is essentially just another P2P with no real talent evaluation.

As another poster just said our practice schedules are coming out soon and most high-level kids will have schedules finalized in a few weeks for the fall. It will be interesting if they try to go up against ODP with Sunday evenings or tap into Saturday evenings.

"IF" DCU has been able to coordinate with each of the P2P teams and development a schedule built on a day the 1st teams in the age groups at let's say Potomac, Achilles, Juventus in MoCo for example, they "might" be onto something. However, do you think an organization with quasi public-private fields in Leesburg and one scout for MD, DC, VA, WV and DE really took this step?

I had 15 minutes of optimism and then reality set in.

How is the one scout able to not only be in multiple places simultaneously, but also look different.
He a magician?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The fact that DCU would try to brand this effort as a "school" is really unbelievable and laughable.

All you need to know as a parent is that DCU has just introduced another vehicle into the market by which they will try to take your money for absolutely nothing in return. Other than the potential to be seen, which, if your kid was good enough he would be seen regardless.

The whole press release is disingenuous PR and it is a shame that they resort to basically misleading the public about the realities of what they are doing. Engagement with this new thing, whatever it is, is effectively burning your money.

I clicked on every link in the article announcement and can't find anything about payments and how much.

Where are you guys seeing that and how much is it per year?

Go to the Website, Academy Portion and then Regional Development and then go to the FAQs. Great catch by a previous poster.

We are in the Philly Union email system and I got an email about trying out for their program of the same name. I was potentially interested in just trying out so I could have a defense against DCU if they ever put my kid on the protected list but the feedback in the PA Soccer Group FB forum was it is essentially just another P2P with no real talent evaluation.

As another poster just said our practice schedules are coming out soon and most high-level kids will have schedules finalized in a few weeks for the fall. It will be interesting if they try to go up against ODP with Sunday evenings or tap into Saturday evenings.

"IF" DCU has been able to coordinate with each of the P2P teams and development a schedule built on a day the 1st teams in the age groups at let's say Potomac, Achilles, Juventus in MoCo for example, they "might" be onto something. However, do you think an organization with quasi public-private fields in Leesburg and one scout for MD, DC, VA, WV and DE really took this step?

I had 15 minutes of optimism and then reality set in.

How is the one scout able to not only be in multiple places simultaneously, but also look different.
He a magician?

Huh???? Clearly a troll.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So DCU is trying to sell the community that they are rolling out a quality, well thought out, sophisticated youth program in a month (which is fall of 2025)?? 🤣🤣🤣 This is again, an absolute joke. There are no details, no plans, no real information just, we are planning this stay tuned..

What is guaranteed is that this program will be total bullsh#t. It will be pay to play because DCU knows how gullible and uneducated the parents are in our area and realize there is untapped money to be made off people glazing the brand and like other people.said fomo.

This changes absolutely nothing at DCU. Literally nothing. Another PR stunt to mask how bad this organization is and how poor they are at youth development.

Is DCU in the room with you right now?

They don't need to be to know the entire outfit is a complete disgrace.

[Anonymous]

The fact that this new program is open to girls as well shows you that this isn't about DCU talent identification. Maybe that is a tangential goal. It is about making money off of unsuspecting and ignorant soccer parents with money and fomo, wanting to be closer to the DCU brand, not knowing the brand has absolutely no value.