DC United Academy - aa strong academy or not

[Anonymous]

Since I don't pretend to have expertise about soccer at pro academy levels, I used Google AI and Chatgbt to ask two questions coming from statements made on here

Can scouts and coaches accurately predict which youth players are going to become successful professionals?

List professional players who were rejected or looked over as youth players by club academies?

Based on the responses, the best scouts and coaches and academies in the world not only can't predict, they admit they can't predict.

So I'll take these comments here on that topic as light toilet reading

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Since I don't pretend to have expertise about soccer at pro academy levels, I used Google AI and Chatgbt to ask two questions coming from statements made on here

Can scouts and coaches accurately predict which youth players are going to become successful professionals?

List professional players who were rejected or looked over as youth players by club academies?

Based on the responses, the best scouts and coaches and academies in the world not only can't predict, they admit they can't predict.

So I'll take these comments here on that topic as light toilet reading

Pretty dumb questions to ask as the answers are obvious. If anyone could predict those things why have academies?? There are scouts and coaches that have a better eye and a better track record than others. DCU does t have either. Nice try...so many better uses of chatgpt tha to fuel a ridiculous argument.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Since I don't pretend to have expertise about soccer at pro academy levels, I used Google AI and Chatgbt to ask two questions coming from statements made on here

Can scouts and coaches accurately predict which youth players are going to become successful professionals?

List professional players who were rejected or looked over as youth players by club academies?

Based on the responses, the best scouts and coaches and academies in the world not only can't predict, they admit they can't predict.

So I'll take these comments here on that topic as light toilet reading

Pretty dumb questions to ask as the answers are obvious. If anyone could predict those things why have academies?? There are scouts and coaches that have a better eye and a better track record than others. DCU does t have either. Nice try...so many better uses of chatgpt tha to fuel a ridiculous argument.

So someone claims DC academy doesn't have any youth players that can become professional here or Europe

Someone points to clear evidence that not even the best scouts and coaches at youth level in the world can make such predictions

Another or same as first person agrees, the best scouts and coaches can't predict, but DCU can't predict either, so nanny nanny boo boo

*since Americans aren't becoming professionals through MLS academies in general, seems the hat fits everyone
Unless there are secret files of players going to Europe in significant numbers to top division clubs

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Since I don't pretend to have expertise about soccer at pro academy levels, I used Google AI and Chatgbt to ask two questions coming from statements made on here

Can scouts and coaches accurately predict which youth players are going to become successful professionals?

List professional players who were rejected or looked over as youth players by club academies?

Based on the responses, the best scouts and coaches and academies in the world not only can't predict, they admit they can't predict.

So I'll take these comments here on that topic as light toilet reading

Pretty dumb questions to ask as the answers are obvious. If anyone could predict those things why have academies?? There are scouts and coaches that have a better eye and a better track record than others. DCU does t have either. Nice try...so many better uses of chatgpt tha to fuel a ridiculous argument.

So someone claims DC academy doesn't have any youth players that can become professional here or Europe

Someone points to clear evidence that not even the best scouts and coaches at youth level in the world can make such predictions

Another or same as first person agrees, the best scouts and coaches can't predict, but DCU can't predict either, so nanny nanny boo boo

*since Americans aren't becoming professionals through MLS academies in general, seems the hat fits everyone
Unless there are secret files of players going to Europe in significant numbers to top division clubs

Please stop. This line of "reasoning" has already been dismissed. Bukayo Saka and I had the same number of goals in the Premier League this weekend - zero. That doesn't mean I'm as good as Saka or that you can't evaluate and come to the conclusion that he's better than me. (he is, by a whisker)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Since I don't pretend to have expertise about soccer at pro academy levels, I used Google AI and Chatgbt to ask two questions coming from statements made on here

Can scouts and coaches accurately predict which youth players are going to become successful professionals?

List professional players who were rejected or looked over as youth players by club academies?

Based on the responses, the best scouts and coaches and academies in the world not only can't predict, they admit they can't predict.

So I'll take these comments here on that topic as light toilet reading

Pretty dumb questions to ask as the answers are obvious. If anyone could predict those things why have academies?? There are scouts and coaches that have a better eye and a better track record than others. DCU does t have either. Nice try...so many better uses of chatgpt tha to fuel a ridiculous argument.

So someone claims DC academy doesn't have any youth players that can become professional here or Europe

Someone points to clear evidence that not even the best scouts and coaches at youth level in the world can make such predictions

Another or same as first person agrees, the best scouts and coaches can't predict, but DCU can't predict either, so nanny nanny boo boo

*since Americans aren't becoming professionals through MLS academies in general, seems the hat fits everyone
Unless there are secret files of players going to Europe in significant numbers to top division clubs

Please stop. This line of "reasoning" has already been dismissed. Bukayo Saka and I had the same number of goals in the Premier League this weekend - zero. That doesn't mean I'm as good as Saka or that you can't evaluate and come to the conclusion that he's better than me. (he is, by a whisker)

You're also a world class International player on a Division One senior team in England or Europe?

Your analogy would be crazy in a mental hospital much less outside

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Since I don't pretend to have expertise about soccer at pro academy levels, I used Google AI and Chatgbt to ask two questions coming from statements made on here

Can scouts and coaches accurately predict which youth players are going to become successful professionals?

List professional players who were rejected or looked over as youth players by club academies?

Based on the responses, the best scouts and coaches and academies in the world not only can't predict, they admit they can't predict.

So I'll take these comments here on that topic as light toilet reading

Pretty dumb questions to ask as the answers are obvious. If anyone could predict those things why have academies?? There are scouts and coaches that have a better eye and a better track record than others. DCU does t have either. Nice try...so many better uses of chatgpt tha to fuel a ridiculous argument.

So someone claims DC academy doesn't have any youth players that can become professional here or Europe

Someone points to clear evidence that not even the best scouts and coaches at youth level in the world can make such predictions

Another or same as first person agrees, the best scouts and coaches can't predict, but DCU can't predict either, so nanny nanny boo boo

*since Americans aren't becoming professionals through MLS academies in general, seems the hat fits everyone
Unless there are secret files of players going to Europe in significant numbers to top division clubs

Please stop. This line of "reasoning" has already been dismissed. Bukayo Saka and I had the same number of goals in the Premier League this weekend - zero. That doesn't mean I'm as good as Saka or that you can't evaluate and come to the conclusion that he's better than me. (he is, by a whisker)

You're also a world class International player on a Division One senior team in England or Europe?

Your analogy would be crazy in a mental hospital much less outside

I know you have trouble with logic, and I'm sorry. It must be a struggle. You spend so much time on here doing nothing more than trying to cast doubt on the myriad reasons DC United does not compare favorably to other academies. The end result of your efforts is more and more evidence that it is in inferior academy. No one on here WANTS that to be true. It is true. That needs to be admitted in order for it to improve. The Philly Union article linked above, which I doubt you read, is more than a little cheerlead-y but provides a great overview of what the cost and benefits of their approach is. It's working from a development and financial standpoint.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Since I don't pretend to have expertise about soccer at pro academy levels, I used Google AI and Chatgbt to ask two questions coming from statements made on here

Can scouts and coaches accurately predict which youth players are going to become successful professionals?

List professional players who were rejected or looked over as youth players by club academies?

Based on the responses, the best scouts and coaches and academies in the world not only can't predict, they admit they can't predict.

So I'll take these comments here on that topic as light toilet reading

Pretty dumb questions to ask as the answers are obvious. If anyone could predict those things why have academies?? There are scouts and coaches that have a better eye and a better track record than others. DCU does t have either. Nice try...so many better uses of chatgpt tha to fuel a ridiculous argument.

So someone claims DC academy doesn't have any youth players that can become professional here or Europe

Someone points to clear evidence that not even the best scouts and coaches at youth level in the world can make such predictions

Another or same as first person agrees, the best scouts and coaches can't predict, but DCU can't predict either, so nanny nanny boo boo

*since Americans aren't becoming professionals through MLS academies in general, seems the hat fits everyone
Unless there are secret files of players going to Europe in significant numbers to top division clubs

Please stop. This line of "reasoning" has already been dismissed. Bukayo Saka and I had the same number of goals in the Premier League this weekend - zero. That doesn't mean I'm as good as Saka or that you can't evaluate and come to the conclusion that he's better than me. (he is, by a whisker)

You're also a world class International player on a Division One senior team in England or Europe?

Your analogy would be crazy in a mental hospital much less outside

I know you have trouble with logic, and I'm sorry. It must be a struggle. You spend so much time on here doing nothing more than trying to cast doubt on the myriad reasons DC United does not compare favorably to other academies. The end result of your efforts is more and more evidence that it is in inferior academy. No one on here WANTS that to be true. It is true. That needs to be admitted in order for it to improve. The Philly Union article linked above, which I doubt you read, is more than a little cheerlead-y but provides a great overview of what the cost and benefits of their approach is. It's working from a development and financial standpoint.

Fluff articles and opinion pieces from non experts in the field are a dime a dozen and always slanted one way or another depending on the author

Since MLS Next started 5 years ago, thousands of players have been through all the MLS Clubs academies combined and less than a handful are now or have been top level professionals. FACT

So the reality is, your odds making it by going to any academy is the same, regardless of how shiny it is.

Less than 1% of all soccer playing boys U13 to U19 will go to a MLS Club Academy. Probably about 0.66%

This discussion is irrelevant to over 99% of us.
Even dumber, are people trying to put down the kids and parents who are in the elite few.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Since I don't pretend to have expertise about soccer at pro academy levels, I used Google AI and Chatgbt to ask two questions coming from statements made on here

Can scouts and coaches accurately predict which youth players are going to become successful professionals?

List professional players who were rejected or looked over as youth players by club academies?

Based on the responses, the best scouts and coaches and academies in the world not only can't predict, they admit they can't predict.

So I'll take these comments here on that topic as light toilet reading

Pretty dumb questions to ask as the answers are obvious. If anyone could predict those things why have academies?? There are scouts and coaches that have a better eye and a better track record than others. DCU does t have either. Nice try...so many better uses of chatgpt tha to fuel a ridiculous argument.

So someone claims DC academy doesn't have any youth players that can become professional here or Europe

Someone points to clear evidence that not even the best scouts and coaches at youth level in the world can make such predictions

Another or same as first person agrees, the best scouts and coaches can't predict, but DCU can't predict either, so nanny nanny boo boo

*since Americans aren't becoming professionals through MLS academies in general, seems the hat fits everyone
Unless there are secret files of players going to Europe in significant numbers to top division clubs

Please stop. This line of "reasoning" has already been dismissed. Bukayo Saka and I had the same number of goals in the Premier League this weekend - zero. That doesn't mean I'm as good as Saka or that you can't evaluate and come to the conclusion that he's better than me. (he is, by a whisker)

You're also a world class International player on a Division One senior team in England or Europe?

Your analogy would be crazy in a mental hospital much less outside

I know you have trouble with logic, and I'm sorry. It must be a struggle. You spend so much time on here doing nothing more than trying to cast doubt on the myriad reasons DC United does not compare favorably to other academies. The end result of your efforts is more and more evidence that it is in inferior academy. No one on here WANTS that to be true. It is true. That needs to be admitted in order for it to improve. The Philly Union article linked above, which I doubt you read, is more than a little cheerlead-y but provides a great overview of what the cost and benefits of their approach is. It's working from a development and financial standpoint.

I suspect it is defensive parents who are defending their parental decision to send their kids to a free academy. I understand, you love your kid. You can love your kid, be proud of them and still acknowledge the state of the DCU Academy. I think you need to understand the statement above in bold. We want change. We want the academy to be better. THE FIRST step to that is acknowledging that the DCU academy is far below the standards and that is language in their own press releases. The status of the academy MAY or MAY NOT include their evaluation of your kid. We don't know that piece and you have to be a grown-up and get over that. We do know the DCU Academy system sucks and we deserve better for our area.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Since I don't pretend to have expertise about soccer at pro academy levels, I used Google AI and Chatgbt to ask two questions coming from statements made on here

Can scouts and coaches accurately predict which youth players are going to become successful professionals?

List professional players who were rejected or looked over as youth players by club academies?

Based on the responses, the best scouts and coaches and academies in the world not only can't predict, they admit they can't predict.

So I'll take these comments here on that topic as light toilet reading

Pretty dumb questions to ask as the answers are obvious. If anyone could predict those things why have academies?? There are scouts and coaches that have a better eye and a better track record than others. DCU does t have either. Nice try...so many better uses of chatgpt tha to fuel a ridiculous argument.

So someone claims DC academy doesn't have any youth players that can become professional here or Europe

Someone points to clear evidence that not even the best scouts and coaches at youth level in the world can make such predictions

Another or same as first person agrees, the best scouts and coaches can't predict, but DCU can't predict either, so nanny nanny boo boo

*since Americans aren't becoming professionals through MLS academies in general, seems the hat fits everyone
Unless there are secret files of players going to Europe in significant numbers to top division clubs

Please stop. This line of "reasoning" has already been dismissed. Bukayo Saka and I had the same number of goals in the Premier League this weekend - zero. That doesn't mean I'm as good as Saka or that you can't evaluate and come to the conclusion that he's better than me. (he is, by a whisker)

You're also a world class International player on a Division One senior team in England or Europe?

Your analogy would be crazy in a mental hospital much less outside

I know you have trouble with logic, and I'm sorry. It must be a struggle. You spend so much time on here doing nothing more than trying to cast doubt on the myriad reasons DC United does not compare favorably to other academies. The end result of your efforts is more and more evidence that it is in inferior academy. No one on here WANTS that to be true. It is true. That needs to be admitted in order for it to improve. The Philly Union article linked above, which I doubt you read, is more than a little cheerlead-y but provides a great overview of what the cost and benefits of their approach is. It's working from a development and financial standpoint.

I suspect it is defensive parents who are defending their parental decision to send their kids to a free academy. I understand, you love your kid. You can love your kid, be proud of them and still acknowledge the state of the DCU Academy. I think you need to understand the statement above in bold. We want change. We want the academy to be better. THE FIRST step to that is acknowledging that the DCU academy is far below the standards and that is language in their own press releases. The status of the academy MAY or MAY NOT include their evaluation of your kid. We don't know that piece and you have to be a grown-up and get over that. We do know the DCU Academy system sucks and we deserve better for our area.

Disingenuous, hypocrisy and intellectual dishonesty ar its best on display

Why would a parent who's kid is at the professional academy and both the kid and parent are happy need to defend the choice to others?
Make that make sense

This isn't objective analysis nor is it based on anything more than mainly feelings and conjecture

None of us know what is in the minds of each family, so who are we to judge?

Who is the "we" that deserve better when none of us have kids involved with the academy?

If you want to scream and act emotionally over the Senior team where you pay your money to watch, that is understandable.

[Anonymous]

DCU developed Freddy Adu!! He went to Europe

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Since I don't pretend to have expertise about soccer at pro academy levels, I used Google AI and Chatgbt to ask two questions coming from statements made on here

Can scouts and coaches accurately predict which youth players are going to become successful professionals?

List professional players who were rejected or looked over as youth players by club academies?

Based on the responses, the best scouts and coaches and academies in the world not only can't predict, they admit they can't predict.

So I'll take these comments here on that topic as light toilet reading

Pretty dumb questions to ask as the answers are obvious. If anyone could predict those things why have academies?? There are scouts and coaches that have a better eye and a better track record than others. DCU does t have either. Nice try...so many better uses of chatgpt tha to fuel a ridiculous argument.

So someone claims DC academy doesn't have any youth players that can become professional here or Europe

Someone points to clear evidence that not even the best scouts and coaches at youth level in the world can make such predictions

Another or same as first person agrees, the best scouts and coaches can't predict, but DCU can't predict either, so nanny nanny boo boo

*since Americans aren't becoming professionals through MLS academies in general, seems the hat fits everyone
Unless there are secret files of players going to Europe in significant numbers to top division clubs

Please stop. This line of "reasoning" has already been dismissed. Bukayo Saka and I had the same number of goals in the Premier League this weekend - zero. That doesn't mean I'm as good as Saka or that you can't evaluate and come to the conclusion that he's better than me. (he is, by a whisker)

You're also a world class International player on a Division One senior team in England or Europe?

Your analogy would be crazy in a mental hospital much less outside

I know you have trouble with logic, and I'm sorry. It must be a struggle. You spend so much time on here doing nothing more than trying to cast doubt on the myriad reasons DC United does not compare favorably to other academies. The end result of your efforts is more and more evidence that it is in inferior academy. No one on here WANTS that to be true. It is true. That needs to be admitted in order for it to improve. The Philly Union article linked above, which I doubt you read, is more than a little cheerlead-y but provides a great overview of what the cost and benefits of their approach is. It's working from a development and financial standpoint.

Fluff articles and opinion pieces from non experts in the field are a dime a dozen and always slanted one way or another depending on the author

Since MLS Next started 5 years ago, thousands of players have been through all the MLS Clubs academies combined and less than a handful are now or have been top level professionals. FACT

So the reality is, your odds making it by going to any academy is the same, regardless of how shiny it is.

Less than 1% of all soccer playing boys U13 to U19 will go to a MLS Club Academy. Probably about 0.66%

This discussion is irrelevant to over 99% of us.
Even dumber, are people trying to put down the kids and parents who are in the elite few.

For real

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Since I don't pretend to have expertise about soccer at pro academy levels, I used Google AI and Chatgbt to ask two questions coming from statements made on here

Can scouts and coaches accurately predict which youth players are going to become successful professionals?

List professional players who were rejected or looked over as youth players by club academies?

Based on the responses, the best scouts and coaches and academies in the world not only can't predict, they admit they can't predict.

So I'll take these comments here on that topic as light toilet reading

Pretty dumb questions to ask as the answers are obvious. If anyone could predict those things why have academies?? There are scouts and coaches that have a better eye and a better track record than others. DCU does t have either. Nice try...so many better uses of chatgpt tha to fuel a ridiculous argument.

So someone claims DC academy doesn't have any youth players that can become professional here or Europe

Someone points to clear evidence that not even the best scouts and coaches at youth level in the world can make such predictions

Another or same as first person agrees, the best scouts and coaches can't predict, but DCU can't predict either, so nanny nanny boo boo

*since Americans aren't becoming professionals through MLS academies in general, seems the hat fits everyone
Unless there are secret files of players going to Europe in significant numbers to top division clubs

Please stop. This line of "reasoning" has already been dismissed. Bukayo Saka and I had the same number of goals in the Premier League this weekend - zero. That doesn't mean I'm as good as Saka or that you can't evaluate and come to the conclusion that he's better than me. (he is, by a whisker)

You're also a world class International player on a Division One senior team in England or Europe?

Your analogy would be crazy in a mental hospital much less outside

I know you have trouble with logic, and I'm sorry. It must be a struggle. You spend so much time on here doing nothing more than trying to cast doubt on the myriad reasons DC United does not compare favorably to other academies. The end result of your efforts is more and more evidence that it is in inferior academy. No one on here WANTS that to be true. It is true. That needs to be admitted in order for it to improve. The Philly Union article linked above, which I doubt you read, is more than a little cheerlead-y but provides a great overview of what the cost and benefits of their approach is. It's working from a development and financial standpoint.

Fluff articles and opinion pieces from non experts in the field are a dime a dozen and always slanted one way or another depending on the author

Since MLS Next started 5 years ago, thousands of players have been through all the MLS Clubs academies combined and less than a handful are now or have been top level professionals. FACT

So the reality is, your odds making it by going to any academy is the same, regardless of how shiny it is.

Less than 1% of all soccer playing boys U13 to U19 will go to a MLS Club Academy. Probably about 0.66%

This discussion is irrelevant to over 99% of us.
Even dumber, are people trying to put down the kids and parents who are in the elite few.

Crazy how you keep responding to an irrelevant thread. And your kid will.be another one of those numbers, coming out of one of the worst academies in the MLS. It's all good. We just choose to better our kids chances of success. You don't. Ignorance is bliss is a great approach to life. Keep it up.

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Anonymous wrote:Since I don't pretend to have expertise about soccer at pro academy levels, I used Google AI and Chatgbt to ask two questions coming from statements made on here

Can scouts and coaches accurately predict which youth players are going to become successful professionals?

List professional players who were rejected or looked over as youth players by club academies?

Based on the responses, the best scouts and coaches and academies in the world not only can't predict, they admit they can't predict.

So I'll take these comments here on that topic as light toilet reading

Pretty dumb questions to ask as the answers are obvious. If anyone could predict those things why have academies?? There are scouts and coaches that have a better eye and a better track record than others. DCU does t have either. Nice try...so many better uses of chatgpt tha to fuel a ridiculous argument.

So someone claims DC academy doesn't have any youth players that can become professional here or Europe

Someone points to clear evidence that not even the best scouts and coaches at youth level in the world can make such predictions

Another or same as first person agrees, the best scouts and coaches can't predict, but DCU can't predict either, so nanny nanny boo boo

*since Americans aren't becoming professionals through MLS academies in general, seems the hat fits everyone
Unless there are secret files of players going to Europe in significant numbers to top division clubs

Please stop. This line of "reasoning" has already been dismissed. Bukayo Saka and I had the same number of goals in the Premier League this weekend - zero. That doesn't mean I'm as good as Saka or that you can't evaluate and come to the conclusion that he's better than me. (he is, by a whisker)

You're also a world class International player on a Division One senior team in England or Europe?

Your analogy would be crazy in a mental hospital much less outside

I know you have trouble with logic, and I'm sorry. It must be a struggle. You spend so much time on here doing nothing more than trying to cast doubt on the myriad reasons DC United does not compare favorably to other academies. The end result of your efforts is more and more evidence that it is in inferior academy. No one on here WANTS that to be true. It is true. That needs to be admitted in order for it to improve. The Philly Union article linked above, which I doubt you read, is more than a little cheerlead-y but provides a great overview of what the cost and benefits of their approach is. It's working from a development and financial standpoint.

Fluff articles and opinion pieces from non experts in the field are a dime a dozen and always slanted one way or another depending on the author

Since MLS Next started 5 years ago, thousands of players have been through all the MLS Clubs academies combined and less than a handful are now or have been top level professionals. FACT

So the reality is, your odds making it by going to any academy is the same, regardless of how shiny it is.

Less than 1% of all soccer playing boys U13 to U19 will go to a MLS Club Academy. Probably about 0.66%

This discussion is irrelevant to over 99% of us.
Even dumber, are people trying to put down the kids and parents who are in the elite few.

Spoken like someone with absolutely no grit and with a soft mindset. You'll easily be surpassed by parents that have a stronger mindset and outlook. Just give up then. Why bother....

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Anonymous wrote:Since I don't pretend to have expertise about soccer at pro academy levels, I used Google AI and Chatgbt to ask two questions coming from statements made on here

Can scouts and coaches accurately predict which youth players are going to become successful professionals?

List professional players who were rejected or looked over as youth players by club academies?

Based on the responses, the best scouts and coaches and academies in the world not only can't predict, they admit they can't predict.

So I'll take these comments here on that topic as light toilet reading

Pretty dumb questions to ask as the answers are obvious. If anyone could predict those things why have academies?? There are scouts and coaches that have a better eye and a better track record than others. DCU does t have either. Nice try...so many better uses of chatgpt tha to fuel a ridiculous argument.

So someone claims DC academy doesn't have any youth players that can become professional here or Europe

Someone points to clear evidence that not even the best scouts and coaches at youth level in the world can make such predictions

Another or same as first person agrees, the best scouts and coaches can't predict, but DCU can't predict either, so nanny nanny boo boo

*since Americans aren't becoming professionals through MLS academies in general, seems the hat fits everyone
Unless there are secret files of players going to Europe in significant numbers to top division clubs

Please stop. This line of "reasoning" has already been dismissed. Bukayo Saka and I had the same number of goals in the Premier League this weekend - zero. That doesn't mean I'm as good as Saka or that you can't evaluate and come to the conclusion that he's better than me. (he is, by a whisker)

You're also a world class International player on a Division One senior team in England or Europe?

Your analogy would be crazy in a mental hospital much less outside

I know you have trouble with logic, and I'm sorry. It must be a struggle. You spend so much time on here doing nothing more than trying to cast doubt on the myriad reasons DC United does not compare favorably to other academies. The end result of your efforts is more and more evidence that it is in inferior academy. No one on here WANTS that to be true. It is true. That needs to be admitted in order for it to improve. The Philly Union article linked above, which I doubt you read, is more than a little cheerlead-y but provides a great overview of what the cost and benefits of their approach is. It's working from a development and financial standpoint.

I suspect it is defensive parents who are defending their parental decision to send their kids to a free academy. I understand, you love your kid. You can love your kid, be proud of them and still acknowledge the state of the DCU Academy. I think you need to understand the statement above in bold. We want change. We want the academy to be better. THE FIRST step to that is acknowledging that the DCU academy is far below the standards and that is language in their own press releases. The status of the academy MAY or MAY NOT include their evaluation of your kid. We don't know that piece and you have to be a grown-up and get over that. We do know the DCU Academy system sucks and we deserve better for our area.

Disingenuous, hypocrisy and intellectual dishonesty ar its best on display

Why would a parent who's kid is at the professional academy and both the kid and parent are happy need to defend the choice to others?
Make that make sense

This isn't objective analysis nor is it based on anything more than mainly feelings and conjecture

None of us know what is in the minds of each family, so who are we to judge?

Who is the "we" that deserve better when none of us have kids involved with the academy?

If you want to scream and act emotionally over the Senior team where you pay your money to watch, that is understandable.

No one is asking you to defend your choices. We are just pointing out that your choices are dumb as sh#t. And if you're happy at DCU with what it is offering your son, then you have bigger problems than soccer.

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Anonymous wrote:Since I don't pretend to have expertise about soccer at pro academy levels, I used Google AI and Chatgbt to ask two questions coming from statements made on here

Can scouts and coaches accurately predict which youth players are going to become successful professionals?

List professional players who were rejected or looked over as youth players by club academies?

Based on the responses, the best scouts and coaches and academies in the world not only can't predict, they admit they can't predict.

So I'll take these comments here on that topic as light toilet reading

Pretty dumb questions to ask as the answers are obvious. If anyone could predict those things why have academies?? There are scouts and coaches that have a better eye and a better track record than others. DCU does t have either. Nice try...so many better uses of chatgpt tha to fuel a ridiculous argument.

So someone claims DC academy doesn't have any youth players that can become professional here or Europe

Someone points to clear evidence that not even the best scouts and coaches at youth level in the world can make such predictions

Another or same as first person agrees, the best scouts and coaches can't predict, but DCU can't predict either, so nanny nanny boo boo

*since Americans aren't becoming professionals through MLS academies in general, seems the hat fits everyone
Unless there are secret files of players going to Europe in significant numbers to top division clubs

Please stop. This line of "reasoning" has already been dismissed. Bukayo Saka and I had the same number of goals in the Premier League this weekend - zero. That doesn't mean I'm as good as Saka or that you can't evaluate and come to the conclusion that he's better than me. (he is, by a whisker)

You're also a world class International player on a Division One senior team in England or Europe?

Your analogy would be crazy in a mental hospital much less outside

I know you have trouble with logic, and I'm sorry. It must be a struggle. You spend so much time on here doing nothing more than trying to cast doubt on the myriad reasons DC United does not compare favorably to other academies. The end result of your efforts is more and more evidence that it is in inferior academy. No one on here WANTS that to be true. It is true. That needs to be admitted in order for it to improve. The Philly Union article linked above, which I doubt you read, is more than a little cheerlead-y but provides a great overview of what the cost and benefits of their approach is. It's working from a development and financial standpoint.

Fluff articles and opinion pieces from non experts in the field are a dime a dozen and always slanted one way or another depending on the author

Since MLS Next started 5 years ago, thousands of players have been through all the MLS Clubs academies combined and less than a handful are now or have been top level professionals. FACT

So the reality is, your odds making it by going to any academy is the same, regardless of how shiny it is.

Less than 1% of all soccer playing boys U13 to U19 will go to a MLS Club Academy. Probably about 0.66%

This discussion is irrelevant to over 99% of us.
Even dumber, are people trying to put down the kids and parents who are in the elite few.

Since fluff pieces about academies are a dime a dozen...Find some about the great things that are happening at DCU. That isn't written by DCU. Good luck. 🤣