DC United Academy - aa strong academy or not

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A humble brag masquerading as a useful post. Pretty empty.

People are focused on their kid, that's why they are here being educated about he realities of DCU. And if your son is at DCu he is steadily declining as what you self proclaim as an "elite" player day by day. A reality of your situation that you just need to accept. DCUs squads are barely competing against local clubs and that is a fact. I guess your concept of the best of the best, ithe truly special, s really not grounded in anything other than your desire to feel like you're special even though the realities prove that,you're not. And you wanting to feel special is the only thing that drives you to post here. Because you cannot accept the concept that the move you made to DCU isn't what you thought it was and you feel shallow and insecure inside watching DCUs mediocrity first hand and knowing that people who know football absolutely destroy the academy and give it no respect. Even worse, this is about you and not your kid. If it was about your kid you would be motivated by making DCU better for him, not trying to smear people who highlight its glaring shortcomings because your feelings are hurt.

There ARE really talented kids at DCU. But what is also true is that there are really talented kids in our area not at DCU that can outplay them. That is a FACT. DCU is just another local club in our area that happens to have an MLS badge and pre selects their kids. It's no different than if you turned Bethesda or Arlington or Alexandria into a free program. Oh wait...DCU is no longer free. If you took away the MLS badge from DCU, it would, in that instant, be the worst development program in our area. The ONLY thing making it relevant is the MLS badge and even then, it can't keep up., even having their pick of kids in our area. That should tell you something.

So your kid couldn't make the grade huh?

My kids are grown adults.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And read Griffin Yows comments about his time at DCU and this mirrors what happened with Akinmboni. Why they both were like what the h#ll are we doing at DCU waiting for them to give a crap.

http://americansoccernow.com/articles/now-confident-and-in-form-yow-excited-to-see-his-career-take-off-in-belgium

Quotes from the article:

“As soon as I got to Westerlo, they had a plan for me,” Yow told ASN

"While at DC United, Yow never felt he was never given a clear direction of what he needed to do to break into the first team on a regular basis."

"Yow says he was always told to be patient but was never given anything specific in terms of a timeline or what he needed to do in order to get into the first team."

"I felt I was just kind of stagnating there. It was definitely a difficult situation."

“There were times at DC where I just didn't really feel valued very much,” Yow added

"I was coming home from training and sitting in my car for two hours in my driveway just thinking, what's going on? Where can I be better? How can I improve? Do they like me? Do they care about me? All of these questions. I never really got answers to them, even what I would go and speak to the management."

This is one of the one's who MADE IT and is a DCU success story!

For parents currently at DCUA, it's okay to say you are selfish and don't care. It's okay to say you don't have the money spend on P2P. It's okay to say I don't want to invest in such a hard opportunity to go pro. It's okay to say I didn't know any of this when I committed. It's okay to say I don't want to relocate my kid. At this point, what is not okay is to say DCUA is a strong academy.

For parents not eligible to be recruited yet by DCU, there are plenty of available opportunities so you know your kids talent relative to their peers so you can make educated decisions. Futsal tryouts are coming up. The best kids in my kids age group easily make any of the major futsal teams even if they choose not to play. One of the top 2015's in the area made it to the regional ID event with the 2013's last year in ODP. He will be in the DCUA pool when eligible if he continues to develop so that is a barometer. Can you make a Philly Union PPP team even if you don't choose to play? Do you stand out at a Red Bulls residential camp where you are pulled to the side? Are you being invited to unsanctioned tournaments like Copa Talento? Do you stand out? Guest in tournaments up in NJ and PA in the top brackets. Can your kid hang up there? You will know because more opportunities will evolve if your kid performs. There are dozens of scouting services like The Scouting Game where you can send full game tapes and get evaluations from professional Premier League scouts. What do they say? Go to multiple tryouts during the spring. If no coach ever comes up to you directly after the tryout with a verbal 1st team offer at a MLS Next or ECNL club, you're just not good enough yet. Get back to work and try again next year. You don't need to do everything but each of them is a measuring stick to assess where you are relative to the field.

Educate yourself in these ways and when DCUA invites you in or wants to see your kid, you can confidently say "no thanks" because you know how good your kid is and you will have options. Go overseas once a year, network, read the FIFA transfer regulations to know your options. There are American expat FB groups in every country and there are Americans in every country that you can connect with on your trips and learn how they navigated the move. If you prefer to stay stateside, attend events with Philly Union, Red Bulls, Nashville and CLT to have a defense against the DCUA restricted list and don't attend DCUA events. You already know how good your kid is so there is no need to attend the DCUA events.

It's okay if my kid doesn't become a professional. It's really, really hard. Probably harder than becoming a CEO. But why not try if you have a kid who is motivated? The planning starts way earlier than the American marketplace wants to freely admit.

You can have your feed back. I am done arguing. I just want other parents to understand their options. I hope something here helps somebody navigate their journey through this Wild West which is an immature soccer market here in the US and an emperor with no clothes with the DCUA monopoly in our marketplace.

Lunacy in thinking more than 2 people on DCUM have kids with European Div 1 club professional careers probability futures 🤣

Probably not even 2 currently in the entire DMV

I'm pretty sure their ain't no true experts who can get people's kids to the mountain top wasting time bantering here

And this is why you will fail your son.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A humble brag masquerading as a useful post. Pretty empty.

People are focused on their kid, that's why they are here being educated about he realities of DCU. And if your son is at DCu he is steadily declining as what you self proclaim as an "elite" player day by day. A reality of your situation that you just need to accept. DCUs squads are barely competing against local clubs and that is a fact. I guess your concept of the best of the best, ithe truly special, s really not grounded in anything other than your desire to feel like you're special even though the realities prove that,you're not. And you wanting to feel special is the only thing that drives you to post here. Because you cannot accept the concept that the move you made to DCU isn't what you thought it was and you feel shallow and insecure inside watching DCUs mediocrity first hand and knowing that people who know football absolutely destroy the academy and give it no respect. Even worse, this is about you and not your kid. If it was about your kid you would be motivated by making DCU better for him, not trying to smear people who highlight its glaring shortcomings because your feelings are hurt.

There ARE really talented kids at DCU. But what is also true is that there are really talented kids in our area not at DCU that can outplay them. That is a FACT. DCU is just another local club in our area that happens to have an MLS badge and pre selects their kids. It's no different than if you turned Bethesda or Arlington or Alexandria into a free program. Oh wait...DCU is no longer free. If you took away the MLS badge from DCU, it would, in that instant, be the worst development program in our area. The ONLY thing making it relevant is the MLS badge and even then, it can't keep up., even having their pick of kids in our area. That should tell you something.

So your kid couldn't make the grade huh?

Our kid was courted by DCU and it's scout for over a year. We have intimate knowledge of what they are selling to the families. It is not good and all the things offers in this thread about how bad DCU is are in fact true.

We chose not to go to DCU for all of the reasons already stated in this thread. If you think that someone who is complaining of the poor state of affairs at DCU is just someone who's kid was rejected then you're truly kidding yourself.

Most people just want and expect better for their kids from the local MLS club.. Seems like you are ok with DCU being less than average. Don't expect others, to share your outlook.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A humble brag masquerading as a useful post. Pretty empty.

People are focused on their kid, that's why they are here being educated about he realities of DCU. And if your son is at DCu he is steadily declining as what you self proclaim as an "elite" player day by day. A reality of your situation that you just need to accept. DCUs squads are barely competing against local clubs and that is a fact. I guess your concept of the best of the best, ithe truly special, s really not grounded in anything other than your desire to feel like you're special even though the realities prove that,you're not. And you wanting to feel special is the only thing that drives you to post here. Because you cannot accept the concept that the move you made to DCU isn't what you thought it was and you feel shallow and insecure inside watching DCUs mediocrity first hand and knowing that people who know football absolutely destroy the academy and give it no respect. Even worse, this is about you and not your kid. If it was about your kid you would be motivated by making DCU better for him, not trying to smear people who highlight its glaring shortcomings because your feelings are hurt.

There ARE really talented kids at DCU. But what is also true is that there are really talented kids in our area not at DCU that can outplay them. That is a FACT. DCU is just another local club in our area that happens to have an MLS badge and pre selects their kids. It's no different than if you turned Bethesda or Arlington or Alexandria into a free program. Oh wait...DCU is no longer free. If you took away the MLS badge from DCU, it would, in that instant, be the worst development program in our area. The ONLY thing making it relevant is the MLS badge and even then, it can't keep up., even having their pick of kids in our area. That should tell you something.

So your kid couldn't make the grade huh?

Our kid was courted by DCU and it's scout for over a year. We have intimate knowledge of what they are selling to the families. It is not good and all the things offers in this thread about how bad DCU is are in fact true.

We chose not to go to DCU for all of the reasons already stated in this thread. If you think that someone who is complaining of the poor state of affairs at DCU is just someone who's kid was rejected then you're truly kidding yourself.

Most people just want and expect better for their kids from the local MLS club.. Seems like you are ok with DCU being less than average. Don't expect others, to share your outlook.

You commentomg while pretending to be someone else is hilarious at times

Anyways, what does dcu sell to families?
Is it written or verbal?
Trying to see what to look out for if they come calling in a few years

Anyone have a list of kids from the dmv over past five years who left home young, went to another MLS academy and currently represents the USA national team or is at top professional levels?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A humble brag masquerading as a useful post. Pretty empty.

People are focused on their kid, that's why they are here being educated about he realities of DCU. And if your son is at DCu he is steadily declining as what you self proclaim as an "elite" player day by day. A reality of your situation that you just need to accept. DCUs squads are barely competing against local clubs and that is a fact. I guess your concept of the best of the best, ithe truly special, s really not grounded in anything other than your desire to feel like you're special even though the realities prove that,you're not. And you wanting to feel special is the only thing that drives you to post here. Because you cannot accept the concept that the move you made to DCU isn't what you thought it was and you feel shallow and insecure inside watching DCUs mediocrity first hand and knowing that people who know football absolutely destroy the academy and give it no respect. Even worse, this is about you and not your kid. If it was about your kid you would be motivated by making DCU better for him, not trying to smear people who highlight its glaring shortcomings because your feelings are hurt.

There ARE really talented kids at DCU. But what is also true is that there are really talented kids in our area not at DCU that can outplay them. That is a FACT. DCU is just another local club in our area that happens to have an MLS badge and pre selects their kids. It's no different than if you turned Bethesda or Arlington or Alexandria into a free program. Oh wait...DCU is no longer free. If you took away the MLS badge from DCU, it would, in that instant, be the worst development program in our area. The ONLY thing making it relevant is the MLS badge and even then, it can't keep up., even having their pick of kids in our area. That should tell you something.

So your kid couldn't make the grade huh?

Our kid was courted by DCU and it's scout for over a year. We have intimate knowledge of what they are selling to the families. It is not good and all the things offers in this thread about how bad DCU is are in fact true.

We chose not to go to DCU for all of the reasons already stated in this thread. If you think that someone who is complaining of the poor state of affairs at DCU is just someone who's kid was rejected then you're truly kidding yourself.

Most people just want and expect better for their kids from the local MLS club.. Seems like you are ok with DCU being less than average. Don't expect others, to share your outlook.

Most people who?

Less than .002% of dmv families has had or will ever have anything to do with the dc academy

You're projecting you're crazed unhealthy obsession.
You're misery seeking company

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A humble brag masquerading as a useful post. Pretty empty.

People are focused on their kid, that's why they are here being educated about he realities of DCU. And if your son is at DCu he is steadily declining as what you self proclaim as an "elite" player day by day. A reality of your situation that you just need to accept. DCUs squads are barely competing against local clubs and that is a fact. I guess your concept of the best of the best, ithe truly special, s really not grounded in anything other than your desire to feel like you're special even though the realities prove that,you're not. And you wanting to feel special is the only thing that drives you to post here. Because you cannot accept the concept that the move you made to DCU isn't what you thought it was and you feel shallow and insecure inside watching DCUs mediocrity first hand and knowing that people who know football absolutely destroy the academy and give it no respect. Even worse, this is about you and not your kid. If it was about your kid you would be motivated by making DCU better for him, not trying to smear people who highlight its glaring shortcomings because your feelings are hurt.

There ARE really talented kids at DCU. But what is also true is that there are really talented kids in our area not at DCU that can outplay them. That is a FACT. DCU is just another local club in our area that happens to have an MLS badge and pre selects their kids. It's no different than if you turned Bethesda or Arlington or Alexandria into a free program. Oh wait...DCU is no longer free. If you took away the MLS badge from DCU, it would, in that instant, be the worst development program in our area. The ONLY thing making it relevant is the MLS badge and even then, it can't keep up., even having their pick of kids in our area. That should tell you something.

So your kid couldn't make the grade huh?

Our kid was courted by DCU and it's scout for over a year. We have intimate knowledge of what they are selling to the families. It is not good and all the things offers in this thread about how bad DCU is are in fact true.

We chose not to go to DCU for all of the reasons already stated in this thread. If you think that someone who is complaining of the poor state of affairs at DCU is just someone who's kid was rejected then you're truly kidding yourself.

Most people just want and expect better for their kids from the local MLS club.. Seems like you are ok with DCU being less than average. Don't expect others, to share your outlook.

Most people who?

Less than .002% of dmv families has had or will ever have anything to do with the dc academy

You're projecting you're crazed unhealthy obsession.
You're misery seeking company

The people who have high level kids. If this is not you, why are you posting?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A humble brag masquerading as a useful post. Pretty empty.

People are focused on their kid, that's why they are here being educated about he realities of DCU. And if your son is at DCu he is steadily declining as what you self proclaim as an "elite" player day by day. A reality of your situation that you just need to accept. DCUs squads are barely competing against local clubs and that is a fact. I guess your concept of the best of the best, ithe truly special, s really not grounded in anything other than your desire to feel like you're special even though the realities prove that,you're not. And you wanting to feel special is the only thing that drives you to post here. Because you cannot accept the concept that the move you made to DCU isn't what you thought it was and you feel shallow and insecure inside watching DCUs mediocrity first hand and knowing that people who know football absolutely destroy the academy and give it no respect. Even worse, this is about you and not your kid. If it was about your kid you would be motivated by making DCU better for him, not trying to smear people who highlight its glaring shortcomings because your feelings are hurt.

There ARE really talented kids at DCU. But what is also true is that there are really talented kids in our area not at DCU that can outplay them. That is a FACT. DCU is just another local club in our area that happens to have an MLS badge and pre selects their kids. It's no different than if you turned Bethesda or Arlington or Alexandria into a free program. Oh wait...DCU is no longer free. If you took away the MLS badge from DCU, it would, in that instant, be the worst development program in our area. The ONLY thing making it relevant is the MLS badge and even then, it can't keep up., even having their pick of kids in our area. That should tell you something.

So your kid couldn't make the grade huh?

Our kid was courted by DCU and it's scout for over a year. We have intimate knowledge of what they are selling to the families. It is not good and all the things offers in this thread about how bad DCU is are in fact true.

We chose not to go to DCU for all of the reasons already stated in this thread. If you think that someone who is complaining of the poor state of affairs at DCU is just someone who's kid was rejected then you're truly kidding yourself.

Most people just want and expect better for their kids from the local MLS club.. Seems like you are ok with DCU being less than average. Don't expect others, to share your outlook.

You commentomg while pretending to be someone else is hilarious at times

Anyways, what does dcu sell to families?
Is it written or verbal?
Trying to see what to look out for if they come calling in a few years

Anyone have a list of kids from the dmv over past five years who left home young, went to another MLS academy and currently represents the USA national team or is at top professional levels?

No idea what you're talking about but ok...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A humble brag masquerading as a useful post. Pretty empty.

People are focused on their kid, that's why they are here being educated about he realities of DCU. And if your son is at DCu he is steadily declining as what you self proclaim as an "elite" player day by day. A reality of your situation that you just need to accept. DCUs squads are barely competing against local clubs and that is a fact. I guess your concept of the best of the best, ithe truly special, s really not grounded in anything other than your desire to feel like you're special even though the realities prove that,you're not. And you wanting to feel special is the only thing that drives you to post here. Because you cannot accept the concept that the move you made to DCU isn't what you thought it was and you feel shallow and insecure inside watching DCUs mediocrity first hand and knowing that people who know football absolutely destroy the academy and give it no respect. Even worse, this is about you and not your kid. If it was about your kid you would be motivated by making DCU better for him, not trying to smear people who highlight its glaring shortcomings because your feelings are hurt.

There ARE really talented kids at DCU. But what is also true is that there are really talented kids in our area not at DCU that can outplay them. That is a FACT. DCU is just another local club in our area that happens to have an MLS badge and pre selects their kids. It's no different than if you turned Bethesda or Arlington or Alexandria into a free program. Oh wait...DCU is no longer free. If you took away the MLS badge from DCU, it would, in that instant, be the worst development program in our area. The ONLY thing making it relevant is the MLS badge and even then, it can't keep up., even having their pick of kids in our area. That should tell you something.

So your kid couldn't make the grade huh?

Our kid was courted by DCU and it's scout for over a year. We have intimate knowledge of what they are selling to the families. It is not good and all the things offers in this thread about how bad DCU is are in fact true.

We chose not to go to DCU for all of the reasons already stated in this thread. If you think that someone who is complaining of the poor state of affairs at DCU is just someone who's kid was rejected then you're truly kidding yourself.

Most people just want and expect better for their kids from the local MLS club.. Seems like you are ok with DCU being less than average. Don't expect others, to share your outlook.

You commentomg while pretending to be someone else is hilarious at times

Anyways, what does dcu sell to families?
Is it written or verbal?
Trying to see what to look out for if they come calling in a few years

Anyone have a list of kids from the dmv over past five years who left home young, went to another MLS academy and currently represents the USA national team or is at top professional levels?

Even if they did it wouldn't matter. Even if someone produced this list and the number was zero, it wouldn't matter. It wouldn't make DCU a credible academy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wanted to chime in and say that DCU academy is NOT free, at all. You are going to be paying for the schooling, you will have to pay for the shuttle service if you use it, or you will have to spend gas and toll money if you choose to drive yourself. They also provide lunch only 2 days out of the 4, and even then they don't order enough food for everyone to eat. In total, you will be paying as much for a p2p club.

😂🤣😂🤣

DCUA = Iceberg Slim

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wanted to chime in and say that DCU academy is NOT free, at all. You are going to be paying for the schooling, you will have to pay for the shuttle service if you use it, or you will have to spend gas and toll money if you choose to drive yourself. They also provide lunch only 2 days out of the 4, and even then they don't order enough food for everyone to eat. In total, you will be paying as much for a p2p club.

😂🤣😂🤣

DCUA = Iceberg Slim

Again, DCU is a total joke. They can't even give the kids lunch everyday AND the parents are already paying!!?? Wow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wanted to chime in and say that DCU academy is NOT free, at all. You are going to be paying for the schooling, you will have to pay for the shuttle service if you use it, or you will have to spend gas and toll money if you choose to drive yourself. They also provide lunch only 2 days out of the 4, and even then they don't order enough food for everyone to eat. In total, you will be paying as much for a p2p club.

😂🤣😂🤣

DCUA = Iceberg Slim

Again, DCU is a total joke. They can't even give the kids lunch everyday AND the parents are already paying!!?? Wow.

$10K for online school and lunch not included???? You'd think that for an organization investing in the development of young athletes, they'd want to have complete control over nutrition, to ensure peak performance and health, rather than leaving it up to individual chance. DCUA is a glorified P2P

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wanted to chime in and say that DCU academy is NOT free, at all. You are going to be paying for the schooling, you will have to pay for the shuttle service if you use it, or you will have to spend gas and toll money if you choose to drive yourself. They also provide lunch only 2 days out of the 4, and even then they don't order enough food for everyone to eat. In total, you will be paying as much for a p2p club.

😂🤣😂🤣

DCUA = Iceberg Slim

Again, DCU is a total joke. They can't even give the kids lunch everyday AND the parents are already paying!!?? Wow.

$10K for online school and lunch not included???? You'd think that for an organization investing in the development of young athletes, they'd want to have complete control over nutrition, to ensure peak performance and health, rather than leaving it up to individual chance. DCUA is a glorified P2P

You would think. But DCU is not about producing young athletes. It is about satisfying the MLS with a functional academy and not embarassing themselves week to week with their performances, which is proving very hard for them to do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wanted to chime in and say that DCU academy is NOT free, at all. You are going to be paying for the schooling, you will have to pay for the shuttle service if you use it, or you will have to spend gas and toll money if you choose to drive yourself. They also provide lunch only 2 days out of the 4, and even then they don't order enough food for everyone to eat. In total, you will be paying as much for a p2p club.

😂🤣😂🤣

DCUA = Iceberg Slim

Again, DCU is a total joke. They can't even give the kids lunch everyday AND the parents are already paying!!?? Wow.

$10K for online school and lunch not included???? You'd think that for an organization investing in the development of young athletes, they'd want to have complete control over nutrition, to ensure peak performance and health, rather than leaving it up to individual chance. DCUA is a glorified P2P

DCU is not a responsible steward of your kids wellbeing. Anything is possible when you have poor leadership managing children That is pretty obvious. And THAT is a bigger red flag than any football performance statistic which are also abysmal for DCU.

[Anonymous]

I don't know if anyone from Sporting Delaware or Beadling reads these posts, or how the scheduling was done, but if DCUA was responsible for this weekends match times, I'd be pissed. 2 games against Sporting, which is 2.5 hours away were selcheduled at 9Am, meaning they'd have to leave at 530A to get there an hour before. And for today against Beadling, which is in PITTSBURGH, they have matches a starting at 630p and 830p. A Sunday!?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't know if anyone from Sporting Delaware or Beadling reads these posts, or how the scheduling was done, but if DCUA was responsible for this weekends match times, I'd be pissed. 2 games against Sporting, which is 2.5 hours away were selcheduled at 9Am, meaning they'd have to leave at 530A to get there an hour before. And for today against Beadling, which is in PITTSBURGH, they have matches a starting at 630p and 830p. A Sunday!?

DCU doesn't care for their first team or their academy, why would they have any considerations for other clubs.