If the successful people and their kids of financial and social privileges didn't bother you, you wouldn't mention it dozens of times on this one thread alone. Doesn't take a trained psychologist. The Pulisics and Sullivans and Weahs and Reynas and Aaronsons etc etc etc are from upper socioeconomic families. So try a new theory drum to beat |
It's known that the US is the only country in the world where football is for the rich. Why, as a country, we will never reach elite status on a global stage with the sport. Entitled, rich people ruined the sport for their own gain and excluded underprivileged families who have kids that are probably much more likely to have the ability and mentality to become professional players. Instead we get the kid from Landon, who is worried about whether his hair is poofy enough when he gets on the field... |
But Gio Reyna IS soft. so soft. |
And that model of those kids being successful is the problem... Not taking it away from them but in this country, those are the examples of success. In every other country in the world kids from a wide variety of socio economic backgrounds have much higher chances of success. In the US you need money. Proven by your point. |
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Based on last 2 posts . . . You may not like what is being said, but it’s true. There are a lot of boys who quit or choose another activity because they don’t want it bad enough, have other options, or are only there because their parents could afford it. It’s just the truth, like it or not.
Then when these kids drop out, they are replaced by some kid who is just a filler for that position because no one else in the academy wants to play that position (ex: right and left back). It’s a weak way to put together a “top level” team and is a big reason why DC United doesn’t compete with the other “top level academies consistently well. |
Actually they just proved you're biased in your DCU only criticism. Because you yourself are now saying all academies have rich kids, allegedly, and it's a USA issue. |
Who is responsible for the USA having an expensive pay-to-play soccer society? Who benefits? Which parents out here are happy to spend $12,000 a year for NAL fees and travel? |
The other academies all over the country have players who love playing right-back and left-back but only in the DMV those positions are not liked? The modern wing-backs and fullbacks are also attacking and creative important players. This would only be revealing news to people who haven't been watching Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester City, Liverpool, Brazil, Argentina or any top teams over the past decade+ Or watch but don't understand what's happening |
Exactly. He is THE example of the system. Dad brokered all his opportunities. So many kids were better than him at youth ages but he had the silver spoon. |
Dumb. All of the academies have the same problem. But all of the other academies are better than DCU. Pretty simple. Again, you're trying to use they all suck so if DCU sucks it's ok. That doesn't work. |
You have no idea who you're responding to but I can tell from your 7,647 posts you don't care. You're just here to engage. That aside, all the US clubs are symptomatic of the underlying system of pay-to-play which is fact regardless of anyone adding their personal opinion to the matter or singling out anyone |
As a recent poster just commented, you don't know who you are speaking against because your comments were targeted towards me. In the early parts of this thread, you and others common retort to any criticism of the DCU academy was that we were sore rejects. When you found out I have a high-quality U-little with options, you tried to call us "extra" for guesting up and down the eastern seaboard. I was just here asking questions as this space was brand new to me and quite overwhelming honestly. People who respond in this manner have fragile ego's who are simply defending their existence. Take that to your therapist and have them explain that to you as you probably have no clue like a character in White Lotus. Let's just set the record straight. All of my kids will have elite colleges on their radar IF they feel any elite college is the best fit for them and their journey. We are in the elite high school/middle school space already but the difference is these labels do not define me or my kids success. I am successful like many of you but I don't talk down to anybody based on where I am. If anything, I am passionate about soccer, I rep the DMV and I am honestly tired of being dog walked by Philly and NJ. I want our area to do better and DCU is, by default, the head of the snake which needs to change if the DMV landscape will change. Here is what I know about life and soccer. You will never get the best from any one demographic. In order to extract the best talent in sports, arts or science, you need rich and poor, the hood and the cornfields, the white picket fences and the gated communities. Whenever ANY demographic is dominating a space, you have a problem and blind spots in your perspective. Well, it seems DCU has that problem. You obviously don't care or else, you would welcome the criticism and fix it. My kid is not threatened when a new kid comes onto the pitch during practice for a trial. It is game time, competition, ready to battle and compete and let the results be what they are. If you payed attention to something like The Swag in Philly Union, you will see a great blueprint. Those teams are melting pots of kids from Eastern Europe, Western Europe, the Caribbean, Africa, the hood, wealthy Delaware County, South America, Latin America, etc. under one umbrella around the beautiful game regardless of socio economic status. It does not cost a lot to create that. You just have to give a $h!t. |
Sure love to hear yourself speak You've repeated the same things dozens of times to appease your insecurities and nothing changes. No one cares about your crusade You may as well start a thread repeating that Galatasaray sucks |
| I like it when DC United ties teams that they recruited all the best players from when those teams were u13. It’s kinda funny. |
I am shocked by the submission cuckold. Go take some Larezepam now that you are finally out of options of realizing you are not as great of a flex as you once thought. 😭 |