DC United Academy - aa strong academy or not

[Anonymous]

If you're MLS Next you can watch all the games online. The U-16(15?) DCU team does not seem bad, they just seem like an MLS Next U-15 team. Probably an above average U-15 team. I don't fault anyone for sending their kid to play there and this isn't a judgement. Just what I have seen.

My guess is the below averageness of the academy compared to other academies has to do with the ownership of the whole club rather than any particular kid or coach.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not that creepy. Pretty much every parent who goes to soccer games to watch the game makes the same comparisons that I am with teams at a variety of levels and ages. It’s actually what this entire forum relies on for content.

Yeah well, I don't know of a parent who says they have grown children and are busy being involved in highest levels of international soccer who goes to games of others peoples kids so they can rag on them in an anonymous forum

If you're talking about me, I'm the older guy who is retired. I haven't responded to your recent posts. These are other people. I know too much about football for you. You can't a battle with me. You're just not on my level.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you're MLS Next you can watch all the games online. The U-16(15?) DCU team does not seem bad, they just seem like an MLS Next U-15 team. Probably an above average U-15 team. I don't fault anyone for sending their kid to play there and this isn't a judgement. Just what I have seen.

My guess is the below averageness of the academy compared to other academies has to do with the ownership of the whole club rather than any particular kid or coach.

Correct. Meaning the club is not serious about the academy. The whole point of the thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not that creepy. Pretty much every parent who goes to soccer games to watch the game makes the same comparisons that I am with teams at a variety of levels and ages. It’s actually what this entire forum relies on for content.

Yeah well, I don't know of a parent who says they have grown children and are busy being involved in highest levels of international soccer who goes to games of others peoples kids so they can rag on them in an anonymous forum

If you're talking about me, I'm the older guy who is retired. I haven't responded to your recent posts. These are other people. I know too much about football for you. You can't a battle with me. You're just not on my level.

ssssssuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrreeeeee it's not you 😂😂

[Anonymous]

I would love to see the DCU U15's against all the local MLS Next U15's

I remember they destroyed them all at U14s even with the MLS Next teams using biobanded players and DC using players playing up

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would love to see the DCU U15's against all the local MLS Next U15's

I remember they destroyed them all at U14s even with the MLS Next teams using biobanded players and DC using players playing up

+100. They lost/tied VERY few games last season as U14 when they only played against U15 MLSN and Academy teams. Have to love how W/L record only matters if it's an L and DCUA doing the losing. There may very well be issues there at the academy, but you people act like they should never lose. That's terribly unrealistic and just not at all reality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not that creepy. Pretty much every parent who goes to soccer games to watch the game makes the same comparisons that I am with teams at a variety of levels and ages. It’s actually what this entire forum relies on for content.

Yeah well, I don't know of a parent who says they have grown children and are busy being involved in highest levels of international soccer who goes to games of others peoples kids so they can rag on them in an anonymous forum

If you're talking about me, I'm the older guy who is retired. I haven't responded to your recent posts. These are other people. I know too much about football for you. You can't a battle with me. You're just not on my level.

ssssssuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrreeeeee it's not you 😂😂

🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Crusader (or crusaders, it’s hard to tell) claims to have no dog in the fight bc either their kid never did get rejected or was smart enough to explore other options. But then continues to monitor and bash at will. If crusader cares this much about what is going on at the academy that has he or she claims has had and never had a direct impact on his or her life, I truly hope he or she is doing more than being a keyboard warrior. Since this crusader knows so much and has so much experience with running an academy and developing international talent, I would love to hear what he or she is doing apart from posting here. But bashing the academy at every opportunity by stalking the board for any mention of the academy, pretending to be some selfless and altruistic being, and then not actually doing anything else is just really … interesting.

They are a psychologist's dream

Claims to operate in a youth soccer stratosphere way beyond and above the comprehension of us lowly dcum folks, yet is completely obsessed with inconsequential dcu kids and constantly on a quest for anonymous people to give them insider information, in addition to all the inside information they already possess

😂😂

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Crusader (or crusaders, it’s hard to tell) claims to have no dog in the fight bc either their kid never did get rejected or was smart enough to explore other options. But then continues to monitor and bash at will. If crusader cares this much about what is going on at the academy that has he or she claims has had and never had a direct impact on his or her life, I truly hope he or she is doing more than being a keyboard warrior. Since this crusader knows so much and has so much experience with running an academy and developing international talent, I would love to hear what he or she is doing apart from posting here. But bashing the academy at every opportunity by stalking the board for any mention of the academy, pretending to be some selfless and altruistic being, and then not actually doing anything else is just really … interesting.

They are a psychologist's dream

Claims to operate in a youth soccer stratosphere way beyond and above the comprehension of us lowly dcum folks, yet is completely obsessed with inconsequential dcu kids and constantly on a quest for anonymous people to give them insider information, in addition to all the inside information they already possess

😂😂

This is where you completely miss the mark. No one really cares about DCU. In fact, DCU is not worth caring about. It's irrelevant. What people do care about is having correct information at their disposal to make decisions about whether to invest their son's time in DCU. That is what this whole thread is about. Providing context and perspective on DCUs actions and inactions that paint an accurate picture of the state of play there.

All of DCUs shortcomings have been exposed here so that parents can at least have one place where there is strong information about an academy that doesn't have any public information available about it. But at the same time pushes misleading narratives about its efficacy and it's pathway for the players.

The kids and parents of those kids looking at DCU as an option are the target of this thread. Not DCU. DCU isn't worth the time and energy. Saving people from making mistakes with their son is. And if that means that every problem at DCU gets exposed in the process, so be it. Lack of staff, no money, no second team, no facilities, minimal on field success, no development methodology, weak online school, no investment, money grab RDS, all of it...just paints the picture of what DCU is...A second rate MLS academy acting like they are first rate, that isn't any better than many of the local clubs in our area in terms of development or end game results (i.e college). This is just a FACT. Has nothing to do with sour grapes or a kid not being selected or anything like that. These things are uncontroverted and everyone knows it.

The reality is that even the USSF knows that DCU is a joke. If you're at the level and have interacted with the USSF they will tell you straight up that DCU is not the greatest club to be in for many reasons. This is KNOWN. If you want to live in fantasy land about DCU, that's fine. But don't expect anyone else to live there with you. Be at DCU and in your mind think all is good. Just do that...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would love to see the DCU U15's against all the local MLS Next U15's

I remember they destroyed them all at U14s even with the MLS Next teams using biobanded players and DC using players playing up

Exactly what i think the point was: they're above average. They didn't destroy every team btw. Last season, they lost to Baltimore Armour and tied Real FA, Cedar Stars, TSF. Across academies, they lost to Philly, RBNY. Lots of wins, including a bunch of +1-2 goals score lines.

I actually think it's good the academies play up a year. They are presumably a collection of the best players in the region and they should be pushed harder for their own development. I don't think DCU should be ashamed of the volume of losses playing a year up. The best MLS Next teams would also have a huge volume of losses. Which is what I understood the point to be: they are above average for their age group, and an average at best academy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would love to see the DCU U15's against all the local MLS Next U15's

I remember they destroyed them all at U14s even with the MLS Next teams using biobanded players and DC using players playing up

Exactly what i think the point was: they're above average. They didn't destroy every team btw. Last season, they lost to Baltimore Armour and tied Real FA, Cedar Stars, TSF. Across academies, they lost to Philly, RBNY. Lots of wins, including a bunch of +1-2 goals score lines.

I actually think it's good the academies play up a year. They are presumably a collection of the best players in the region and they should be pushed harder for their own development. I don't think DCU should be ashamed of the volume of losses playing a year up. The best MLS Next teams would also have a huge volume of losses. Which is what I understood the point to be: they are above average for their age group, and an average at best academy.

Lies, they beat NYRB and tied NYRB home and away
They tied and lost to Philly home and away

They lost to BA with several of their players away at USYNT ID camp and BA used biobanded players while DC had players playing up

It's unfortunate the people like you filled with envy, jealousy and self-hate are allowed to just type anything you want, truth or lies

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Crusader (or crusaders, it’s hard to tell) claims to have no dog in the fight bc either their kid never did get rejected or was smart enough to explore other options. But then continues to monitor and bash at will. If crusader cares this much about what is going on at the academy that has he or she claims has had and never had a direct impact on his or her life, I truly hope he or she is doing more than being a keyboard warrior. Since this crusader knows so much and has so much experience with running an academy and developing international talent, I would love to hear what he or she is doing apart from posting here. But bashing the academy at every opportunity by stalking the board for any mention of the academy, pretending to be some selfless and altruistic being, and then not actually doing anything else is just really … interesting.

They are a psychologist's dream

Claims to operate in a youth soccer stratosphere way beyond and above the comprehension of us lowly dcum folks, yet is completely obsessed with inconsequential dcu kids and constantly on a quest for anonymous people to give them insider information, in addition to all the inside information they already possess

😂😂

This is where you completely miss the mark. No one really cares about DCU. In fact, DCU is not worth caring about. It's irrelevant. What people do care about is having correct information at their disposal to make decisions about whether to invest their son's time in DCU. That is what this whole thread is about. Providing context and perspective on DCUs actions and inactions that paint an accurate picture of the state of play there.

All of DCUs shortcomings have been exposed here so that parents can at least have one place where there is strong information about an academy that doesn't have any public information available about it. But at the same time pushes misleading narratives about its efficacy and it's pathway for the players.

The kids and parents of those kids looking at DCU as an option are the target of this thread. Not DCU. DCU isn't worth the time and energy. Saving people from making mistakes with their son is. And if that means that every problem at DCU gets exposed in the process, so be it. Lack of staff, no money, no second team, no facilities, minimal on field success, no development methodology, weak online school, no investment, money grab RDS, all of it...just paints the picture of what DCU is...A second rate MLS academy acting like they are first rate, that isn't any better than many of the local clubs in our area in terms of development or end game results (i.e college). This is just a FACT. Has nothing to do with sour grapes or a kid not being selected or anything like that. These things are uncontroverted and everyone knows it.

The reality is that even the USSF knows that DCU is a joke. If you're at the level and have interacted with the USSF they will tell you straight up that DCU is not the greatest club to be in for many reasons. This is KNOWN. If you want to live in fantasy land about DCU, that's fine. But don't expect anyone else to live there with you. Be at DCU and in your mind think all is good. Just do that...

You claim no one cares about DCU academy, then you go into another of your multi paragraph rambling posts detailing your so-called research and fake conclusions, which proves you're obsessed with caring about everything dcu related.

Especially when you think you're being slick here trying to get insider information.
The fact that if anyone here knows the information you want but purposely won't satisfy your obsession I salute them.

Now continue with your toxic rants

[Anonymous]

To think someone is trying to convince people that the parents and kids who put in the work and were selected to the professional academy above many who dream and wish to be there are failures, is one of the saddest cases for a person I've ever seen in the soccer world

Despite their sad and pitiful campaign, I know no parent will take them seriously.
It's clear what they are

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To think someone is trying to convince people that the parents and kids who put in the work and were selected to the professional academy above many who dream and wish to be there are failures, is one of the saddest cases for a person I've ever seen in the soccer world

Despite their sad and pitiful campaign, I know no parent will take them seriously.
It's clear what they are

I think that you think that is what people think about the players and their families reveals an insane level of insecurity.

The best thing about DCUA is its players. Even if some top prospects opt out or go elsewhere, DMV is a very talented area with great potential. DCUA families will maximize the experience at DCUA despite the deficiencies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To think someone is trying to convince people that the parents and kids who put in the work and were selected to the professional academy above many who dream and wish to be there are failures, is one of the saddest cases for a person I've ever seen in the soccer world

Despite their sad and pitiful campaign, I know no parent will take them seriously.
It's clear what they are

I think that you think that is what people think about the players and their families reveals an insane level of insecurity.

The best thing about DCUA is its players. Even if some top prospects opt out or go elsewhere, DMV is a very talented area with great potential. DCUA families will maximize the experience at DCUA despite the deficiencies.

Are you trying Psych 101 techniques?

You attempt to devalue the players and parents and organization in endless posts then try to call others insecure?
Would be funny if not so sad

Top prospects is all subjective. Everyone thinks who they know and like is the best and top prospects

Most the kids at MLS club academies are the same level with different strengths.
Few are exceptional and stand head and shoulders above the rest.

The so-called top prospects who went to another academy from the DC area are only truly so if they become top tier professionals and represent their country.
Otherwise, they are good players like the rest.