DC United Academy - aa strong academy or not

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is what most people on this thread don't understand...even if DCU WON GA Cup it wouldn't make it a good academy. It would just mean they have a collection of kids that defied the odds given to them being at one of the worst MLS academeis in the country. Barca brings their younger kids to almost all international tournaments. Especially ones in the US. Spain for the most part doesn't have the athleticism we have at the younger ages and their players are smaller generally. We can dominate a lot of teams because we just recruit early bloomers. Spain doesnt do that. They take a long term view on talent. We take the short term view. Barca versus DCU at u18 or even the second team versus DCU, would be an absolute slaughter.

Look, tournaments against international competition are always fun for the kids. But I'm not getting hyped up about u15 or u16 soccer. Most of these kids are still babies in the grand scheme of things.

And most importantly, no result anywhere would make DCU a good academy. Period. It would just make them beneficiaries of a strong talent pool.

What is your current or past long term affiliation with a top tier academy in Spain?
In what capacity?
Since you're presenting yourself as an expert.

Do you have the Barcelona U15 roster with DOB for all the players that played DCU U15's?
If not, what is your Barcelona source of information on the makeup of the roster?

You are a pitiful biased sad little person.

If the DCU academy is the worst, then that means all of MLS club academies are horrible based on quality of play and results.

Like I told you MANY posts before this one...I've been in this game for probably longer than you've been alive and on this earth. Both in Europe and in the US. I have personal experience that tells me these things. Sorry you don't have that.

No, all MLS academeis are not the worst if DCU is bad. Stop trying to advance this argument. All MLS academeis aren't similarly situated and most MLS academies are just far better than DCU in everything they do. EVERYTHING. if you want to say the US system is flawed, I could buy that because it is. But to say all MLS academies are crap because DCU is crap is ridiculous and only helps you sleep well at night being in a terrible situation with your son at DCU.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is what most people on this thread don't understand...even if DCU WON GA Cup it wouldn't make it a good academy. It would just mean they have a collection of kids that defied the odds given to them being at one of the worst MLS academeis in the country. Barca brings their younger kids to almost all international tournaments. Especially ones in the US. Spain for the most part doesn't have the athleticism we have at the younger ages and their players are smaller generally. We can dominate a lot of teams because we just recruit early bloomers. Spain doesnt do that. They take a long term view on talent. We take the short term view. Barca versus DCU at u18 or even the second team versus DCU, would be an absolute slaughter.

Look, tournaments against international competition are always fun for the kids. But I'm not getting hyped up about u15 or u16 soccer. Most of these kids are still babies in the grand scheme of things.

And most importantly, no result anywhere would make DCU a good academy. Period. It would just make them beneficiaries of a strong talent pool.

The DCU kids can say something you nor your kids can ever say and no amount of your toxic hate can change that

They beat Barcelona Academy team in a tournament.
That puts them on an extremely short list of MLS teams and short list of clubs that face Barca Academy teams, period.

You Loser

SO WHAT? What does that mean? This is why the US is s#it at football. Parents like you thinking winning or losing games equals development or pro trajectory. It's all you can process because it's so easy to grasp. Win = good, Lose = bad. American mentality in football, and why our entire system is failing our youth.

Is the goal to beat Barca in one random tournament game or to become a professional player? Anything can happen in one game. Barca will do their job in making most of those kids DCU beat at u15 (an age group that doesn't matter) into pros or close to it. They have proven that year over year. DCU won't even make 1 of those kids on that roster into a professional level player. They will all go to college because they will never be good enough for pro football developing in DCUs system. FACTS. Not to mention at these ages, the physicality and size gap can be significant and this is why US teams are more successful at these younger games. We just have more early bloomers and more athletes. At 14 years of age, the game isn't even powerful enough yet to mimic the pro game. Anyone getting excited at 14 year old football is dumb. When you see a game where a player runs so hard through another player and snaps their leg in half, then come talk to me. That is the power pro levels bring. You're still eating oranges after the games at 14.

Of course a significantly inferior program thinks beating a far superior program is like winning the world cup. Like you're doing. But end of day Barca isn't blinking an eye after losing to DCU in one game. It's all part of a stepping stone system of development. They come to the US for the increased physicality, size difference, and playing different systems. The MLS teams are just guinea pigs to help their players. They don't care about winning or losing the games. Just whether the experience gets their players one step closer to the first team or to be sold to a different club. That is all it's about. DCU on the other hand is about posting on IG with no intention of developing the players. Big difference.

Can the kids be proud of beating an academy like Barca? For sure. It's why we have underdogs and why underdogs are appealing. Even if they played against younger kids, it is still a solid result. But the results aren't the goal. The goal is developing as a player and the reality is most of those kids aren't getting better because they are in a flawed system that doesn't care about their development. DCU. Can't really get around this fact no matter what the result..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is what most people on this thread don't understand...even if DCU WON GA Cup it wouldn't make it a good academy. It would just mean they have a collection of kids that defied the odds given to them being at one of the worst MLS academeis in the country. Barca brings their younger kids to almost all international tournaments. Especially ones in the US. Spain for the most part doesn't have the athleticism we have at the younger ages and their players are smaller generally. We can dominate a lot of teams because we just recruit early bloomers. Spain doesnt do that. They take a long term view on talent. We take the short term view. Barca versus DCU at u18 or even the second team versus DCU, would be an absolute slaughter.

Look, tournaments against international competition are always fun for the kids. But I'm not getting hyped up about u15 or u16 soccer. Most of these kids are still babies in the grand scheme of things.

And most importantly, no result anywhere would make DCU a good academy. Period. It would just make them beneficiaries of a strong talent pool.

The DCU kids can say something you nor your kids can ever say and no amount of your toxic hate can change that

They beat Barcelona Academy team in a tournament.
That puts them on an extremely short list of MLS teams and short list of clubs that face Barca Academy teams, period.

You Loser

"My team beat Barca when I was 14".

If you're saying that, you're already a bum and your best years were then...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is what most people on this thread don't understand...even if DCU WON GA Cup it wouldn't make it a good academy. It would just mean they have a collection of kids that defied the odds given to them being at one of the worst MLS academeis in the country. Barca brings their younger kids to almost all international tournaments. Especially ones in the US. Spain for the most part doesn't have the athleticism we have at the younger ages and their players are smaller generally. We can dominate a lot of teams because we just recruit early bloomers. Spain doesnt do that. They take a long term view on talent. We take the short term view. Barca versus DCU at u18 or even the second team versus DCU, would be an absolute slaughter.

Look, tournaments against international competition are always fun for the kids. But I'm not getting hyped up about u15 or u16 soccer. Most of these kids are still babies in the grand scheme of things.

And most importantly, no result anywhere would make DCU a good academy. Period. It would just make them beneficiaries of a strong talent pool.

The DCU kids can say something you nor your kids can ever say and no amount of your toxic hate can change that

They beat Barcelona Academy team in a tournament.
That puts them on an extremely short list of MLS teams and short list of clubs that face Barca Academy teams, period.

You Loser

Clearly a delusional parent of a 2011 at DCU. If you want to talk.abkut short lists, let's bring up the list of kids that have made the first team from DCUs academy in the last 5 years. .Probably don't want to talk.about that because it shows, with evidence, that you're absolutely wasting your time at DCU.

[Anonymous]

I wish they would just delete this thread. It's so toxic it's sad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wish they would just delete this thread. It's so toxic it's sad.

Truth always hurts the most...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wish they would just delete this thread. It's so toxic it's sad.

If you're paying attention, this post is literally gold for anyone wanting to understand DCU's academy, it's shortcomings and all the angles at play. No place on earth chronicles this better than here. DCU would never EVER tell parents the things that are outlined here because no one would come to their academy if there was widespread knowledge. DCU benefits from widespread ignorance. The only people wanting this thread to die are people whose feelings are hurt because they bought into DCUs lie and thought they were doing something elite but then got hit in the face with the reality of their decision. If DCU changes maybe the narrative will change. But it hasn't and honestly won't in the foreseeable future. What is truly sad is that all DMV kids who aspire to play professionally suffer because of this. That is the travesty.