DC United Academy - aa strong academy or not

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Anonymous wrote:Thank you for the standard deflection tweedle dee and tweedle dumb (DCU PR intern), now can the question at hand be addressed?


https://youtu.be/MauTNb-y...oApVDGnpWt

I found him truly engaging. What's the story of what worked well and what did not when he was with DCU?

What is the focus of the new director?

He's no longer at DCU and he answered your questions on the podcast.

You have no connection to DCU, you have no kid at DCU, you won't have a son at DCU

Take your unhealthy obsession elsewhere

Dude, those are questions. Why are you so emotional over questions?

Previous Post isn't emotional

You're disingenuous and have proven through your multiple posts that you have an agenda to denigrate and disparage the academy, the players and their parents

Your 'just a question' is your repeated modus operandi for an opening for you to reel off another slew of toxicity

If you care that much about information about the academy, contact the academy or go to games and speak to academy parents. That's what people with legitimate interests do.

Make sure you gather the fathers in a group and talk the crap you've been saying here directly to their faces for additional bonus points

So…I posted the link. Not sure you are aware that you are talking to many different people. I do check this forum two times a day but not sure how you can post 4 minutes after my question if you are not refreshing constantly. That seems like an obsession.

Although I have made no statement about the kids, parents or academy in asking a genuine question, you told me “ you have no kid at DCU, you won't have a son at DCU” without knowing anything about me. Is that not the definition of toxic when you have no idea who I am or how may times my kid has been invited to DCU, Nashville, CLT, Philly or Red Bulls?

He did clearly lay out the key to the DMV producing more professional footballers and I am genuinely curious on whether he just talks well on a podcast or whether it is an unfixable problem due to the culture under this ownership. Silence is golden so I think I have my answer.

your kid has such quality that he is being sought after and actively being recruited by multiple professional mls academies but you're on an anonymous blog seeking advice from people you don't know?

Bro...they reached out to me when my kid was 10. F----ing 10. I thought it was psychotic. I did not ask for any of this. You said the same thing 100 pages ago with hater energy because your kid did not have the same requests. For the record, it does not mean s---- to have these requests early. I am actually humble in this process and understand it means nothing. Puberty is undefeated.

If I blindly just went with the clubs like many of you, my kid would fully be in the MLS system and be relegated to the MLS rules and it suppressive pay structure which keeps the MLS profitable. I respect their business acumen while deploring it as a parent of a kid in the system For a family who cannot afford $10k-$20k annually to properly train, MLS Academy is a viable pathway and they should choose it. I am fortunate to make a little bit of coin so I can afford to pay $10k - $20k in training annually for my kid to develop and then afford a visa into Europe when he hits 15-16. I only became aware of this pathway courtesy of this little anonymous message board. I have been able to verify the information on this board in real life and find the real people who execute it in real life.

My kid has not even had their first crush yet and I am supposed to leave town for a team before puberty.
Maybe I am a little too rationale. I don't find missing out on a high school life or family life for virtual school out of town to end up at Old Dominion for D1 soccer an appealing pathway for my child. No knock to ODU in this example but all of my kids are on a high academic track and if my kid is not going pro, I would rather them go D3 at NYU or Ivy than D1 at any old school. Unless something changes at DCU, we will bide our time here locally until U15/U16, go against the grain and local culture and play P2P, and then I will start a business in Europe and we will see how my kid fares there. Whether he succeeds or not, I did my parental job of maximizing his chances on something with 1 in 100,000 odds.

Despite what ya'll think, if you actually read between the lines and toxicity, this forum is 100% gold for real information. We are not alone in not getting information from the MLS academies. Many of the parents in other markets have the same gripes outside of the DMV. We are fortunate to have this forum which allows people to share and express without retribution. I know I share genuine information for other parents. My kid only benefits when others in his age group get better. A rising tide lifts all boats.

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Anonymous wrote:Parents are delusional. Everybody thinks their kid is the next big thing—but at some point, you’ve got to be honest about the level they’re actually at.

Not every player is elite, and that’s okay. But pretending otherwise doesn’t help the kid—it just creates noise.

Programs like D.C. United’s academy aren’t perfect, but they exist for a reason: they identify and develop top-level talent. Most players there earned it.

And let’s be real—some of the loudest criticism comes from people who didn’t make it in and never got over it.

Support your kid. Believe in them. But keep one foot in reality.

DCU does not identify and develop top level talent. This is where your note is mistaken...they don't identify or develop talent with any level of consistency or success. Wish that wasn't the case but it is what it is.

The only mls club that consistently produces high level professionals hasn't been invented yet

Unless they are sneaking them out of the country under aliases every transfer window

Some MLS clubs are just way better equipped to produce pros than others. Their foundation and methodology is just stronger and the investments they have made are positioning for longer term success, modelling European academies. DCU is just not one of those clubs.

DCU is one of the worst academies you could attend in the MLS ecosystem. FACTS. Please don't try to advance the, if they all aren't producing high level pros, they are all the same argument. It's like saying the Netherlands and the US are the same at football because they have both never won world cups. Just doesn't work.

Where are the MLS club academies churning out high level professionals consistently?

Stupid analogy with the Netherlands, because they have some of the world's best academies that produce high level professionals consistently. The USA MLS academies do not.
Not a single one

Shows you how far behind we are as a country. And if the best MLS academies in the US are that far behind, imagine where DCU is and what that means for your son.

Your interests in saving the lives of other people's kids from failure and a sad life of poverty is quite commendable

Fortunately for you, you and yours have made it to the top and with so much success, you're saving the world

Tell us again the route your kids took to top tier professional soccer successes

Don't want to save the lives of others. Just highlight the realities of a sh#t club for people who want it because people like you try to cloud the narrative and push falsehoods about the quality of DCU and its status. Do what you want with the information. You're clearly hurt because you're in a terrible situation and you didn't realize it before now and you feel exposed. Tough place to be for a parent who is wrapped up in the status of their club as opposed to the actual development of their son.

Hell hath no fury like a man scorned

When did they cut your son?
Why can't you move on?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thank you for the standard deflection tweedle dee and tweedle dumb (DCU PR intern), now can the question at hand be addressed?


https://youtu.be/MauTNb-y...oApVDGnpWt

I found him truly engaging. What's the story of what worked well and what did not when he was with DCU?

What is the focus of the new director?

He's no longer at DCU and he answered your questions on the podcast.

You have no connection to DCU, you have no kid at DCU, you won't have a son at DCU

Take your unhealthy obsession elsewhere

Dude, those are questions. Why are you so emotional over questions?

Previous Post isn't emotional

You're disingenuous and have proven through your multiple posts that you have an agenda to denigrate and disparage the academy, the players and their parents

Your 'just a question' is your repeated modus operandi for an opening for you to reel off another slew of toxicity

If you care that much about information about the academy, contact the academy or go to games and speak to academy parents. That's what people with legitimate interests do.

Make sure you gather the fathers in a group and talk the crap you've been saying here directly to their faces for additional bonus points

So…I posted the link. Not sure you are aware that you are talking to many different people. I do check this forum two times a day but not sure how you can post 4 minutes after my question if you are not refreshing constantly. That seems like an obsession.

Although I have made no statement about the kids, parents or academy in asking a genuine question, you told me “ you have no kid at DCU, you won't have a son at DCU” without knowing anything about me. Is that not the definition of toxic when you have no idea who I am or how may times my kid has been invited to DCU, Nashville, CLT, Philly or Red Bulls?

He did clearly lay out the key to the DMV producing more professional footballers and I am genuinely curious on whether he just talks well on a podcast or whether it is an unfixable problem due to the culture under this ownership. Silence is golden so I think I have my answer.

your kid has such quality that he is being sought after and actively being recruited by multiple professional mls academies but you're on an anonymous blog seeking advice from people you don't know?

Bro...they reached out to me when my kid was 10. F----ing 10. I thought it was psychotic. I did not ask for any of this. You said the same thing 100 pages ago with hater energy because your kid did not have the same requests. For the record, it does not mean s---- to have these requests early. I am actually humble in this process and understand it means nothing. Puberty is undefeated.

If I blindly just went with the clubs like many of you, my kid would fully be in the MLS system and be relegated to the MLS rules and it suppressive pay structure which keeps the MLS profitable. I respect their business acumen while deploring it as a parent of a kid in the system For a family who cannot afford $10k-$20k annually to properly train, MLS Academy is a viable pathway and they should choose it. I am fortunate to make a little bit of coin so I can afford to pay $10k - $20k in training annually for my kid to develop and then afford a visa into Europe when he hits 15-16. I only became aware of this pathway courtesy of this little anonymous message board. I have been able to verify the information on this board in real life and find the real people who execute it in real life.

My kid has not even had their first crush yet and I am supposed to leave town for a team before puberty.
Maybe I am a little too rationale. I don't find missing out on a high school life or family life for virtual school out of town to end up at Old Dominion for D1 soccer an appealing pathway for my child. No knock to ODU in this example but all of my kids are on a high academic track and if my kid is not going pro, I would rather them go D3 at NYU or Ivy than D1 at any old school. Unless something changes at DCU, we will bide our time here locally until U15/U16, go against the grain and local culture and play P2P, and then I will start a business in Europe and we will see how my kid fares there. Whether he succeeds or not, I did my parental job of maximizing his chances on something with 1 in 100,000 odds.

Despite what ya'll think, if you actually read between the lines and toxicity, this forum is 100% gold for real information. We are not alone in not getting information from the MLS academies. Many of the parents in other markets have the same gripes outside of the DMV. We are fortunate to have this forum which allows people to share and express without retribution. I know I share genuine information for other parents. My kid only benefits when others in his age group get better. A rising tide lifts all boats.

What is this person talking about?

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Anonymous wrote:Parents are delusional. Everybody thinks their kid is the next big thing—but at some point, you’ve got to be honest about the level they’re actually at.

Not every player is elite, and that’s okay. But pretending otherwise doesn’t help the kid—it just creates noise.

Programs like D.C. United’s academy aren’t perfect, but they exist for a reason: they identify and develop top-level talent. Most players there earned it.

And let’s be real—some of the loudest criticism comes from people who didn’t make it in and never got over it.

Support your kid. Believe in them. But keep one foot in reality.

DCU does not identify and develop top level talent. This is where your note is mistaken...they don't identify or develop talent with any level of consistency or success. Wish that wasn't the case but it is what it is.

The only mls club that consistently produces high level professionals hasn't been invented yet

Unless they are sneaking them out of the country under aliases every transfer window

Some MLS clubs are just way better equipped to produce pros than others. Their foundation and methodology is just stronger and the investments they have made are positioning for longer term success, modelling European academies. DCU is just not one of those clubs.

DCU is one of the worst academies you could attend in the MLS ecosystem. FACTS. Please don't try to advance the, if they all aren't producing high level pros, they are all the same argument. It's like saying the Netherlands and the US are the same at football because they have both never won world cups. Just doesn't work.

Where are the MLS club academies churning out high level professionals consistently?

Stupid analogy with the Netherlands, because they have some of the world's best academies that produce high level professionals consistently. The USA MLS academies do not.
Not a single one

How many pros has DCU signed to the first team from the academy in the last 3-4 years? How many players has DCU signed to pro deals for their second team? That answer is easy ZERO. They don't have a second team or MLS next pro team like pretty much ALL other MLS academies. All you need to know. Just focus on DCU. The other MLS academies are in a different league.

Philly Union knowingly keeping a racist on the payroll and in a leadership role sure is in a different league I'd say

When you have no quality, throw mud on everyone else to make yourself look better.

Can't defend Philly Union on this but the reality is that this doesn't make DCU any better. Sorry.

DCU kids and Philly Union kids gonna all end up same places

College

With less than .5% making it to a professional career

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Anonymous wrote:Parents are delusional. Everybody thinks their kid is the next big thing—but at some point, you’ve got to be honest about the level they’re actually at.

Not every player is elite, and that’s okay. But pretending otherwise doesn’t help the kid—it just creates noise.

Programs like D.C. United’s academy aren’t perfect, but they exist for a reason: they identify and develop top-level talent. Most players there earned it.

And let’s be real—some of the loudest criticism comes from people who didn’t make it in and never got over it.

Support your kid. Believe in them. But keep one foot in reality.

DCU does not identify and develop top level talent. This is where your note is mistaken...they don't identify or develop talent with any level of consistency or success. Wish that wasn't the case but it is what it is.

The only mls club that consistently produces high level professionals hasn't been invented yet

Unless they are sneaking them out of the country under aliases every transfer window

Some MLS clubs are just way better equipped to produce pros than others. Their foundation and methodology is just stronger and the investments they have made are positioning for longer term success, modelling European academies. DCU is just not one of those clubs.

DCU is one of the worst academies you could attend in the MLS ecosystem. FACTS. Please don't try to advance the, if they all aren't producing high level pros, they are all the same argument. It's like saying the Netherlands and the US are the same at football because they have both never won world cups. Just doesn't work.

Where are the MLS club academies churning out high level professionals consistently?

Stupid analogy with the Netherlands, because they have some of the world's best academies that produce high level professionals consistently. The USA MLS academies do not.
Not a single one

How many pros has DCU signed to the first team from the academy in the last 3-4 years? How many players has DCU signed to pro deals for their second team? That answer is easy ZERO. They don't have a second team or MLS next pro team like pretty much ALL other MLS academies. All you need to know. Just focus on DCU. The other MLS academies are in a different league.

Philly Union knowingly keeping a racist on the payroll and in a leadership role sure is in a different league I'd say

When you have no quality, throw mud on everyone else to make yourself look better.

Can't defend Philly Union on this but the reality is that this doesn't make DCU any better. Sorry.

DCU kids and Philly Union kids gonna all end up same places

College

With less than .5% making it to a professional career

Same at Bayern Munich's academy. But it's just as good as DCU. 😂

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thank you for the standard deflection tweedle dee and tweedle dumb (DCU PR intern), now can the question at hand be addressed?


https://youtu.be/MauTNb-y...oApVDGnpWt

I found him truly engaging. What's the story of what worked well and what did not when he was with DCU?

What is the focus of the new director?

He's no longer at DCU and he answered your questions on the podcast.

You have no connection to DCU, you have no kid at DCU, you won't have a son at DCU

Take your unhealthy obsession elsewhere

Dude, those are questions. Why are you so emotional over questions?

Previous Post isn't emotional

You're disingenuous and have proven through your multiple posts that you have an agenda to denigrate and disparage the academy, the players and their parents

Your 'just a question' is your repeated modus operandi for an opening for you to reel off another slew of toxicity

If you care that much about information about the academy, contact the academy or go to games and speak to academy parents. That's what people with legitimate interests do.

Make sure you gather the fathers in a group and talk the crap you've been saying here directly to their faces for additional bonus points

So…I posted the link. Not sure you are aware that you are talking to many different people. I do check this forum two times a day but not sure how you can post 4 minutes after my question if you are not refreshing constantly. That seems like an obsession.

Although I have made no statement about the kids, parents or academy in asking a genuine question, you told me “ you have no kid at DCU, you won't have a son at DCU” without knowing anything about me. Is that not the definition of toxic when you have no idea who I am or how may times my kid has been invited to DCU, Nashville, CLT, Philly or Red Bulls?

He did clearly lay out the key to the DMV producing more professional footballers and I am genuinely curious on whether he just talks well on a podcast or whether it is an unfixable problem due to the culture under this ownership. Silence is golden so I think I have my answer.

your kid has such quality that he is being sought after and actively being recruited by multiple professional mls academies but you're on an anonymous blog seeking advice from people you don't know?

Bro...they reached out to me when my kid was 10. F----ing 10. I thought it was psychotic. I did not ask for any of this. You said the same thing 100 pages ago with hater energy because your kid did not have the same requests. For the record, it does not mean s---- to have these requests early. I am actually humble in this process and understand it means nothing. Puberty is undefeated.

If I blindly just went with the clubs like many of you, my kid would fully be in the MLS system and be relegated to the MLS rules and it suppressive pay structure which keeps the MLS profitable. I respect their business acumen while deploring it as a parent of a kid in the system For a family who cannot afford $10k-$20k annually to properly train, MLS Academy is a viable pathway and they should choose it. I am fortunate to make a little bit of coin so I can afford to pay $10k - $20k in training annually for my kid to develop and then afford a visa into Europe when he hits 15-16. I only became aware of this pathway courtesy of this little anonymous message board. I have been able to verify the information on this board in real life and find the real people who execute it in real life.

My kid has not even had their first crush yet and I am supposed to leave town for a team before puberty.
Maybe I am a little too rationale. I don't find missing out on a high school life or family life for virtual school out of town to end up at Old Dominion for D1 soccer an appealing pathway for my child. No knock to ODU in this example but all of my kids are on a high academic track and if my kid is not going pro, I would rather them go D3 at NYU or Ivy than D1 at any old school. Unless something changes at DCU, we will bide our time here locally until U15/U16, go against the grain and local culture and play P2P, and then I will start a business in Europe and we will see how my kid fares there. Whether he succeeds or not, I did my parental job of maximizing his chances on something with 1 in 100,000 odds.

Despite what ya'll think, if you actually read between the lines and toxicity, this forum is 100% gold for real information. We are not alone in not getting information from the MLS academies. Many of the parents in other markets have the same gripes outside of the DMV. We are fortunate to have this forum which allows people to share and express without retribution. I know I share genuine information for other parents. My kid only benefits when others in his age group get better. A rising tide lifts all boats.

What is this person talking about?

They are saying they are not a robot like most other parents in the DMV, following everyone else and doing what everyone else is doing and have recognized that DCU and the MLS pathway is not all that it seems it is. There are better pathways if you know how to chart them l. Especially better pathways than DCU

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Anonymous wrote:Parents are delusional. Everybody thinks their kid is the next big thing—but at some point, you’ve got to be honest about the level they’re actually at.

Not every player is elite, and that’s okay. But pretending otherwise doesn’t help the kid—it just creates noise.

Programs like D.C. United’s academy aren’t perfect, but they exist for a reason: they identify and develop top-level talent. Most players there earned it.

And let’s be real—some of the loudest criticism comes from people who didn’t make it in and never got over it.

Support your kid. Believe in them. But keep one foot in reality.

DCU does not identify and develop top level talent. This is where your note is mistaken...they don't identify or develop talent with any level of consistency or success. Wish that wasn't the case but it is what it is.

The only mls club that consistently produces high level professionals hasn't been invented yet

Unless they are sneaking them out of the country under aliases every transfer window

Some MLS clubs are just way better equipped to produce pros than others. Their foundation and methodology is just stronger and the investments they have made are positioning for longer term success, modelling European academies. DCU is just not one of those clubs.

DCU is one of the worst academies you could attend in the MLS ecosystem. FACTS. Please don't try to advance the, if they all aren't producing high level pros, they are all the same argument. It's like saying the Netherlands and the US are the same at football because they have both never won world cups. Just doesn't work.

Where are the MLS club academies churning out high level professionals consistently?

Stupid analogy with the Netherlands, because they have some of the world's best academies that produce high level professionals consistently. The USA MLS academies do not.
Not a single one

Shows you how far behind we are as a country. And if the best MLS academies in the US are that far behind, imagine where DCU is and what that means for your son.

Your interests in saving the lives of other people's kids from failure and a sad life of poverty is quite commendable

Fortunately for you, you and yours have made it to the top and with so much success, you're saving the world

Tell us again the route your kids took to top tier professional soccer successes

Don't want to save the lives of others. Just highlight the realities of a sh#t club for people who want it because people like you try to cloud the narrative and push falsehoods about the quality of DCU and its status. Do what you want with the information. You're clearly hurt because you're in a terrible situation and you didn't realize it before now and you feel exposed. Tough place to be for a parent who is wrapped up in the status of their club as opposed to the actual development of their son.

Hell hath no fury like a man scorned

When did they cut your son?
Why can't you move on?

Like I told you many many posts ago. My kids are grown and I'm retired. I have no dog in this fight at DCU other than to give parents information that can help them make the best choices for their son. If they choose DCU that's ok. Just know what it is and what it isn't. I've seen too many parents make mistakes with their kids and ruin their enjoyment and opportunities in the sport with poor decisions just from not knowing any better.

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Anonymous wrote:Parents are delusional. Everybody thinks their kid is the next big thing—but at some point, you’ve got to be honest about the level they’re actually at.

Not every player is elite, and that’s okay. But pretending otherwise doesn’t help the kid—it just creates noise.

Programs like D.C. United’s academy aren’t perfect, but they exist for a reason: they identify and develop top-level talent. Most players there earned it.

And let’s be real—some of the loudest criticism comes from people who didn’t make it in and never got over it.

Support your kid. Believe in them. But keep one foot in reality.

DCU does not identify and develop top level talent. This is where your note is mistaken...they don't identify or develop talent with any level of consistency or success. Wish that wasn't the case but it is what it is.

The only mls club that consistently produces high level professionals hasn't been invented yet

Unless they are sneaking them out of the country under aliases every transfer window

Some MLS clubs are just way better equipped to produce pros than others. Their foundation and methodology is just stronger and the investments they have made are positioning for longer term success, modelling European academies. DCU is just not one of those clubs.

DCU is one of the worst academies you could attend in the MLS ecosystem. FACTS. Please don't try to advance the, if they all aren't producing high level pros, they are all the same argument. It's like saying the Netherlands and the US are the same at football because they have both never won world cups. Just doesn't work.

Where are the MLS club academies churning out high level professionals consistently?

Stupid analogy with the Netherlands, because they have some of the world's best academies that produce high level professionals consistently. The USA MLS academies do not.
Not a single one

How many pros has DCU signed to the first team from the academy in the last 3-4 years? How many players has DCU signed to pro deals for their second team? That answer is easy ZERO. They don't have a second team or MLS next pro team like pretty much ALL other MLS academies. All you need to know. Just focus on DCU. The other MLS academies are in a different league.

Philly Union knowingly keeping a racist on the payroll and in a leadership role sure is in a different league I'd say

When you have no quality, throw mud on everyone else to make yourself look better.

Can't defend Philly Union on this but the reality is that this doesn't make DCU any better. Sorry.

DCU kids and Philly Union kids gonna all end up same places

College

With less than .5% making it to a professional career

Less than 1 percent of ALL players in ALL academies WORLDWIDE turn pro. So they are all bad I guess using your logic. Dumb...

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Anonymous wrote:Parents are delusional. Everybody thinks their kid is the next big thing—but at some point, you’ve got to be honest about the level they’re actually at.

Not every player is elite, and that’s okay. But pretending otherwise doesn’t help the kid—it just creates noise.

Programs like D.C. United’s academy aren’t perfect, but they exist for a reason: they identify and develop top-level talent. Most players there earned it.

And let’s be real—some of the loudest criticism comes from people who didn’t make it in and never got over it.

Support your kid. Believe in them. But keep one foot in reality.

DCU does not identify and develop top level talent. This is where your note is mistaken...they don't identify or develop talent with any level of consistency or success. Wish that wasn't the case but it is what it is.

The only mls club that consistently produces high level professionals hasn't been invented yet

Unless they are sneaking them out of the country under aliases every transfer window

Some MLS clubs are just way better equipped to produce pros than others. Their foundation and methodology is just stronger and the investments they have made are positioning for longer term success, modelling European academies. DCU is just not one of those clubs.

DCU is one of the worst academies you could attend in the MLS ecosystem. FACTS. Please don't try to advance the, if they all aren't producing high level pros, they are all the same argument. It's like saying the Netherlands and the US are the same at football because they have both never won world cups. Just doesn't work.

Where are the MLS club academies churning out high level professionals consistently?

Stupid analogy with the Netherlands, because they have some of the world's best academies that produce high level professionals consistently. The USA MLS academies do not.
Not a single one

Shows you how far behind we are as a country. And if the best MLS academies in the US are that far behind, imagine where DCU is and what that means for your son.

Your interests in saving the lives of other people's kids from failure and a sad life of poverty is quite commendable

Fortunately for you, you and yours have made it to the top and with so much success, you're saving the world

Tell us again the route your kids took to top tier professional soccer successes

Don't want to save the lives of others. Just highlight the realities of a sh#t club for people who want it because people like you try to cloud the narrative and push falsehoods about the quality of DCU and its status. Do what you want with the information. You're clearly hurt because you're in a terrible situation and you didn't realize it before now and you feel exposed. Tough place to be for a parent who is wrapped up in the status of their club as opposed to the actual development of their son.

Hell hath no fury like a man scorned

When did they cut your son?
Why can't you move on?

Like I told you many many posts ago. My kids are grown and I'm retired. I have no dog in this fight at DCU other than to give parents information that can help them make the best choices for their son. If they choose DCU that's ok. Just know what it is and what it isn't. I've seen too many parents make mistakes with their kids and ruin their enjoyment and opportunities in the sport with poor decisions just from not knowing any better.

Apparently you are the dog and the one doing all the aggressive barking at the moon fighting yourself

Admitting you're obsessed with an entity where neither you nor yours have a stake makes you and your motives even more questionable and unstable

Not a single soul with a professional academy quality player is taking advice from an angry toxic ghost on a hidden identity forum
If they got their kid to academy quality before your gibberish, they sure don't need it.

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Anonymous wrote:Parents are delusional. Everybody thinks their kid is the next big thing—but at some point, you’ve got to be honest about the level they’re actually at.

Not every player is elite, and that’s okay. But pretending otherwise doesn’t help the kid—it just creates noise.

Programs like D.C. United’s academy aren’t perfect, but they exist for a reason: they identify and develop top-level talent. Most players there earned it.

And let’s be real—some of the loudest criticism comes from people who didn’t make it in and never got over it.

Support your kid. Believe in them. But keep one foot in reality.

DCU does not identify and develop top level talent. This is where your note is mistaken...they don't identify or develop talent with any level of consistency or success. Wish that wasn't the case but it is what it is.

The only mls club that consistently produces high level professionals hasn't been invented yet

Unless they are sneaking them out of the country under aliases every transfer window

Some MLS clubs are just way better equipped to produce pros than others. Their foundation and methodology is just stronger and the investments they have made are positioning for longer term success, modelling European academies. DCU is just not one of those clubs.

DCU is one of the worst academies you could attend in the MLS ecosystem. FACTS. Please don't try to advance the, if they all aren't producing high level pros, they are all the same argument. It's like saying the Netherlands and the US are the same at football because they have both never won world cups. Just doesn't work.

Where are the MLS club academies churning out high level professionals consistently?

Stupid analogy with the Netherlands, because they have some of the world's best academies that produce high level professionals consistently. The USA MLS academies do not.
Not a single one

How many pros has DCU signed to the first team from the academy in the last 3-4 years? How many players has DCU signed to pro deals for their second team? That answer is easy ZERO. They don't have a second team or MLS next pro team like pretty much ALL other MLS academies. All you need to know. Just focus on DCU. The other MLS academies are in a different league.

Philly Union knowingly keeping a racist on the payroll and in a leadership role sure is in a different league I'd say

When you have no quality, throw mud on everyone else to make yourself look better.

Can't defend Philly Union on this but the reality is that this doesn't make DCU any better. Sorry.

DCU kids and Philly Union kids gonna all end up same places

College

With less than .5% making it to a professional career

Less than 1 percent of ALL players in ALL academies WORLDWIDE turn pro. So they are all bad I guess using your logic. Dumb...

The logic of the PP is that you people chasing all over the country with your young kids and disrupting your families trying to get into MLS clubs everywhere is ridiculous since the odds are they will be in the same bucket when it's all over, as history shows.

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Anonymous wrote:Thank you for the standard deflection tweedle dee and tweedle dumb (DCU PR intern), now can the question at hand be addressed?


https://youtu.be/MauTNb-y...oApVDGnpWt

I found him truly engaging. What's the story of what worked well and what did not when he was with DCU?

What is the focus of the new director?

He's no longer at DCU and he answered your questions on the podcast.

You have no connection to DCU, you have no kid at DCU, you won't have a son at DCU

Take your unhealthy obsession elsewhere

Dude, those are questions. Why are you so emotional over questions?

Previous Post isn't emotional

You're disingenuous and have proven through your multiple posts that you have an agenda to denigrate and disparage the academy, the players and their parents

Your 'just a question' is your repeated modus operandi for an opening for you to reel off another slew of toxicity

If you care that much about information about the academy, contact the academy or go to games and speak to academy parents. That's what people with legitimate interests do.

Make sure you gather the fathers in a group and talk the crap you've been saying here directly to their faces for additional bonus points

So…I posted the link. Not sure you are aware that you are talking to many different people. I do check this forum two times a day but not sure how you can post 4 minutes after my question if you are not refreshing constantly. That seems like an obsession.

Although I have made no statement about the kids, parents or academy in asking a genuine question, you told me “ you have no kid at DCU, you won't have a son at DCU” without knowing anything about me. Is that not the definition of toxic when you have no idea who I am or how may times my kid has been invited to DCU, Nashville, CLT, Philly or Red Bulls?

He did clearly lay out the key to the DMV producing more professional footballers and I am genuinely curious on whether he just talks well on a podcast or whether it is an unfixable problem due to the culture under this ownership. Silence is golden so I think I have my answer.

your kid has such quality that he is being sought after and actively being recruited by multiple professional mls academies but you're on an anonymous blog seeking advice from people you don't know?

Bro...they reached out to me when my kid was 10. F----ing 10. I thought it was psychotic. I did not ask for any of this. You said the same thing 100 pages ago with hater energy because your kid did not have the same requests. For the record, it does not mean s---- to have these requests early. I am actually humble in this process and understand it means nothing. Puberty is undefeated.

If I blindly just went with the clubs like many of you, my kid would fully be in the MLS system and be relegated to the MLS rules and it suppressive pay structure which keeps the MLS profitable. I respect their business acumen while deploring it as a parent of a kid in the system For a family who cannot afford $10k-$20k annually to properly train, MLS Academy is a viable pathway and they should choose it. I am fortunate to make a little bit of coin so I can afford to pay $10k - $20k in training annually for my kid to develop and then afford a visa into Europe when he hits 15-16. I only became aware of this pathway courtesy of this little anonymous message board. I have been able to verify the information on this board in real life and find the real people who execute it in real life.

My kid has not even had their first crush yet and I am supposed to leave town for a team before puberty.
Maybe I am a little too rationale. I don't find missing out on a high school life or family life for virtual school out of town to end up at Old Dominion for D1 soccer an appealing pathway for my child. No knock to ODU in this example but all of my kids are on a high academic track and if my kid is not going pro, I would rather them go D3 at NYU or Ivy than D1 at any old school. Unless something changes at DCU, we will bide our time here locally until U15/U16, go against the grain and local culture and play P2P, and then I will start a business in Europe and we will see how my kid fares there. Whether he succeeds or not, I did my parental job of maximizing his chances on something with 1 in 100,000 odds.

Despite what ya'll think, if you actually read between the lines and toxicity, this forum is 100% gold for real information. We are not alone in not getting information from the MLS academies. Many of the parents in other markets have the same gripes outside of the DMV. We are fortunate to have this forum which allows people to share and express without retribution. I know I share genuine information for other parents. My kid only benefits when others in his age group get better. A rising tide lifts all boats.

Thanks for posting this, because it's an interesting take and I'm curious about this pathway. Where to start. So, you say that your son caught the scout's eye when they were 10. But you resisted and are part of the P2P system here. MLS Next or ECNL? Just curious. What caught my eye was the visa part and going to Europe to play. That's great that you are able to secure a Euro visa for your family and your son. You say visa and not passport right? Because I think that's two different things. Passports can be difficult and are easier said than done having investigated this myself for myself and children. My child plays at a high level and one of their aspirational goals was to play for their grandparents' home country national team. It looks less and less likely as time goes on as we have investigated pathways to secure entry into Europe.

Back to your child's path. What drives your thinking that you will be able to relocate to Europe, start a business and have your son catch on at a Euro academy when they are 15/16 years old? Have they had interest from European scouts at a younger age and you have demonstrated to them that you can secure a Euro visa so it simplifies the situation for them? I find it difficult to fathom that your son would be able to show up at a European club at 15/16 as an unknown commodity and walk into their program. My godson is in the middle of doing this as an older kid, but in order to play hockey in some of the euro leagues. He was able to begin the process of securing a Slovak passport due to his familial ties to the country. He's also had conversation with some of their Tier 2 hockey clubs after having played junior hockey here in the US.

I'm just curious because this pathway seems like an even bigger risk and less likely of succeeding than playing here in the US and going to a highly regarded D3 or Ivy and playing. I realize that some of my questions are pretty pointed and personal, so please understand I'm just trying to figure some of this out myself. And look, while your child's goal is not playing D1 soccer at ODU, my son has a HS friend playing there and having a blast doing it. Sure, the Sun Belt might not be your kid's dream, but it is someone else's. To each his own, right? Thanks for entertaining my questions.

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Anonymous wrote:Parents are delusional. Everybody thinks their kid is the next big thing—but at some point, you’ve got to be honest about the level they’re actually at.

Not every player is elite, and that’s okay. But pretending otherwise doesn’t help the kid—it just creates noise.

Programs like D.C. United’s academy aren’t perfect, but they exist for a reason: they identify and develop top-level talent. Most players there earned it.

And let’s be real—some of the loudest criticism comes from people who didn’t make it in and never got over it.

Support your kid. Believe in them. But keep one foot in reality.

DCU does not identify and develop top level talent. This is where your note is mistaken...they don't identify or develop talent with any level of consistency or success. Wish that wasn't the case but it is what it is.

The only mls club that consistently produces high level professionals hasn't been invented yet

Unless they are sneaking them out of the country under aliases every transfer window

Some MLS clubs are just way better equipped to produce pros than others. Their foundation and methodology is just stronger and the investments they have made are positioning for longer term success, modelling European academies. DCU is just not one of those clubs.

DCU is one of the worst academies you could attend in the MLS ecosystem. FACTS. Please don't try to advance the, if they all aren't producing high level pros, they are all the same argument. It's like saying the Netherlands and the US are the same at football because they have both never won world cups. Just doesn't work.

Where are the MLS club academies churning out high level professionals consistently?

Stupid analogy with the Netherlands, because they have some of the world's best academies that produce high level professionals consistently. The USA MLS academies do not.
Not a single one

How many pros has DCU signed to the first team from the academy in the last 3-4 years? How many players has DCU signed to pro deals for their second team? That answer is easy ZERO. They don't have a second team or MLS next pro team like pretty much ALL other MLS academies. All you need to know. Just focus on DCU. The other MLS academies are in a different league.

Philly Union knowingly keeping a racist on the payroll and in a leadership role sure is in a different league I'd say

When you have no quality, throw mud on everyone else to make yourself look better.

Can't defend Philly Union on this but the reality is that this doesn't make DCU any better. Sorry.

DCU kids and Philly Union kids gonna all end up same places

College

With less than .5% making it to a professional career

Same at Bayern Munich's academy. But it's just as good as DCU. 😂

Who's comparing Bayern Munich to MLS?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thank you for the standard deflection tweedle dee and tweedle dumb (DCU PR intern), now can the question at hand be addressed?


https://youtu.be/MauTNb-y...oApVDGnpWt

I found him truly engaging. What's the story of what worked well and what did not when he was with DCU?

What is the focus of the new director?

He's no longer at DCU and he answered your questions on the podcast.

You have no connection to DCU, you have no kid at DCU, you won't have a son at DCU

Take your unhealthy obsession elsewhere

Dude, those are questions. Why are you so emotional over questions?

Previous Post isn't emotional

You're disingenuous and have proven through your multiple posts that you have an agenda to denigrate and disparage the academy, the players and their parents

Your 'just a question' is your repeated modus operandi for an opening for you to reel off another slew of toxicity

If you care that much about information about the academy, contact the academy or go to games and speak to academy parents. That's what people with legitimate interests do.

Make sure you gather the fathers in a group and talk the crap you've been saying here directly to their faces for additional bonus points

So…I posted the link. Not sure you are aware that you are talking to many different people. I do check this forum two times a day but not sure how you can post 4 minutes after my question if you are not refreshing constantly. That seems like an obsession.

Although I have made no statement about the kids, parents or academy in asking a genuine question, you told me “ you have no kid at DCU, you won't have a son at DCU” without knowing anything about me. Is that not the definition of toxic when you have no idea who I am or how may times my kid has been invited to DCU, Nashville, CLT, Philly or Red Bulls?

He did clearly lay out the key to the DMV producing more professional footballers and I am genuinely curious on whether he just talks well on a podcast or whether it is an unfixable problem due to the culture under this ownership. Silence is golden so I think I have my answer.

your kid has such quality that he is being sought after and actively being recruited by multiple professional mls academies but you're on an anonymous blog seeking advice from people you don't know?

Bro...they reached out to me when my kid was 10. F----ing 10. I thought it was psychotic. I did not ask for any of this. You said the same thing 100 pages ago with hater energy because your kid did not have the same requests. For the record, it does not mean s---- to have these requests early. I am actually humble in this process and understand it means nothing. Puberty is undefeated.

If I blindly just went with the clubs like many of you, my kid would fully be in the MLS system and be relegated to the MLS rules and it suppressive pay structure which keeps the MLS profitable. I respect their business acumen while deploring it as a parent of a kid in the system For a family who cannot afford $10k-$20k annually to properly train, MLS Academy is a viable pathway and they should choose it. I am fortunate to make a little bit of coin so I can afford to pay $10k - $20k in training annually for my kid to develop and then afford a visa into Europe when he hits 15-16. I only became aware of this pathway courtesy of this little anonymous message board. I have been able to verify the information on this board in real life and find the real people who execute it in real life.

My kid has not even had their first crush yet and I am supposed to leave town for a team before puberty.
Maybe I am a little too rationale. I don't find missing out on a high school life or family life for virtual school out of town to end up at Old Dominion for D1 soccer an appealing pathway for my child. No knock to ODU in this example but all of my kids are on a high academic track and if my kid is not going pro, I would rather them go D3 at NYU or Ivy than D1 at any old school. Unless something changes at DCU, we will bide our time here locally until U15/U16, go against the grain and local culture and play P2P, and then I will start a business in Europe and we will see how my kid fares there. Whether he succeeds or not, I did my parental job of maximizing his chances on something with 1 in 100,000 odds.

Despite what ya'll think, if you actually read between the lines and toxicity, this forum is 100% gold for real information. We are not alone in not getting information from the MLS academies. Many of the parents in other markets have the same gripes outside of the DMV. We are fortunate to have this forum which allows people to share and express without retribution. I know I share genuine information for other parents. My kid only benefits when others in his age group get better. A rising tide lifts all boats.

Thanks for posting this, because it's an interesting take and I'm curious about this pathway. Where to start. So, you say that your son caught the scout's eye when they were 10. But you resisted and are part of the P2P system here. MLS Next or ECNL? Just curious. What caught my eye was the visa part and going to Europe to play. That's great that you are able to secure a Euro visa for your family and your son. You say visa and not passport right? Because I think that's two different things. Passports can be difficult and are easier said than done having investigated this myself for myself and children. My child plays at a high level and one of their aspirational goals was to play for their grandparents' home country national team. It looks less and less likely as time goes on as we have investigated pathways to secure entry into Europe.

Back to your child's path. What drives your thinking that you will be able to relocate to Europe, start a business and have your son catch on at a Euro academy when they are 15/16 years old? Have they had interest from European scouts at a younger age and you have demonstrated to them that you can secure a Euro visa so it simplifies the situation for them? I find it difficult to fathom that your son would be able to show up at a European club at 15/16 as an unknown commodity and walk into their program. My godson is in the middle of doing this as an older kid, but in order to play hockey in some of the euro leagues. He was able to begin the process of securing a Slovak passport due to his familial ties to the country. He's also had conversation with some of their Tier 2 hockey clubs after having played junior hockey here in the US.

I'm just curious because this pathway seems like an even bigger risk and less likely of succeeding than playing here in the US and going to a highly regarded D3 or Ivy and playing. I realize that some of my questions are pretty pointed and personal, so please understand I'm just trying to figure some of this out myself. And look, while your child's goal is not playing D1 soccer at ODU, my son has a HS friend playing there and having a blast doing it. Sure, the Sun Belt might not be your kid's dream, but it is someone else's. To each his own, right? Thanks for entertaining my questions.

You're OBVIOUSLY responding to yourself

Just quit dude

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thank you for the standard deflection tweedle dee and tweedle dumb (DCU PR intern), now can the question at hand be addressed?


https://youtu.be/MauTNb-y...oApVDGnpWt

I found him truly engaging. What's the story of what worked well and what did not when he was with DCU?

What is the focus of the new director?

He's no longer at DCU and he answered your questions on the podcast.

You have no connection to DCU, you have no kid at DCU, you won't have a son at DCU

Take your unhealthy obsession elsewhere

Dude, those are questions. Why are you so emotional over questions?

Previous Post isn't emotional

You're disingenuous and have proven through your multiple posts that you have an agenda to denigrate and disparage the academy, the players and their parents

Your 'just a question' is your repeated modus operandi for an opening for you to reel off another slew of toxicity

If you care that much about information about the academy, contact the academy or go to games and speak to academy parents. That's what people with legitimate interests do.

Make sure you gather the fathers in a group and talk the crap you've been saying here directly to their faces for additional bonus points

So…I posted the link. Not sure you are aware that you are talking to many different people. I do check this forum two times a day but not sure how you can post 4 minutes after my question if you are not refreshing constantly. That seems like an obsession.

Although I have made no statement about the kids, parents or academy in asking a genuine question, you told me “ you have no kid at DCU, you won't have a son at DCU” without knowing anything about me. Is that not the definition of toxic when you have no idea who I am or how may times my kid has been invited to DCU, Nashville, CLT, Philly or Red Bulls?

He did clearly lay out the key to the DMV producing more professional footballers and I am genuinely curious on whether he just talks well on a podcast or whether it is an unfixable problem due to the culture under this ownership. Silence is golden so I think I have my answer.

your kid has such quality that he is being sought after and actively being recruited by multiple professional mls academies but you're on an anonymous blog seeking advice from people you don't know?

Bro...they reached out to me when my kid was 10. F----ing 10. I thought it was psychotic. I did not ask for any of this. You said the same thing 100 pages ago with hater energy because your kid did not have the same requests. For the record, it does not mean s---- to have these requests early. I am actually humble in this process and understand it means nothing. Puberty is undefeated.

If I blindly just went with the clubs like many of you, my kid would fully be in the MLS system and be relegated to the MLS rules and it suppressive pay structure which keeps the MLS profitable. I respect their business acumen while deploring it as a parent of a kid in the system For a family who cannot afford $10k-$20k annually to properly train, MLS Academy is a viable pathway and they should choose it. I am fortunate to make a little bit of coin so I can afford to pay $10k - $20k in training annually for my kid to develop and then afford a visa into Europe when he hits 15-16. I only became aware of this pathway courtesy of this little anonymous message board. I have been able to verify the information on this board in real life and find the real people who execute it in real life.

My kid has not even had their first crush yet and I am supposed to leave town for a team before puberty.
Maybe I am a little too rationale. I don't find missing out on a high school life or family life for virtual school out of town to end up at Old Dominion for D1 soccer an appealing pathway for my child. No knock to ODU in this example but all of my kids are on a high academic track and if my kid is not going pro, I would rather them go D3 at NYU or Ivy than D1 at any old school. Unless something changes at DCU, we will bide our time here locally until U15/U16, go against the grain and local culture and play P2P, and then I will start a business in Europe and we will see how my kid fares there. Whether he succeeds or not, I did my parental job of maximizing his chances on something with 1 in 100,000 odds.

Despite what ya'll think, if you actually read between the lines and toxicity, this forum is 100% gold for real information. We are not alone in not getting information from the MLS academies. Many of the parents in other markets have the same gripes outside of the DMV. We are fortunate to have this forum which allows people to share and express without retribution. I know I share genuine information for other parents. My kid only benefits when others in his age group get better. A rising tide lifts all boats.

Thanks for posting this, because it's an interesting take and I'm curious about this pathway. Where to start. So, you say that your son caught the scout's eye when they were 10. But you resisted and are part of the P2P system here. MLS Next or ECNL? Just curious. What caught my eye was the visa part and going to Europe to play. That's great that you are able to secure a Euro visa for your family and your son. You say visa and not passport right? Because I think that's two different things. Passports can be difficult and are easier said than done having investigated this myself for myself and children. My child plays at a high level and one of their aspirational goals was to play for their grandparents' home country national team. It looks less and less likely as time goes on as we have investigated pathways to secure entry into Europe.

Back to your child's path. What drives your thinking that you will be able to relocate to Europe, start a business and have your son catch on at a Euro academy when they are 15/16 years old? Have they had interest from European scouts at a younger age and you have demonstrated to them that you can secure a Euro visa so it simplifies the situation for them? I find it difficult to fathom that your son would be able to show up at a European club at 15/16 as an unknown commodity and walk into their program. My godson is in the middle of doing this as an older kid, but in order to play hockey in some of the euro leagues. He was able to begin the process of securing a Slovak passport due to his familial ties to the country. He's also had conversation with some of their Tier 2 hockey clubs after having played junior hockey here in the US.

I'm just curious because this pathway seems like an even bigger risk and less likely of succeeding than playing here in the US and going to a highly regarded D3 or Ivy and playing. I realize that some of my questions are pretty pointed and personal, so please understand I'm just trying to figure some of this out myself. And look, while your child's goal is not playing D1 soccer at ODU, my son has a HS friend playing there and having a blast doing it. Sure, the Sun Belt might not be your kid's dream, but it is someone else's. To each his own, right? Thanks for entertaining my questions.

You're OBVIOUSLY responding to yourself

Just quit dude

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[last doing it. Sure, the Sun Belt might not be your kid's dream, but it is someone else's. To each his own, right? Thanks for entertaining my questions.

You're OBVIOUSLY responding to yourself

Just quit dude

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