Heard about hazing incident at DC United U15 Boys DA Team

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This did happen. 4 players were removed. No hazing, just horrific bullying. No coaches were aware and all was handled internally. Believe or not, it did happen. I think they handled this properly without media trying to make it a bigger deal than it already is. All parents seem to be satisfied with decision.

Fellow DCU parent here. I agree with all of that. I don't think the club was at fault at all, and when they found out they handled it appropriately, with the focus on ensuring the safety of the players moving forward.

What age group was affected?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This did happen. 4 players were removed. No hazing, just horrific bullying. No coaches were aware and all was handled internally. Believe or not, it did happen. I think they handled this properly without media trying to make it a bigger deal than it already is. All parents seem to be satisfied with decision.

Fellow DCU parent here. I agree with all of that. I don't think the club was at fault at all, and when they found out they handled it appropriately, with the focus on ensuring the safety of the players moving forward.

What age group was affected?

Well all 4 players are at Arlington now! hahaha.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This did happen. 4 players were removed. No hazing, just horrific bullying. No coaches were aware and all was handled internally. Believe or not, it did happen. I think they handled this properly without media trying to make it a bigger deal than it already is. All parents seem to be satisfied with decision.

Fellow DCU parent here. I agree with all of that. I don't think the club was at fault at all, and when they found out they handled it appropriately, with the focus on ensuring the safety of the players moving forward.

What age group was affected?

Well all 4 players are at Arlington now! hahaha.

Please tell me you're joking.

Would not reflect well at all on Arlington, Coach Oscar, or US Soccer DA as a whole.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This did happen. 4 players were removed. No hazing, just horrific bullying. No coaches were aware and all was handled internally. Believe or not, it did happen. I think they handled this properly without media trying to make it a bigger deal than it already is. All parents seem to be satisfied with decision.

Fellow DCU parent here. I agree with all of that. I don't think the club was at fault at all, and when they found out they handled it appropriately, with the focus on ensuring the safety of the players moving forward.

What age group was affected?

Well all 4 players are at Arlington now! hahaha.

Please tell me you're joking.

Would not reflect well at all on Arlington, Coach Oscar, or US Soccer DA as a whole.

Go figure. Says a lot about ASA...and right after they had to fire a Coach for serious issues. You would think they would be careful.

[Anonymous]

No one went to ASA. Stop being an idiot. This was U15. It's all over now. Stupid kids messing up their future. Let's all just move on now...

[Anonymous]

Ruining their future by getting kicked out of P2P? Lol...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No one went to ASA. Stop being an idiot. This was U15. It's all over now. Stupid kids messing up their future. Let's all just move on now...

There is a DA U-15/2004 group at ASA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This did happen. 4 players were removed. No hazing, just horrific bullying. No coaches were aware and all was handled internally. Believe or not, it did happen. I think they handled this properly without media trying to make it a bigger deal than it already is. All parents seem to be satisfied with decision.

Fellow DCU parent here. I agree with all of that. I don't think the club was at fault at all, and when they found out they handled it appropriately, with the focus on ensuring the safety of the players moving forward.

What age group was affected?

Well all 4 players are at Arlington now! hahaha.

I hope this isn't true. What kind of a punishment or lesson is that?

[Anonymous]

The roster of every DA team playing every week is published on US Soccer's DA website. Come March you can just do a comparison of who was playing in December and what the team looks like in March.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The roster of every DA team playing every week is published on US Soccer's DA website. Come March you can just do a comparison of who was playing in December and what the team looks like in March.

I think this is a marvelous idea, even though roster changes may happen for other reasons, for example number changes, approved transfers, player adds, or burnout/quitting.

Dec Rosters below, for posterity's sake. Full names abbreviated to protect the innocent. No pun intended.

DCU

#81 C. A.
#66 M. A.
#80 D. A.
#64 A. B.
#68 B. F.
#65 D. G.
#71 G. L.
#79 T. M.
#61 C. M.
#72 A. M.
#70 A. P.
#73 N. P.
#69 M. R.
#63 F. R.
#74 S. R.
#60 M. S.
#67 D. T.


ARL

#15 A. A.
#11 R. A.
#7 B. A-D.
#6 M. A.
#19 D. D-A.
#10 S. F.
#18 A. G.
#23 F. H.
#70 H. H.
#8 G. K.
#56 J. M.
#91 S. P.
#22 L. P.
#9 O. P.
#14 A. R.
#42 A. R.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This did happen. 4 players were removed. No hazing, just horrific bullying. No coaches were aware and all was handled internally. Believe or not, it did happen. I think they handled this properly without media trying to make it a bigger deal than it already is. All parents seem to be satisfied with decision.

Fellow DCU parent here. I agree with all of that. I don't think the club was at fault at all, and when they found out they handled it appropriately, with the focus on ensuring the safety of the players moving forward.

What age group was affected?

Well all 4 players are at Arlington now! hahaha.

I hope this isn't true. What kind of a punishment or lesson is that?

I don't understand why a kid wouldn't get a second chance. Just because the kid screwed up at DCU, that should not mean the kid is out of soccer forever. When high schools expel kids, they get them a spot at another high school in the district. I'd rather have these kids with a second chance so they can get it right than hanging at the 7-11 and getting into worse issues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This did happen. 4 players were removed. No hazing, just horrific bullying. No coaches were aware and all was handled internally. Believe or not, it did happen. I think they handled this properly without media trying to make it a bigger deal than it already is. All parents seem to be satisfied with decision.

Fellow DCU parent here. I agree with all of that. I don't think the club was at fault at all, and when they found out they handled it appropriately, with the focus on ensuring the safety of the players moving forward.

What age group was affected?

Well all 4 players are at Arlington now! hahaha.

I hope this isn't true. What kind of a punishment or lesson is that?

I don't understand why a kid wouldn't get a second chance. Just because the kid screwed up at DCU, that should not mean the kid is out of soccer forever. When high schools expel kids, they get them a spot at another high school in the district. I'd rather have these kids with a second chance so they can get it right than hanging at the 7-11 and getting into worse issues.

I don't know what happened so this is all speculative. I would agree if there were some kind of suspension. Maybe the miss a season or at least part of one. Something to impress on them that there are consequences to their actions. Moving from one DA club seamlessly to the next does not seem like much of a punishment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This did happen. 4 players were removed. No hazing, just horrific bullying. No coaches were aware and all was handled internally. Believe or not, it did happen. I think they handled this properly without media trying to make it a bigger deal than it already is. All parents seem to be satisfied with decision.

Fellow DCU parent here. I agree with all of that. I don't think the club was at fault at all, and when they found out they handled it appropriately, with the focus on ensuring the safety of the players moving forward.

What age group was affected?

Well all 4 players are at Arlington now! hahaha.

I hope this isn't true. What kind of a punishment or lesson is that?

I don't understand why a kid wouldn't get a second chance. Just because the kid screwed up at DCU, that should not mean the kid is out of soccer forever. When high schools expel kids, they get them a spot at another high school in the district. I'd rather have these kids with a second chance so they can get it right than hanging at the 7-11 and getting into worse issues.

I don't know what happened so this is all speculative. I would agree if there were some kind of suspension. Maybe the miss a season or at least part of one. Something to impress on them that there are consequences to their actions. Moving from one DA club seamlessly to the next does not seem like much of a punishment.

You're right you can only speculate what's fair since you don't know what happened. It was bad. Really bad. No criminal charges only because it was so far away.

I just keep thinking about the victims. I can't even begin to imagine how those kids managed to take the field and try to play after what they went through. They kept it secret for months, not even telling their parents.
This is the kind of trauma that will stay with them the rest of their lives. The kids that did this to them should not be allowed anywhere near them, never mind on the same soccer field.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This did happen. 4 players were removed. No hazing, just horrific bullying. No coaches were aware and all was handled internally. Believe or not, it did happen. I think they handled this properly without media trying to make it a bigger deal than it already is. All parents seem to be satisfied with decision.

Fellow DCU parent here. I agree with all of that. I don't think the club was at fault at all, and when they found out they handled it appropriately, with the focus on ensuring the safety of the players moving forward.

What age group was affected?

Well all 4 players are at Arlington now! hahaha.

I hope this isn't true. What kind of a punishment or lesson is that?

I don't understand why a kid wouldn't get a second chance. Just because the kid screwed up at DCU, that should not mean the kid is out of soccer forever. When high schools expel kids, they get them a spot at another high school in the district. I'd rather have these kids with a second chance so they can get it right than hanging at the 7-11 and getting into worse issues.

I don't know what happened so this is all speculative. I would agree if there were some kind of suspension. Maybe the miss a season or at least part of one. Something to impress on them that there are consequences to their actions. Moving from one DA club seamlessly to the next does not seem like much of a punishment.

You're right you can only speculate what's fair since you don't know what happened. It was bad. Really bad. No criminal charges only because it was so far away.

I just keep thinking about the victims. I can't even begin to imagine how those kids managed to take the field and try to play after what they went through. They kept it secret for months, not even telling their parents.
This is the kind of trauma that will stay with them the rest of their lives. The kids that did this to them should not be allowed anywhere near them, never mind on the same soccer field.

Were they raped? Physically beaten? This post is very dramatic if it were along the lines of name-calling/ribbing. I think anyone with a kid on one of these DA teams or about to join should know for security/safety.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This did happen. 4 players were removed. No hazing, just horrific bullying. No coaches were aware and all was handled internally. Believe or not, it did happen. I think they handled this properly without media trying to make it a bigger deal than it already is. All parents seem to be satisfied with decision.

Fellow DCU parent here. I agree with all of that. I don't think the club was at fault at all, and when they found out they handled it appropriately, with the focus on ensuring the safety of the players moving forward.

What age group was affected?

Well all 4 players are at Arlington now! hahaha.

I hope this isn't true. What kind of a punishment or lesson is that?

I don't understand why a kid wouldn't get a second chance. Just because the kid screwed up at DCU, that should not mean the kid is out of soccer forever. When high schools expel kids, they get them a spot at another high school in the district. I'd rather have these kids with a second chance so they can get it right than hanging at the 7-11 and getting into worse issues.

I don't know what happened so this is all speculative. I would agree if there were some kind of suspension. Maybe the miss a season or at least part of one. Something to impress on them that there are consequences to their actions. Moving from one DA club seamlessly to the next does not seem like much of a punishment.

You're right you can only speculate what's fair since you don't know what happened. It was bad. Really bad. No criminal charges only because it was so far away.

I just keep thinking about the victims. I can't even begin to imagine how those kids managed to take the field and try to play after what they went through. They kept it secret for months, not even telling their parents.
This is the kind of trauma that will stay with them the rest of their lives. The kids that did this to them should not be allowed anywhere near them, never mind on the same soccer field.

Were they raped? Physically beaten? This post is very dramatic if it were along the lines of name-calling/ribbing. I think anyone with a kid on one of these DA teams or about to join should know for security/safety.

Agreed. They were making a big deal in the FCB Escola thread that several DA players have recently moved there. Perhaps that’s where they have gone?