Arlington Getting Boys DA Expansion?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^ You mean well and I thought you were going somewhere but -for the love of god- you do not get it. Competitive teams at the younger ages with the LARGEST player pool by far of any other Club in the DMV. It's all physicality based. It's NOT development which is the point of youth DA. They still will take kids developed elsewhere in the older age groups. This is by no means an argument for keeping them.

That could be. Maybe. But DCU isn't doing anything of value either. They live off of being an MLS affiliated DA. My main point is the two are at least level. They are just living off of a player pool they don't Coach well.

Bethesda and BA are another story. I agree on those two. So if Arlington isn't the answer. DCU is also a tragedy. Nova needs another option.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ You mean well and I thought you were going somewhere but -for the love of god- you do not get it. Competitive teams at the younger ages with the LARGEST player pool by far of any other Club in the DMV. It's all physicality based. It's NOT development which is the point of youth DA. They still will take kids developed elsewhere in the older age groups. This is by no means an argument for keeping them.

That could be. Maybe. But DCU isn't doing anything of value either. They live off of being an MLS affiliated DA. My main point is the two are at least level. They are just living off of a player pool they don't Coach well.

Bethesda and BA are another story. I agree on those two. So if Arlington isn't the answer. DCU is also a tragedy. Nova needs another option.

So much Arlington hate. We get, your kid didn’t make it. Clearly the club must suck. Get over it and move on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ You mean well and I thought you were going somewhere but -for the love of god- you do not get it. Competitive teams at the younger ages with the LARGEST player pool by far of any other Club in the DMV. It's all physicality based. It's NOT development which is the point of youth DA. They still will take kids developed elsewhere in the older age groups. This is by no means an argument for keeping them.

That could be. Maybe. But DCU isn't doing anything of value either. They live off of being an MLS affiliated DA. My main point is the two are at least level. They are just living off of a player pool they don't Coach well.

Bethesda and BA are another story. I agree on those two. So if Arlington isn't the answer. DCU is also a tragedy. Nova needs another option.

So much Arlington hate. We get, your kid didn’t make it. Clearly the club must suck. Get over it and move on.

Please. And this is another reason the club remains weaker than it should be. Club meets the demands of parents, many of whom don’t know a damned thing about soccer or development. Sure. Don’t change a thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ You mean well and I thought you were going somewhere but -for the love of god- you do not get it. Competitive teams at the younger ages with the LARGEST player pool by far of any other Club in the DMV. It's all physicality based. It's NOT development which is the point of youth DA. They still will take kids developed elsewhere in the older age groups. This is by no means an argument for keeping them.

That could be. Maybe. But DCU isn't doing anything of value either. They live off of being an MLS affiliated DA. My main point is the two are at least level. They are just living off of a player pool they don't Coach well.

Bethesda and BA are another story. I agree on those two. So if Arlington isn't the answer. DCU is also a tragedy. Nova needs another option.

So much Arlington hate. We get, your kid didn’t make it. Clearly the club must suck. Get over it and move on.

I was defending Arlington's legitimate claim to a full boys'DA. But have it your way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ You mean well and I thought you were going somewhere but -for the love of god- you do not get it. Competitive teams at the younger ages with the LARGEST player pool by far of any other Club in the DMV. It's all physicality based. It's NOT development which is the point of youth DA. They still will take kids developed elsewhere in the older age groups. This is by no means an argument for keeping them.

That could be. Maybe. But DCU isn't doing anything of value either. They live off of being an MLS affiliated DA. My main point is the two are at least level. They are just living off of a player pool they don't Coach well.

Bethesda and BA are another story. I agree on those two. So if Arlington isn't the answer. DCU is also a tragedy. Nova needs another option.

So much Arlington hate. We get, your kid didn’t make it. Clearly the club must suck. Get over it and move on.

I was defending Arlington's legitimate claim to a full boys'DA. But have it your way.

Ha ha. That’s always an Arlington parents retort to anyone that comments negatively. If you read the posts you will see people arguing against all Club DA. Arl was brought up as an example for Club DA and posters commented on why it doesn’t work and those reasons apply to almost all Club DA. USSF was pulling them for the development reasons. Clubs have an inherent conflict of interest when they also a DA. The arrogance of Arlington parents always makes it about them. I guarantee the poster that keeps bringing up keeping it at Arlington is, of course, an Arlington parent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ You mean well and I thought you were going somewhere but -for the love of god- you do not get it. Competitive teams at the younger ages with the LARGEST player pool by far of any other Club in the DMV. It's all physicality based. It's NOT development which is the point of youth DA. They still will take kids developed elsewhere in the older age groups. This is by no means an argument for keeping them.

That could be. Maybe. But DCU isn't doing anything of value either. They live off of being an MLS affiliated DA. My main point is the two are at least level. They are just living off of a player pool they don't Coach well.

Bethesda and BA are another story. I agree on those two. So if Arlington isn't the answer. DCU is also a tragedy. Nova needs another option.

So much Arlington hate. We get, your kid didn’t make it. Clearly the club must suck. Get over it and move on.

I was defending Arlington's legitimate claim to a full boys'DA. But have it your way.

Ha ha. That’s always an Arlington parents retort to anyone that comments negatively. If you read the posts you will see people arguing against all Club DA. Arl was brought up as an example for Club DA and posters commented on why it doesn’t work and those reasons apply to almost all Club DA. USSF was pulling them for the development reasons. Clubs have an inherent conflict of interest when they also a DA. The arrogance of Arlington parents always makes it about them. I guarantee the poster that keeps bringing up keeping it at Arlington is, of course, an Arlington parent.

And as you pointed out-they were so on the attack they lacked reading comprehension to see that you were actually making a case for them by pointing out DCU isn’t doing anything better. They must not have read to the end.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ You mean well and I thought you were going somewhere but -for the love of god- you do not get it. Competitive teams at the younger ages with the LARGEST player pool by far of any other Club in the DMV. It's all physicality based. It's NOT development which is the point of youth DA. They still will take kids developed elsewhere in the older age groups. This is by no means an argument for keeping them.

That could be. Maybe. But DCU isn't doing anything of value either. They live off of being an MLS affiliated DA. My main point is the two are at least level. They are just living off of a player pool they don't Coach well.

Bethesda and BA are another story. I agree on those two. So if Arlington isn't the answer. DCU is also a tragedy. Nova needs another option.

So much Arlington hate. We get, your kid didn’t make it. Clearly the club must suck. Get over it and move on.

I was defending Arlington's legitimate claim to a full boys'DA. But have it your way.

Ha ha. That’s always an Arlington parents retort to anyone that comments negatively. If you read the posts you will see people arguing against all Club DA. Arl was brought up as an example for Club DA and posters commented on why it doesn’t work and those reasons apply to almost all Club DA. USSF was pulling them for the development reasons. Clubs have an inherent conflict of interest when they also a DA. The arrogance of Arlington parents always makes it about them. I guarantee the poster that keeps bringing up keeping it at Arlington is, of course, an Arlington parent.

Then you would be wrong. I am not an Arlington parent.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ You mean well and I thought you were going somewhere but -for the love of god- you do not get it. Competitive teams at the younger ages with the LARGEST player pool by far of any other Club in the DMV. It's all physicality based. It's NOT development which is the point of youth DA. They still will take kids developed elsewhere in the older age groups. This is by no means an argument for keeping them.

That could be. Maybe. But DCU isn't doing anything of value either. They live off of being an MLS affiliated DA. My main point is the two are at least level. They are just living off of a player pool they don't Coach well.

Bethesda and BA are another story. I agree on those two. So if Arlington isn't the answer. DCU is also a tragedy. Nova needs another option.

So much Arlington hate. We get, your kid didn’t make it. Clearly the club must suck. Get over it and move on.

I was defending Arlington's legitimate claim to a full boys'DA. But have it your way.

Ha ha. That’s always an Arlington parents retort to anyone that comments negatively. If you read the posts you will see people arguing against all Club DA. Arl was brought up as an example for Club DA and posters commented on why it doesn’t work and those reasons apply to almost all Club DA. USSF was pulling them for the development reasons. Clubs have an inherent conflict of interest when they also a DA. The arrogance of Arlington parents always makes it about them. I guarantee the poster that keeps bringing up keeping it at Arlington is, of course, an Arlington parent.

And as you pointed out-they were so on the attack they lacked reading comprehension to see that you were actually making a case for them by pointing out DCU isn’t doing anything better. They must not have read to the end.

That was my point. DCU is not doing anything better. It is propped up by being an MLS Academy.

[Anonymous]

DCU academy will get better when academy is fully tiered

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DCU academy will get better when academy is fully tiered

DCU academy will get better if DCU owners ever fully invest in it, pay DA coaches enough that they want to stay long term, and make it free for players.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DCU academy will get better when academy is fully tiered

DCU academy will get better if DCU owners ever fully invest in it, pay DA coaches enough that they want to stay long term, and make it free for players.

+1. Tiering instiutionalizes them, but it doesn't create a quality program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ You mean well and I thought you were going somewhere but -for the love of god- you do not get it. Competitive teams at the younger ages with the LARGEST player pool by far of any other Club in the DMV. It's all physicality based. It's NOT development which is the point of youth DA. They still will take kids developed elsewhere in the older age groups. This is by no means an argument for keeping them.

That could be. Maybe. But DCU isn't doing anything of value either. They live off of being an MLS affiliated DA. My main point is the two are at least level. They are just living off of a player pool they don't Coach well.

Bethesda and BA are another story. I agree on those two. So if Arlington isn't the answer. DCU is also a tragedy. Nova needs another option.

So much Arlington hate. We get, your kid didn’t make it. Clearly the club must suck. Get over it and move on.

Please. And this is another reason the club remains weaker than it should be. Club meets the demands of parents, many of whom don’t know a damned thing about soccer or development. Sure. Don’t change a thing.

I don’t get the Arlington hate.
I mean, don’t we all wish that our club will develop all our players into superstars?
I don’t know much about soccer but I do know that a player gets better when they practice and play with better players. If your player is on the 3rd team and they play against mediocre competition, how do they get better? Is the club failing them when they aren’t getting faster, or more skilled?

I have a dd so my knowledge is on the girls’ side, but she was actually developed by Arlington- as were about 5 of her teammates. She moved from rec, to ADP, to 3rd team of travel, to 2nd team, to 1st team, and finally to DA. Someone saw her potential, I guess.
Last year, her DA team was close to the bottom of their division. This year, they are 2nd - behind FCV. They seem to be getting better. I’m assuming it’s because they are being developed.
I’ve been impressed with the girls side this year. It’s a huge improvement over last year. They girls have had seminars in nutrition, sports psychology, and college recruiting.
I think Arlington is ready for a full boy’s DA, and I hope they get it.

[Anonymous]

^I have a girl and a boy. Very different experiences with the 2 genders. Almost like 2 separate clubs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^I have a girl and a boy. Very different experiences with the 2 genders. Almost like 2 separate clubs.

I'm interested in hearing your observations about the differences. I have a DD at Arlington now and 2 younger boys still in rec.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DCU academy will get better when academy is fully tiered

DCU academy will get better if DCU owners ever fully invest in it, pay DA coaches enough that they want to stay long term, and make it free for players.

+1. Tiering instiutionalizes them, but it doesn't create a quality program.

I'm not even sure what "tiering" means, but I agree DCU academy is not doing a good job. I think there was maybe a narrow window of time when they were - and the 03 age group might give a glimpse of the potential that exists in this area - but not now.

Does $$ fix it though? I'm not so sure. The problem is their overall philosophy and quality of coaches. They might need to clean house and start over.