DC United Academy - aa strong academy or not
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Anonymous
Well said |
Anonymous
| 49 pages later...Is DCU a strong academy or not?? Pretty clear from what I've read and learned, it isn't. |
Anonymous
Red Bull u15 - 0 u16 - 2 u17 - 2 Philly u15 - 2 u16 - 1 u17 - 3 DCU u15 - 0 u16 - 0 u17 - 0 |
Anonymous
Ok... SOME or a FEW kids are on the USYNT, from U15 though u19, that are from MD/VA and are playing for academies that is not DCU. Kids that would have been at DCUA if they had no other option. MANY kids from the DMV are spread out across the US playing on different Academy teams. Is that a little better? |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
The numbers don't lie |
Anonymous
It's actually this: Red Bull u15 - 1 u16 - 2 u17 - 2 Philly u15 - 3 u16 - 1 u17 - 3 DCU u15 - 0 u16 - 0 u17 - 0 |
Anonymous
| And if you're a DCU parent you have to ask yourself, why did none of our kids make the cut? It's because they are in an environment that isn't about their development. One that doesn't prioritize, emphasize or measure their improvement as players and their understanding of the game overall. It is a bare bones academy that just gets by year to year. One of the worst academy systems in the MLS but one of the best regions for talent. The only ones that are losing are the kids and for that, it is a shame. |
Anonymous
| And just one more concrete example of why DCU is not a strong academy |
Anonymous
| And one PP said these usynt selections are political and that is probably true. That's true everywhere. But that just means that in addition to running a subpar academy in the MLS, DCU also has little to no political pull with US Soccer. Pull that, if they had it, would get an ok kid a look or a chance (the complete standouts are getting a chance pretty much anywhere they show up) Another reason why DCU is very limiting in terms of the upside potential of the academy. |
Anonymous
Do you have stats for non-Academies? I heard many made the next round. Shocking 0 from DCU. |
Anonymous
No I don't have any info on USYNT ID invites except for the ones DS went to. I don't think that info is made public unless someone posts the list. From what I've seen in the last couple of years, the final team is always made up of academy kids. |
Anonymous
If you're not a DCU parent, then you're definitely in the wrong lane. Try as hard as you'd like, the parents with kids at DCU don't care about your emotions and feelings. |
Anonymous
If only you knew...Your posts are so transparent. It's not about anyone's emotions or feelings. It's about the actual, real truth about DCU, which you are clearly in denial of. And something that DCU wants to brush under the rug. The smart parents at DCU for the most part know these issues and problems but again, accept them because there are no alternatives. You're the only parent seeming to be an outsider. If you don't care then why are you posting?? Just let it go. |
Anonymous
This has actually been covered in this thread. If you're not in a MLS academy you have practically ZERO, and I mean almost ZERO chance of making the final national team camps. You may make a regional camp but that is as far as a kid will go from pay to play clubs. If you're at a pay to play club in the DMV you will never make the actual national team the way the current system is structured with the MLS filtering and basically running the youth pool. Unless you are FAR better than everyone else in the pool which is extremely rare. The only reason why the pay to play clubs/players even get a chance in the regional camps is political. US Soccer throws those clubs a bone to give the impression that they are being equitable and to help pay to play clubs with their narratives about ability to get kids national team exposure for the commercial side of their businesses. But everyone knows those kids will never make it to the national team just on the fact that they aren't in a MLS academy and the national team rosters are 99 percent MLS academy players. The other players making it that are not in MLS academies are coming from overseas clubs that are FAR superior to the MLS. What you really see as the kids get older and to the real national team is that the pendulum shifts. The majority of the players for the Mens national team are coming from overseas because they are just in better environments and playing at a higher level. USSF doesn't want to give off the impression that the US can't field strong youth teams with just domestic talent. It would be a complete and utter failure on their part if this was the case and they are already pretty much inept as an organization. Why only 3-4 overseas players usually make the youth national teams from overseas. If they weren't on such weak footing in terms of their efficacy at the youth levels, and didn't care about that perception, the youth national teams would literally be made up of all kids from overseas who have eligibility to play for the US because all of them are better than our domestic talent. Just like the first team. Let THAT sink in. DCU isn't even a real player in this game. It isn't shocking that DCU players are not in the camps. They are not as strong nationally especially when up against kids in better environments and with more athletic ability. You see this clearly when they play better systems and academies. It's obvious in the first 5 minutes that they don't know what they are doing (over dribbling/useless contacts on the ball, poor decision making, lack of understanding of how to move without the ball, weak positional discipline, shaky fundamentals, zero understanding of team strategy/but strong understanding of individualism and generally poor weak foot ability). This is present in all ages at DCU not one team. Even with this, they are regionally strong and a step above most regional talent. But even regionally, there are kids that are better and developing faster. Nationally they are a few steps behind. Why Philly and Red Bulls have so much representation and DCU doesn't. |