DC United Academy - aa strong academy or not

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I’m so glad my son is only 6. DC has time to get its act together.

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Anonymous wrote:USMNT DCU bias only 2 DCU kids all age groups?

Where do you see DCU kids?

U17 and U16 November camp rosters came out today and no DCU players on the roster. Union and red bulls are represented on both.

The International behemoth Red Bulls has 1 player on U17 and none on U15

They are probably the best U16 team in the country but strangely has only 2

Irrelevant. These stats are all better than what DCU is doing and how it's performing on a national scale...You're trying to tear down a club that is actually getting results but yet, have nothing to offer about DCU?? Doesn't work like that. DCU is not on the same level and not a strong academy. There is no other conclusion that can be drawn.

Red Bulls had 25 players not make U15s
Same as DCU

Red Bulls had 24 players not make U17s
1 less than DC

Red Bulls had 23 players not make U16's
2 less than DC

Red Bull
u15 - 0
u16 - 2
u17 - 2

Philly
u15 - 2
u16 - 1
u17 - 3

DCU
u15 - 0
u16 - 0
u17 - 0

The numbers don't lie

The talent is producing those results, not the academies. Please don't tell me you think those academies were the difference, and that those kids would not have made it had they been elsewhere. This combines the vanity of coaches and the desperation of parents who hope they play a material difference. They can generally only screw things hope, not make good great.

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Anonymous wrote:USMNT DCU bias only 2 DCU kids all age groups?

Where do you see DCU kids?

U17 and U16 November camp rosters came out today and no DCU players on the roster. Union and red bulls are represented on both.

The International behemoth Red Bulls has 1 player on U17 and none on U15

They are probably the best U16 team in the country but strangely has only 2

Irrelevant. These stats are all better than what DCU is doing and how it's performing on a national scale...You're trying to tear down a club that is actually getting results but yet, have nothing to offer about DCU?? Doesn't work like that. DCU is not on the same level and not a strong academy. There is no other conclusion that can be drawn.

Red Bulls had 25 players not make U15s
Same as DCU

Red Bulls had 24 players not make U17s
1 less than DC

Red Bulls had 23 players not make U16's
2 less than DC

Red Bull
u15 - 0
u16 - 2
u17 - 2

Philly
u15 - 2
u16 - 1
u17 - 3

DCU
u15 - 0
u16 - 0
u17 - 0

The numbers don't lie

The talent is producing those results, not the academies. Please don't tell me you think those academies were the difference, and that those kids would not have made it had they been elsewhere. This combines the vanity of coaches and the desperation of parents who hope they play a material difference. They can generally only screw things hope, not make good great.

This is such a pathetic and sad take that is so wrong and false and shows how little you know about football but more importantly, the education of young people. If this were true why even go to an academy at all??? It would be a complete waste of time. I know several of the kids on the rosters in two age groups that if they hadn't gone to their academy, which was not DCU, would not have developed as quickly. The academy environment made a big difference and the competition made a big difference. The opinion that the academy makes no difference in the development of the player is just an absurd opinion that no credible person advances.

[Anonymous]

And this opinion can only be advanced by someone that has a child in a weak academy like DCU to try and rationalize what they are doing. But if you take what you're saying as truth, then you're also saying by default that DCU has no talent. This is just on its face false. Either way, not a great argument.

[Anonymous]

DCU has great players, what to do with them is a different story.

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Anonymous wrote:DCU has great players, what to do with them is a different story.

Exactly

[Anonymous]

if your kid isn't in the academy (and probably never will be), which I suspect is the case for most of the people on this thread and forum who continue to crap all over DCUA, why do you care? so much yip-yapping for something that doesn't impact you.

[Anonymous]

https://www.instagram.com/p/DCW8sc_uYGD/?igsh=MXZsaXFoMGdjNGxmYQ==

Another former DCU kid that's thriving outside of DCUA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:if your kid isn't in the academy (and probably never will be), which I suspect is the case for most of the people on this thread and forum who continue to crap all over DCUA, why do you care? so much yip-yapping for something that doesn't impact you.

Lots of good info here, info that only academy parents would know. I wish I had this knowledge when DS started his journey.

Why do you care what is said about DCUA? So much pushback from something that doesn't impact you. Or does it?

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.instagram.com/p/DCW8sc_uYGD/?igsh=MXZsaXFoMGdjNGxmYQ==

Another former DCU kid that's thriving outside of DCUA.

LOL
Tell that to people who don't know all the departure details

Also tell that to people who don't know that every Barcelona Residency school in the World contractually has to send a couple players for training to the Barca Academy in Spain. Because it costs $75K a year to attend the Residency school.

Tell that to people who don't know it's just a week or two with other Barca Residency school kids and Not a tryout for the Real Barca Academy, since they don't have European Union citizenship.

Can fool some people some time.
Can't fool all the people all the time.

[Anonymous]

Looks like those 3 got their access to do some training with La Masia from the Barca Academy in AZ.
https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/news/4167122/from-arizona-to-the-ciutat-esportiva#:~:text=Graham%20Ford%20is%20training%20with,reading%20the%20game%20in%20general.

Who was the former DCU player? Whoever they are, looks like the left to go train full time in AZ instead. But, that only cost $78,500 per year!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:if your kid isn't in the academy (and probably never will be), which I suspect is the case for most of the people on this thread and forum who continue to crap all over DCUA, why do you care? so much yip-yapping for something that doesn't impact you.

Lots of good info here, info that only academy parents would know. I wish I had this knowledge when DS started his journey.

Why do you care what is said about DCUA? So much pushback from something that doesn't impact you. Or does it?

Lots of false, misleading information and out of context exaggerations by people who hear stuff 2nd and 3rd hand and obviously don't have, never had, will never have kids at the academy.

Sad and pitiful adults. They need to focus on their kids, not the elite kids chosen to be at dcu.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:if your kid isn't in the academy (and probably never will be), which I suspect is the case for most of the people on this thread and forum who continue to crap all over DCUA, why do you care? so much yip-yapping for something that doesn't impact you.

Lots of good info here, info that only academy parents would know. I wish I had this knowledge when DS started his journey.

Why do you care what is said about DCUA? So much pushback from something that doesn't impact you. Or does it?

Lots of false, misleading information and out of context exaggerations by people who hear stuff 2nd and 3rd hand and obviously don't have, never had, will never have kids at the academy.

Sad and pitiful adults. They need to focus on their kids, not the elite kids chosen to be at dcu.

What was false and misleading, out of context exaggeration? Everything was backed up by resources on the Internet, whereas you haven't provided any evidence on why DCUA is a good academy? Give us example of what you thought was false. Are you going to ignore again and disappear?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.instagram.com/p/DCW8sc_uYGD/?igsh=MXZsaXFoMGdjNGxmYQ==

Another former DCU kid that's thriving outside of DCUA.

LOL
Tell that to people who don't know all the departure details

Also tell that to people who don't know that every Barcelona Residency school in the World contractually has to send a couple players for training to the Barca Academy in Spain. Because it costs $75K a year to attend the Residency school.

Tell that to people who don't know it's just a week or two with other Barca Residency school kids and Not a tryout for the Real Barca Academy, since they don't have European Union citizenship.

Can fool some people some time.
Can't fool all the people all the time.

That kid was a top player at DCUA that used to play up. Hmm, I wonder why he would have left DCU and went to Barca Academy for 75k a year?

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Anonymous wrote:if your kid isn't in the academy (and probably never will be), which I suspect is the case for most of the people on this thread and forum who continue to crap all over DCUA, why do you care? so much yip-yapping for something that doesn't impact you.

Lots of good info here, info that only academy parents would know. I wish I had this knowledge when DS started his journey.

Why do you care what is said about DCUA? So much pushback from something that doesn't impact you. Or does it?

Lots of false, misleading information and out of context exaggerations by people who hear stuff 2nd and 3rd hand and obviously don't have, never had, will never have kids at the academy.

Sad and pitiful adults. They need to focus on their kids, not the elite kids chosen to be at dcu.

What was false and misleading, out of context exaggeration? Everything was backed up by resources on the Internet, whereas you haven't provided any evidence on why DCUA is a good academy? Give us example of what you thought was false. Are you going to ignore again and disappear?

Thou seeketh relevancy to raiseth thy low self-esteem and insecurities

There are other threads beating up Achilles, Bethesda and other clubs. Share your invaluable toxicity there.
Your crusade here is wasted.

Every parent here will sign their kids with dcua academy tomorrow if invited.