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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Advantages should be obvious.

He may struggle a little with playing time, but DC usually has the kid rostered on his own age group too and give them playing time at both age groups especially if they aren't getting a lot of playing time at the older age group.
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Thank you. I am OP and this is the the first real answer and very helpful. [/quote]

No problem.

There are other disadvatages to DC though - but they are generally applicable rather than specific to a kid playing up.  The coaching is appalling because DC won't pay the coaches anything or invest in the academy at all, so they end up with part time coaches with very little experience, or who are proven failures, and who wouldn't be able to get a job coaching the first team at any of the local ECNL or MLS Next clubs in the area.

The consequence is that the kids don't develop at all, and the kids that get homegrown contracts always fail (with one exception in recent years) and drop out of soccer after their first contract expires.

If your kid is really good enough to be playing up and he has any aspirations toward a professional career - you should get him on the roster of a team with a track record of successfully developing players.  This is difficult to arrange because of the rules - and you might even have to move, especially if you have already accepted an offer to play for DCU.  BUT it is not impossible - there are ten+ kids from this area at other MLS academies right now.[/quote]

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