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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC has 3 16 yr olds down in Florida for pre season with the first team from the U18 team, if your kid is good that’s what happens, if not you’re on a forum bragging about your kid playing at Arlington [/quote]

So what?  Again, DCUs way of trying to show development when no development is actually happening.  Those three show up on the first team or get sold, then we can talk.  Until then, all DCU facade of development.  [/quote]

Oh right. Cool.  Give me your kids name and I’ll see if he’s there.  No? Was he at a national team camp and had to miss and that’s why? Also no?  So multiple DC kids on a better pathway to pro and national play than most but hey, Arlington won a scrimmage game used for season prep.  Good job. [/quote]

I don't care about Arlington winning a game against a younger DCU squad.  That is irrelevant.  What matters is the development of the kids.  DCU has proven, over and over again, that it can't develop talent consistently.  It can't even keep it's leadership or coaches because the entire program and organization is dysfunctional and on a shoe string budget.  I hope all of those kids do great things with soccer and hopefully they all succeed. But there are realities of soccer development that just can't be overlooked.  With a soccer education fully garnered at DCU, a known inferior development system with minimal funding, the chips are stacked against them.  It just is what it is.  Better chances at pro soccer than if a player was at Arlington for sure. But Arlington isn't the competition.  The other MLS academies are.  And they are pretty much all running circles around DCU.  [/quote]

No organization is perfect.  Changes continue being made to bring the academy to the next level. A huge investment this year with adding a school option which expands next year.  It takes time and money which you don’t want to allow for.  You just think it should all be built instantly.  Philly Union didn’t build theirs instantly.  The other MLS residential programs and systems weren’t built instantly.  Did DCU start up behind them, yes.  So it takes time to catch up but they have great talent.  They may not win every game but they aren’t getting blown out regularly.  And a preseason scrimmage is not the measure for that. They are competitive with a lot of international and national team players. The new academy director is already implementing changes to continue to grow the academy and take them to the next level.  The old director made changes to do that also.  It takes time.  Period.  But the kids out their with talent and busting their tales don’t deserve the commentary from someone who’s sitting at home on their couch with zero pro soccer experience trying to discredit their work or sell other local talent on why they shouldn’t consider the club. [/quote]

No one is talking about the kids.  Just about DCU as an organization and their lack of ability to develop the kids.

Yes, DCU is trying.  I will buy that argument.  But they are so far behind it will take many years for them to catch up.  Too much time to be relevant for our kids who are of age now and in the next 3-5 years.  Wait and see approach on DCU is not wise.[/quote]

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