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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Someone was asking about McLean's U12 boys DA....Apparently, the Board agreed to terminate the program for next year based on the consensus of the technical staff.[/quote]

Well this is very frustrating to be honest. MY DS will be trying out for U9 this spring with mclean being (was?) the preferred club. He is a good player but have no way if he will be a DA player. It just sucks that option wont be available. How many more times will mclean go for DA. Was hoping for a nice transition from mclean juniors to travel to DA by U12

Now will have to seriously consider Arlington...[/quote]

At U9 you don’t need to worry about 4 years from now.  Wrong focus. I wouldn’t even do pre-DA U12-14.

Look for the best coach/training in a conducive training environment without crazies.[/quote]

Would you mind telling us why not to do DA u12-14. The PP has a legitimate concern for planning purposes. How harder would it be for a newcomer to go to a new club come DA u12 as opposed to being with the same club and having the coaches know the players skill set come tryouts for DA.  I believe that the best training in travel is offered by DA coaches anyways. That’s the point right?[/quote]

No, DA is just as much a career ladder as others believe it is for their children.  The aim is to get these players scouted for college, if they stumble upon a good player, their hope is the player is such a high potential player that they are taken by a European club, or the player has strong dreams of playing pro and will be willing to delay/skip college and play for a MLS pro team.  If strong club's A team were to practice 4 days a week, I'm pretty sure they could compete with a DA team.[/quote]

If you are talking boys, don't be ridiculous.  There are soooo few soccer scholarships.  9 total for the entire 4 years at even big universities (not 9 per incoming class).  There are 16-18 kids or so on a team.  If the upper classmen have them that means they might be able to split one scholarship in teeny tiny parts for incoming freshmen. Even better, the schools are not always academically sound.  This is the most idiotic crap I hear from boy soccer parents.  Your kid will not get a scholarship and the amount you spend on travel/DA and driving and flying all over the US won't matter.

Next, training sucks for the most part all over the US---yes, DA too.  The post mentioned being taken by a European club---I just fell out of my chair laughing.  The only chance a kid has for that to happen is to head to Europe by 12-years old.  Let's all be real.  European coaches certainly aren't scouting US DA programs.

Wake-up.

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