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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Must be alot of Alexandria people here. Sorry to burst your bubble but Alexandria makes great TEAMS, but dont develop good PLAYERS!! Thats facts! They have one good team and its the 08 BOYS that they love dearly. [/quote]

Not true about not developing good players.  They adopted their club-wide possession based curriculum when the 04/05s were U9.  So just looking at those age groups and younger, they currently have at least 7 players they've developed who've gone on to play for DA teams:  3 at DC United, 2 at Arlington and 2 at Bethesda.   Outside of any of the feeder clubs (VSA, PWSI, Arl, Beth) there aren't many other clubs who could say the same.  LMVSC - 2; SYC - 0, BRYC - 0, Doradus/Barca - 4, Villarreal/Annandale - 0.

You need to be able to pass the ball, think quickly and have a good understanding of positioning to play at a high level.  Alexandria teaches those things.  [/quote]

Well first, don't think that just because some kid plays for a DA team, that he's some great player. If you look at most DA teams, they look for the fast guy out wide to lump it in and guys crash the goal.  Not always of course but I would not say that DAs play good soccer. They need to win or else.  Secondly, Alexandria teams pass the ball great and have a great understanding of positional play, I agree.  But I'm with the other poster who said they make great TEAMS and not great individuals.  They spend very little time on individual skills and a ton of time on choreography even at the youngest ages...U9 and up.  Don't get me wrong, I love the way they play but if you are not technically sound, it doesn't work and you need to become technically sound on your own if you play there, which is fine, but what you find is that, not all the kids do and then the play breaks down.  You can't play out from the back if your first touch sucks.[/quote]

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