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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For DAs, the top reasons are:
-Facilities: they have specific requirements about access to high quality fields for practice and games, including turf and lights
-Coaching and Technical Direction: they have requirements for licensing levels, at a minimum
-Organization/governance/finance: they have requirements about all this stuff that tries to ensure a "healthy club"

And some or all of these get more stringent as you go up in age groups. As was said, I think McLean lost because of facilities. And I believe Potomac used to have a DA as well (feel free to confirm or correct me). I'm less sure what happened back then, but it was some combination of the above.[/quote]

Yes, Potomac had a DA as well. They lost it at the same time as McLean. https://www.soccerwire.com/news/mclean-youth-soccer-kicked-out-of-development-academy/?loc=psw

Baltimore Bays had one as well, but that didn't end well as some coaches and teams left to start Celtic as they wanted to play HS. Bays then joined with Pipeline, SAC and Pro Soccer Academy to start Armour (which Bays and PSA are no longer a part of).[/quote]

We had a kid at Potomac when they lost their DA status.  I think they likely met all the organizational requirements listed above, but their teams were dreadful, finishing at or near the bottom of the standings year after year.  I have my complaints about Bethesda, but they've done a much better job with their DA than I expected.[/quote]

Are clubs always losing their status or are they sometime walking away?
McLean and Loudoun may have done the latter when they were not given the higher age groups. Arlington might be next when their long-expected extension does not materialize.
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McLean lost their status.

Loudoun was never a full DA and for whatever reason could never earn full DA. DCU was is moving next door and as luck would have it the club was awarded ECNL around the same time. So Loudoun will claim that they "walked away" but it is more of "you can't fire me, I quit!"[/quote]

McLean had two phases of DA.  They originally had a full DA, which back then was only two age groups for all DAs, I think--U18 and U16.  They lost their original DA status in 2013 due to the reasons mentioned above.  A few years later they had a limited DA for younger age groups, which I believe I believe they may have voluntarily dropped when it was clear they wouldn't get more.[/quote]

That's correct.  Some people with younger players are mixing up the two.  It was like 2010 when McLean had full DA. [/quote]

McLean's second phase was U12 only, starting in the 2016-2017 season. It was some sort of deal with DC where they would feed kids into the DC program. It didn't last long - I think one or two years. DA getting rid of U12 killed a bunch of U12 only programs.[/quote]

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