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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m really sad for boys who won’t get a chance to go through the DA at the older years. It was a fantastic program with great training for less cost than a typical travel soccer program. The fact that there was pressure from US Soccer to maintain a high level of soccer and keep costs low for DA players set it apart from ECNL or any other national league. I loved that there were only two showcases a year, or a bit more if you played in the DA playoffs or GA Cup.   It was so easy to get scouted for college as well.  I also fear that fewer boys will end up playing overseas now. So many kids went from the DA to Germany the last few years. It has been really inspiring.

Our last remaining youth soccer player is not serious enough to be a DA player, so this doesn’t really affect us. I’m deeply grateful that our older son was able to play all his HS years in DA. [/quote]

If your kid is a decent player, it's not hard to find a team going to Europe to play.  Look around for Dutch soccer training camps, HP Elite creates teams to go over seas, Arlington had kids that went to Spain last year and were supposed to go this year, Alexandria went to Denmark I think last year, and there is many more opportunities.  Just have to ask around.[/quote]

I’m not talking about that kind of trip, though they can be fun. I’m talking about the kids (many very low income) who were scouted for the youth national teams or by German coaches at DA games/showcases/Da playoffs (free to all partipating players/teams that advanced to round 2 or beyond) and are now on academy or professional contracts in Europe as a result of that exposure. You can get there via other routes, but few are so easy or affordable. [/quote]

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