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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DMV is about two decades behind in coaching.  Best coaches I have seen are at Arlington and VDA (besides DC United).  The coaches that played in the 90s coach like they played in the 90s.  We’ve had some players go to small European countries for trials and they’ve admitted they were behind the curve.

DMV coaches are people, and like most people they’re not angels.  They’ll show up and run through the motions but never go beyond the minimum to be more, do more in terms of helping your child grow.

If we can all agree the playing climate in Europe is different, you’ll have to accept the coaching climate in Europe is different.[/quote]

If you want to mirror Europe we need a ton of clubs willing to sponsor academy teams. Accept that the girls are, by and large, screwed and that they boys who won’t play at least at the college level aren’t worth anyone’s time. You may get that with mlsnext or the mls academies, but parents will still pay to play, so what we have will survive in parallel [/quote]

Brand name doesn’t dictate quality.  SYC pulled in tons of kids for their two MLS Next groups.  2008 boys did okay, 2007 boys did horrible.  The coach is a massive reason why.[/quote]

Guest players rostered with other clubs were a big reason why. When they did not have them, they dipped. So that is an aspect of coaching - finding talent developer elsewhere to goose your results and recruiting other players by any means necessary to mask shortcoming in players developed at the club - but that is not what we are describing as knowledgeable soccer coaches. I don’t think you can infer much from results. You need to look at what they do with players over a long period of time with the players. [/quote]

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