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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone know when/if Achilles will have tryouts or ID sessions?  Will they have the same age groups they have this year in MLS Next (U13, U14, U16, and U19)?[/quote]

Don't count on it.  Last season, their 2007 and 2009 Achilles MLS Next teams were dead last, so they were kicked out of MLS Next.  So this season, Achilles formed a 2008 MLS Next team (primarily with the same 2009 kids who were on the 2009 MLS Next team that was kicked out) and has lost every game so far this season.  Apparently MLS Next does not bother to check the team roster (or doesn't care) to see if Achilles is just repackaging the same team under a different age group.  If the kids could not compete at their age level (2009) last season, how in the world did Achilles think they could compete at the 2008 age level this season?  Seems like desperation to keep fielding MLS Next teams by any means.  Unless your son already plays for Achilles and you are closely watching this drama unfold, prospective (and even many current) parents don't know what is going on.  Such a disappointment.[/quote]

Achilles parent here. All of this is true. I would run not walk from Achilles (we are). I would NOT recommend them above U14. They do a decent job with the younger kids teaching them ball skills and boosting their confidence and love for the game. The older age groups are a disaster. Their mismanagement of the 2009 and above age groups is astonishingly bad. The only thing they have going for them is the MLS Next carrot at U16 and U19. Without that, they sink back into mediocrity.

Their 2007 teams are in USYS and low level EDP and are getting manhandled. A bunch of the more talented 07s and 08s left the club during the season. They could field a competitive top tier USYS 2008 team instead but then what to do with the few 07s on the rosters? So they send them out there to get battered by bigger, stronger, faster, and more skilled true 07 teams and coaches berate them on the field and off for “not having heart.” It borders on abuse. [/quote]

Sounds like they need better players.  [/quote]

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