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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Outside of DA and ECNL, what are the best clubs in Northern VA?[/quote]

Depends on what you consider to be "best".  Best development?  Best level of play?  Best commute?  Best cost? Best bang for the buck?
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Best development/training/coaching staff: FCB.[/quote]

[b]They've only existed for less than a year, so not sure how you can say that they are the best for development. [/b] They haven't really played anyone, so no one can come back and bash them yet.  I don't know too much about them.  Only know one player who plays for them.  That player isn't very good and still isn't.  [/quote]

WtF? Who bases development on whether they are bashed on a message board?

I played myself. I’m the child of a professional soccer coach. My own kids and nieces and nephews have collectively played for about every top Club in the DMV.

I am talking about training sessions and how they are run and organized.  There is nothing else like it, not DA or anywhere.  Nobody has a full-time staff of 15+ UEFA certified coaches that work with every age group and know every player in the program.  Nobody else has multiple age groups at same facility to facilitate sorting based on ability, not birth year.  Nobody else has fluidity in teams or training groups as players progress individually at different levels.  Nobody else provides a detailed 10-page personal evaluation about every aspect of a player, and for both dominant and non-dominant foot.

I see how they’ve progressed in training sessions and weekly games since September.

I don’t judge player development by idiots’ comments on a message board, Gotsoccer rankings or wins.  That tells me nothing about how my kid is being trained or developed.  People focus on the wrong things—and at the wrong ages. And you know one player out of over 400+ —that’s a great sample size.

My kids still get “it’s not real” from others.  Not even sure what the f@ck that’s in reference to.   Nobody ever said they are FC Barca’s La Masia teams.  But they are sanctioned and overseen by FCB and the TDS have to report in with FCB every Monday.  They also come here to make sure the program is adhered to.

The goal wasn’t to select a winning team this year to come in and win a bunch of tournaments right away.  [b]Development is a long process (years).[/b]  It’s just really getting serious when most kids begin hanging up their cleats.  You can keep looking for the perfect/best team based on wins/Gotsoccer points or you could actually watch training sessions and what the players are being taught year-to-year.

It seems like most parents/players on this board are merely chasing the next great team/league with the least amount of attention to development.  Every tryout season is about weeding out and assembling the best 10-16 kids—wherever you can get them.  Nobody is working with these kids year after year.  They are indispensable to Clubs.  No commitment or investment.  Just get a new set or next great white hope the following year.

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I made a statement, see bolded, and you say the same thing, see bolded.  Not sure why you are arguing.  Way to early to say they are the best at developing.[/quote]

Not the OP but I think you misunderstood the point. 
 
This branch of the Escola may have only existed for less than a year, but the FCB methodology of player development has a pretty strong track record.  It's not as if they are trying out some new, novel ideas and theories and only time will tell if they work.   They are following the same methodology used to train youth players in Spain,  with a staff that is highly qualified to teach that methodology.

It works. [/quote]

If you really believe it is the same training here as in Spain they got you hook line and sinker. [/quote]

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