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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dear Lord, who gives a shit. What the hell does this have to do with the topic of this thread? Need a sidebar guys? And for the record, yes, you can play if you have a citizenship pathway and meet the other criteria, it’s a lot easier than not being a passport holder. Everyone is quibbling over the stupidest little silly details just to pretend you know something about this or will ever have a chance of having to need to know these rules. [/quote]

Uhm… I give a $#!+.  My son is on a BSC 1st team and I am trying to avoid DCU at all costs for other options.

I am sorry if you think BSC is going down but this is a relevant topic to those kids who actually have kids who are good.

My kid has already played in a Spanish academy and been invited to train with a German academy through local coaching  contacts in the mid-Atlantic.  There is not a major difference between our kids and EU kids at the younger ages.  They separate by the age of 15 and if my kid does not have to lose ground, I would like to learn how.

This conversation is probably only relevant for 10-20 kids in the DMV who have kids passionate enough and a family who will actually support the passion.  I would suggest you find another troll post to scheme off as this is actually the most productive conversation on DCUM in while.  Tons of gossip posts about school year and irrelevant crap to get your fix in.[/quote]

Can you tell us the level of this Spanish academy
Is it a La Liga Pro Club academy and if yes, how did he get to play with them not having a European passport?[/quote]

Is BSC helping with the effort? Just wondering if local DMV clubs are actively working to help players avoid DCU academy and get recruited elsewhere. [/quote]

You are asking if local P2P clubs are assisting players to make in-roads into legitimate European academies?

NO!

Avoid the MLS Pro Academy in a desire to find a path to professional academy in Europe?
Nonsense.

You think Athletic Bilbao knows and acknowledges Bethesda over DC United?
Get serious people. [/quote]

P2P clubs care about money only.  Some do help with European contacts.  Achilles and Paragon have helped their players get to Europe.  This is a fact.

Pro academies acknowledge talent not club brands.  DCU is irrelevant on an international stage.  All that matters is whether the player is good enough. If they are good enough, they will get looks.  Period.  It doesn't matter where they come from.

And for the record, Athletic Bilbao ONLY recruits and signs players from the Basque region of Spain.  They don't have players from outside this region or that don't have a connection to this region One of the only clubs in the world to operate this way and have success. So, your Bilbao reference is really bad.

The MLS academy path in the US is about filling rosters for the MLS.  A weak, but getting better, league.  If you follow that path, you will be going toward a MLS career as your ceiling.  The sooner you get out of that path, your ceiling changes.  Just like in Germany the youth academies are producing players for the bundesliga.  The big difference is that the level is exponentially better in those academies and pro leagues. [/quote]

We’ve been told by a local coach that many non-MLS academy clubs do have  contacts abroad - not necessarily always direct contacts at certain clubs but contacts they can reach out to if they need a contact here or there. However, reputation is everything and that network is not tapped unless a coach can stake their reputation on a player they are recommending. In other words, it happens very rarely. [/quote]

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