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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]according to IG, the DC 2024 class had 11 kids go to good colleges, 4 of which are ivy league

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You do understand that is an epic failure for a professional academy.  There is no problem with kids wanting to go to college and play high-level soccer.  That is what ECNL is for.

MLS academies exist with the goal of producing footballers for the first team of DCU or to sell to another club, NOT to send kids to college, especially Ivy’s.  That boast may work at the country club for posh parents but is an insult for a professional academy to boast about.

Now I understand the defenses from this chat.  It is coming from posh parents who know as much about professional soccer development as DCUA.  Again, it is perfectly okay to want to go to college and play soccer.  That is not what DCUA is supposed to be designed for and college is a nice way to say, “we failed miserably at making you a professional footballer but now you can go to college, keep hope alive and probably become the fittest Wall Street banker in your alumni association.”[/quote]

Agree with this.  But to be fair most of the academies aren't producing a lot of pros.  They produce more than DCU that is for sure but the overall numbers are small.. That said, and given how poor DCU is as an academy, DCU is effectively a higher level to play for an aspiring college player.  That is the reality. [/quote]

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