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You just made my point and didn't even realize it.  I clearly stated that the ECNL/HS combo is overloading the players.  There is no arguing that and you even argued the same without being bright enough to recognize you were doing so.  And if you think playing more games is utopia, then have at it.  That thinking is endemic in youth soccer in this country and [b]why we are aren't developing more than a once-in-a-while world class player unless they leave this country to play like Pulisic[/b].  [/quote]

I cannot believe a DA parent is making this argument.  While girls DA has only been around the last 2 years, boys DA has been around since 2007.  Pulisic played for a boys DA team, PA Classics, from 2008-2015, before he left for Germany when he was 16.

However, according to the DA groupie poster above, US youth soccer sucks, and Pulisic had to leave for Germany at 16 to develop into a world-class player, because DA was incapable as a league to maximize his development.

Pulisic is arguably the best graduate produced by DA so far, and DA parents should be citing him as the best example of what DA can do for a player -- maybe something along the lines of "DA helped develop Pulisic into a player who was good enough to be signed by one of the top German professional teams at 16."  Instead, we just get ignorant posts like the one above. smh[/quote]

DP here.  If you believe that Pulisic would have been anywhere near his current level by staying with PA Classics or by joining Philadelphia Union instead of going to Germany, you are very naive.  You can have your kid in DA, but not being blind to DAs limitations.   [/quote]

Absolutely correct. Pulisic is where he is because he left the us soccer youth system. The DA doesn’t make world class players because they have the better structure. The better structure is just one piece. But coming in here and telling more games is better when 20+ of those are HS games is laughable with respect to developing players that can compete at highest levels globally. The ECNL/HS structure is a serious limitation. Our WNT will show that soon enough. The ECNL/HS model isn’t made for that. It has only been successful because the rest of the world has been ignoring women’s soccer. Those days are over. [/quote]

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