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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.transfermarkt.com/philadelphia-union/jugendarbeit/verein/25467

Phillys former academy players...just look at the market value alone.  [/quote]

These are all Philly Academy players who were developed there for 5 years or more before going professional?

Very few are at Division 1 clubs in Europe.
That's the standard.[/quote]

Is it? Also, I hope you realize this is a terrible argument to make now that players literally can't be at DC United for 5 years before deciding between college or pro.  If you have a development process at all, you don't start at U15.  With no younger age groups the "academy" is just basically an aggregation of local talent so they can hope to gain control of players' rights.  I'm surprised the league allows it.[/quote]

U think starting at u13 or u14 at another MLS academy makes it not a aggregation of talent already developed at grassroots clubs from U6?

FC Delco sending kids to Philly for U14 and U15 and U16 is what?[/quote]

Of course academies add players but it's not ALL they do.   Both of the closest other MLS Academies start much younger than U15, Red Bull at U10, Philly at U12 (with an additional "juniors" program down to U9).

And thank you for pointing out another area of deficiency for DCU Academy vs. its two closest peers:  relationships with local clubs. Both of them have real relationships with other clubs.  Philly has a partnership with Delco and I believe NYRB with Ironbound and maybe others.  DC's relationship with the clubs is, in some cases, adversarial, and they don't have any real partnerships.    [/quote]

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