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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Back to the original thread idea ..

These local and regional ynt camps are largely handouts by US Soccer to local clubs that they have connections with to keep the peace between them, the MLS (who now runs the player pool) and the clubs money making potential on the boys side.  They throw a few bones to the Bethesdas and Arlingtons of the world just so they can continue to market that they have players in the ynt pool (which would be accurate).  That in turn translates to money on the recruitment side for these clubs.  And the clubs can't cry about only MLS academy players getting opportunities in the system (which they still do).  That's all it is.

Within the clubs, of course it is hyper political who gets nominated and that is a big problem because it usually also boils down to money and connections, not pure talent.  Of course there are talented kids that are chosen just because they are talented.  That's the way it should be.  But a lot of kids on the lists are political picks and that is just the way it is.  At this age the process is super political.because the reality is that US Soccer is not that involved in the pool.  They don't have the resources to be heavily involved in these younger ages where the kids have barely hit puberty.  So they rely a lot on word of mouth and connections to the players.  In that environment politics plays a massive role and of course savvy parents in the DMV with money know this and manipulate the system as they do with just about everything else.

But, the fact of the matter is this...None and I mean NONE of the kids on these lists on the boys side who are not in a MLS academy have any chance of actually making the national team.  Literally zero chance.  Look at any actual ynt roster at any age (on the boys side) and you will see this pretty clearly. MLS has taken over the player pool as previously stated and US soccer funnels the talent through them.   And even the players who are at MLS academies might get left off a ynt roster for players in Europe with ynt eligibility.

So if you're scratching your head at these lists and wondering why lower caliber players are on them, now you have a better sense.  And now you also know that this list is probably as far as those players will go in the national team pool.  Even if a player is at a MLS academy, chances are still slim they are making the actual national team from our area.  Maybe a regional camp or two.  But the reality is that our player pool in the DMV isn't what it used to be (at least on the boys side) and our area clubs and their focus on winning first has a lot to do with that, DCU included. [/quote]

"So if you're scratching your head at these lists and wondering why lower caliber players are on them"  or if you're feeling bad that your child didn't get an invite, here's a long-winded justification. [/quote]

Long-winded opinion with some sprinkling of a fact here and there [/quote]

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