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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]SYC girls are better anyway. And McLean isn’t anything but a club full of players developed at other clubs as it is. Now they can just slap another name (Union) on it to make it more palatable.[/quote]

lol let's count how many SYC girls are on McLean's ECNL team.[/quote]

In most age groups, SYC has 0-2 girls who made ECNL team.  I believe 08 age group is the only age group with more a significant SYC presence. [/quote]

Really other clubs developed the players? My kid left a another club because she wanted to play soccer vs kick and run. Believe it or not some kids want to play soccer like they see it played in the highest pro leagues. They are no where close to that level but they are tired of playing the dump down soccer offered at other clubs. Skilled technical players want to play with other skilled and technical players. [/quote]

I have no skin in this game - but I agree that the "XYZ club doesn't develop kids, other clubs developed the kids and they just moved to XYZ" argument is a really bad one no matter which club it is applied to.

The kids develop all over the place at varying paces and for varying causes.  They then make a choice about where they wish to continue their development.  The fact they choose to move to XYZ (in this case McLean) shows that they consider that XYZ offers the best development environment for them going forwards (or possibly that they no longer care about development, but I doubt this).[/quote]

+1000. I just never understood "not developed there" as a knock. Why is it bad for a club to specialize in one particular area of development (e.g. younger ages, high school years, boys or girls, college recruiting, etc). Do we really expect one club to be one size fits all and good at everything? If a club is assembling high school age kids into highly competitive teams and developing them into college recruits, how is that a bad thing? I'd say they are succeeding. At the same time, if a club with a huge rec program is able to field great teams at the young ages, and their players move on to other clubs as they get older and become successful, then I'd say this club is also successful. 
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Because when people are evaluating where to place younger players, they should be aware that those players are often not developed sufficiently well to retain, and that other clubs with a demonstrable record of player development at younger ages are good choices. That’s why. It’s not bad to import players. But [b]it is misleading to claim that sending players to college who arrived at a club at u15 or u16 shows that the club develops young talent well. Those things have absolutely nothing to do with each other.[/b]

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[b]No. There are different phases of development - under U12, U13-14/15, and U16 and up. If kids show up at a club at u15 and they end up going to a top soccer school, the club has indeed developed young talent. Regardless, young talent and success has more to do with the individual kid and the family support network. Most of the clubs in the area aren’t going to provide anything beyond average training (nor will they likely screw it up too royally.) The only way you might eek out some development above the norm is if there is a qualified, dedicated coach that cares more about the kids than the youth soccer BS. If you have young kids, send them to whatever club is local. If they are indeed above average and they want to pursue the game in college and beyond, move them to a club that has a platform for showcasing those kids. [/b][/quote]

100% agree.  If your kid wants to play in college, ya definitely want to be at a club that showcases, has ties to college recruiting and track record to back it up.[/quote]

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