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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLpr-SJgawD/?igsh=MXF6dmVvMmQ2ZWlrZg==

What exactly is a U14 regional pool mean for DCU academy? Basically the kids that got offers that were pulled? All the players they scouted? Anyone have any ideas?[/quote]

https://www.soccerwire.com/news/d-c-united-to-restructure-academy-system-launch-full-time-residency-program/

“At the U14 level, D.C. United will introduce a regional pool model, selecting the most promising talent from local youth clubs and bringing them together for once-a-week elite training sessions across four locations throughout the DMV. This structure allows the club to extend its reach while maintaining a close connection to local communities and youth soccer organizations.”[/quote]

What a joke.  [/quote]

A press release full of bullsh#t messages that only someone that knows nothing about DCU and it's history would accept as legitimate.   The  TRUTH without the .messaging garbage is:

DCU dropped it's u14 team to help offset the costs of the online school.

DCUs program isn't a residency program because it does not house the kids or board the kids.  Using "residency" is DCU trying to purposefully mislead you. It offers online schooling while the kids train 2 times a day.  THATS IT.  A true residency program houses and feeds the kids all year round. .DCU is light years away from.this.

"Regional pool"of talent  for the U14s is an absolute joke.  What other successful.academy do you know of worldwide or in the US, that doesn't have their kids in house?   This is just a way for them to try and soften the reality of the fact that they can't pay for the U14s because the ownership are cheap bums.

DCU is not producing pros through their academy and haven't done so in quite a while and the pipeline is weak.  Largely because the academy system is weak and the kids they do have will.have minimal chances of becoming pros in their system because they don't have the coaches or infrastructure to sustain top class development of footballers.

Online school is mandatory and it costs close to 10k.  Which makes DCU pay to play.  The only club in the ENTIRE MLS system to take a step backwards in this way.

The entire restructuring is about saving money and that is all.  The wording of the release is to try and paint of better picture of the reality at DCU.The press release could have said this and been totally accurate:

DCU DROPS U14 PROGRAM TO SAVE MONEY AND KEEPS ACADEMY SYSTEM PAY TO PLAY FOR ALL AGES WITH A MANDATORY ONLINE SCHOOL.

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THIS!!!![/quote]

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