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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.ussoccercollective.com/mls/mls-academy-rankings

Caught this via the Philly Union IG feed.

We are ranked #21.

Feels objective and accurate.[/quote]

Yup.  21 out of 26 is totally fair.  Could easily be lower on the list.  Definitely not higher.  DCU doesn't deserve to be a top rated academy on any list and you won't seem them as a top rated academy on any lists anywhere.  But you also have to take this guys opinion with a grain of salt.

He isn't a soccer expert but follows the kids and academies closely because he tries to monetize being in the know.  To me, he's a big fan of the game but lacks the real football credentials or expertise to be taking his word as bond.  Calling himself a soccer scout is a complete joke.

But some of what he says is spot on.  Not everything.  But some. And how he ranks the kids or the "prospects" in the academy is also very questionable.  Parents manipulate him to get kids higher on the lists or even on the list.  He is a tool alot of people use for IG exposure because he is easily manipulated.  You think he has personally seen all of these kids and academies??  No chance.  He gets his info from parents and thousands of parents send him clips of their kids. Only the good clips of course. Because he built this platform, and parents realized he could be used, they of course started to manipulate him.  And this will continue. One thing is for certain USSF doesn't pay attention to him or make any decisions from his lists.  They are literally just click bait and that is all. [/quote]

I wouldn't say his info comes from parents, nor is he influenced by them.  He's pretty tied in with the scouts from academy teams, from where he gets all his info from.  Scouts have player profiles for every kid on their team and their respective rankings within their academy.  His main income is from evaluating players that are trying to break into the academy world, creating highlights, and setting up trials for them at targeted academy teams.  His fees are pretty high from what I hear.[/quote]

Parents are a MASSIVE part of it.  Massive.  They feed him info and he takes most of it blindly.  How do you think he is getting clips of kids??  From the academies??  H#ll no.  Look at his Twitter/x account and see how many player clips he has.  Almost all parents.

Yes, he does know some academy scouts for sure.  But so do alot of people.. and yes, because he is a hype reel person, he of course hypes up people who pay him. Obviously.  It's all a game.  He is one person that is manipulated that is only somewhat influential online.  US soccer gives no sh#ts about his opinion.  He has literally no soccer credentials or experience.  Just a guy who saw an opportunity to try and monetize parents desire to give their kids more visibility online.  Not hating but call a spade a spade.  His site is not BS but it is probably half legit, a quarter paid advertising and a quarter parents sending him info on their own to try and get their kids online exposure to increase SEO on their kids name and soccer resume.[/quote]

Accurate truth [/quote]

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