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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where did anyone say DCU is the best fit for every player in the DMV?

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The point is, as long as you're in America until 18 years old, there is no significant difference in probability of making it to the highest international levels regardless of which MLS Club Academy you're in.

If you're not the elite and exceptional of the 1% in the academies, the MLS academy doesn't make a difference in the long run.

U15, U16, U17 MLS Next championships ain't diddly squat when the goal is Division 1 European league contract. [/quote]

Homegrown signings say otherwise.  The teams with the most kids going pro are teams with better funding.  Just because it's not Europe doesn't mean you settle for a lesser environment.  You might look down on MLS, but it's the highest league you can play here and I'd say every academy kid strives for a contract.[/quote]

DCU doesn't have Homegrown signings?

Please provide the metrics that show funding allotment per player and measurable levels of associated attributed professional success for all academies?

Only Homegrown signings end-up playing in MLS?

DCU kids aren't going to good colleges?[/quote]

If college is the goal, sure, DCU is sufficient... as is any other MLS Next or ECNL team.  The players in academies are dreaming of going pro, with college as plan b.  The outside academies listed here have almost double the amount of homegrown signings than DCU and they've been around for almost 30 years?  Use that as a benchmark for effectiveness in developing pro players.  Maybe, just maybe, the other academies have stronger development programs or better talent identification.

And no, I won't spend time digging up impossible metrics and measures.  You can plainly see it, those proofs have been listed out in 20 pages.[/quote]

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