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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At what age can you try out for DC United and how competitive are tryouts? That is, how many kids show up and how many are selected?[/quote]

DC United does occasionally hold open tryouts.  My guess is that they will do so at some time in the Spring for 2009 birth years and above.  The open tryout level is fairly mixed, but the level to make the team is competitive.  DC United does get 9 or 10 of the top dozen kids in the area for each age group, although the bottom half of the roster is probably on a par with other top area teams.

Most of the kids make the team through being scouted and/or the [b]"pathway to pro" program which is a partnership with five local clubs: Loudoun Soccer, Arlington Soccer Association, Player Progression Academy, Virginia Development Academy, and Pipeline Soccer Club.[/b]  If you think your kid is on that level then you should
(a)  reach out directly to DC United through the web-site
(b)  talk to your DS' coach to get his opinion on your kid's ability and whether this is a realistic goal
(c)  consider moving to a P2P, or MLS Next, team.[/quote]

You forgot Alexandria, they are a part of MLS Next and the P2P:  https://www.dcunited.com/news/dc-united-academy-announce-dmv-pathway-2-pro-program[/quote]

Why SYC is not included? are they doing that bad???[/quote]

Gonna throw out a theory here...

Back when EM and PM were at LMVSC, my DS played on one of PM's teams. A few months into U13 a kid moved from LMVSC to DCU academy. PM didn't like it. He straight-up told me, "They'll ruin him." On PM's teams over the years there have been several kids who could have made the move to DCU or another of the DA clubs (back when there was the DA). He kept most of them.

Whatever their concept of successfully developing kids is, I don't think it includes sending players to higher-level clubs. Rather, it seems like their project is that they want to build a rival to DCU, not a feeder.[/quote]

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