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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The criticisms here are hilarious. 
Yes, they don't have the best MLS Academy, but every single person on this thread would kill to have their kid on DC, and I call BS on anyone that says otherwise. [/quote]

Call BS on me then. My kid is an MLS Next player, and I would not entertain an offer from DC United. Why?  My kid, like ay other kid - even the skilled ones - is still in the less than 1% category of having a lucrative pro career. With that in mind, college soccer is the best route for him. Part of playing soccer in college is having the grades and the curriculum. It's very difficult to get that at DC United with the travel, transportation to and from, and overall structure. Even if he or she were to go pro, careers are usually a few years at best. Need to have an education because there has to be a life after soccer. Saying otherwise is like you quitting your job and buying lottery tickets every week as a career plan. [/quote]

I was about to write something similar, but you've said it better than I would have.

Even the kids at better MLS academies have a very small chance of ever playing professional ... and an even smaller chance of that professional career being more than just journeyman mediocre income for a short time window. Education and a realistic plan for your kid's future has to be the most important thing.

If an MLS academy didn't fit into that, due to logistics or time commitments or whatever, it's likely a detrimental move for your kid to be in that position. Even more so if it's a subpar MLS academy like DCU, from all accounts.

I don't know enough about the specifics of DCU to say for sure one way or another whether my kid would attend if he were given a spot, but he probably won't so I haven't had to look too closely at it yet.  But it's just not true that everyone would kill for the chance to have their kid on DCU; it might end up being a negative thing for the kid in the long run.[/quote]

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