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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Actually PP, I am not confusing what an academy is.  Since I have a kid playing D1, I am pretty familiar with how coaches view what an academy is.  Since no one refers to the big A Academies as big A Academies, what you refer to is simply all levels of kids of the same age group practice together.  And yup, I know the OP is talking about very young kids. [/quote]

"Academy" means tons of different things, particularly in the U.S. (I also have soccer credentials beyond my own kids, but I won't get into resume-waving here.)

On the Braddock Road thing -- bear in mind that a lot of youth clubs will offer a second day of skill training each week on top of the House program. Sometimes even a third. If you don't mind spending time and money on it, you can practice a lot of soccer in the course of a week, even at U6.[/quote]

You must be the one whose brother played pro soccer a million years ago, hated college because of soccer, and thinks that all travel soccer is a scam. You are indeed a pain in the ass and don't always need to be a know-it-all.[/quote]

0-for-3.

Honestly, you don't need to do much other than check out clubs' sites to see how "academy" means a lot of different things.

And this brings us BACK TO THE OP (sorry, just went allcaps to get your attention) to show how many programs are out there:

http://www.arlingtonsoccer.com/otherasaprograms/academy/
http://www.pwsi.org/Default.aspx?tabid=546258
http://loudounsoccer.com/u8-development-academy/
http://www.syasoccer.org/travel/syaacademy/270568.html
http://www.alexandria-soccer.org/Programs/U8Academy/index_E.html
http://www.cyasoccer.org/page/show/759760-u7-u8-academy
http://www.cyasoccer.org/page/show/759759-u4-u6-academy (I know, something about a "U4 Academy" just sounds wrong)
http://www.sycva.com/page/show/499611-syc-u7-u8-developmental-academy-training
http://vys.org/Programs/Spring/866374.html
http://www.fpycsports.com/home/default.asp?menu_category=Soccer&menuid=781&parholdid=780
http://www.stoddert.com/1/

That'll get you started! Chances are pretty good the closest club to you has a similar program even if it's NOT called "Academy." (The McLean program is a little different.)

Off-topic here, but in browsing around, I stumbled into a question -- does Bethesda not have a House league? Where do you play rec if you live in Bethesda?[/quote]

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