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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Holy Cheese and Crackers!  Wow.

This thread is just bananas.  I've posted a bit before when some stuff came up about the DC United online school charges and some other things....

First things first.  I do not have a child playing at the academy but do know two past players and a current player.  Past player 1 was there, left and came back and is now playing professionally.   Player 2 spent most of their later youth career there and is also playing professionally.  Both are in the MLS.

Both have said that the experiences there could have been better as many mention.  But they made it to where they wanted to be.  Was it luck, their hard work, DC United?  IDK for sure, but it's great that they did.  I do suspect that DCU had less to do with it than anything else.

Current player is new to their program but is at an older age and wanted the experience of playing at an academy level.  They are doing online school from their home district and are close enough to be able to commute. FWIW, this player already committed to play college soccer at a Big10 school.  So, pro plans weren't in the works before this experience at DCU.

There are local players in my area that have gone to DC United, but there currently 4 kids playing at Union even though DCU is closer.  Plus we have others at Columbus, Charlotte, etc.  [b]I think that is telling that although DCU isn't the greatest, but if it's an option, it may be better than continuing to play P2P club.  [/b]

Good luck to all.  [/quote]

Thanks for the neutral data.  This is where this conversation goes array.  People like me suggest P2P because we are going to Europe by U16.  P2P is the most efficient route to effectively managing that move versus giving our rights to DCU.  If you don't want to go to Europe, fine.  Just don't tell me the DCU academy is a great option for those kids truly looking to go pro with the full support of their parents.

I would not argue that a kid playing D1 soccer, which is not an efficient pro pathway, should stay in P2P versus going to a pro academy for free.  He should take that deal 101x out of 100.  This conversation has become uneducated because the pro-DCU folks are completely emotional and lack acumen regarding development and simply kiss the DCU ring.

What nobody seems to see is a problem is why would DCU have a spot on an academy team for a player already committed to go to college when the goal should be to produce professionals.  Yes, no brainer for the kid, but you mean to tell me they are that limited in the talent pool that they have to accept that kid and they are the only academy covering DC, MD, VA, DE and WV?!?  Is nobody curious why Makai Wells is being called up to the U17 USMNT and playing professionally for NE Rev II when he is from DC probably not on the radar when he was here?  That is called [b]development[/b] and it is crazy that people in DCU don't understand the D word.[/quote]

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