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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DCU must be trolling this feed to shut down the critics.  Another homegrown pro player named: Oscar Avilez (15 yr old)[/quote]

Another person that doesn't know DCU, their devious system and their ridiculous methodology to try and show progress with their academy without any real progress happening.  And there is no chance you have actually seen this kid play.  Because if you did you would understand that this move is about DCUs inadequacies as an academy, not player development.

He is a 2010 player and 15 years old. And as someone who has actually seen him and that entire 2010 squad at DCU, I can tell you first hand that there is NOT ONE player, including him, on that team that is ready for professional football, definitely not DCU first team minutes.

He is definitely a good youth player with potential  for sure.  But not developed enough for pro football.But DCU has a big problem on their hands.  That problem is that they have an academy that isn't producing pro players and the MLS is asking questions because end of day this is about money and selling those players.  Why you saw Gavin Turner signing a homegrown deal recently (but disappearing on the first team)  and now this kid signing a homegrown deal.  Both of them will probably never see first team.minutes. DCU only wants to try and boost their homegrown numbers in an effort to mask failures in their academy.  And the new GM wants to also try and show some movement in the academy in his first few months in the job because he knows, as most people in the business know, the academy is actually the lifeblood of the club.  Something that DCU as an organization doesn't understand or commit to (how he deals with that reality and the inept owners is a separate issue).

And it isnt a terrible idea if you're DCU.  Homegrown deal requires absolutely nothing from the club really.  It isn't "real" money they are spending on him in terms of salary as a homegrown deal doesn't count against the salary cap.  They get the PR moment (which is all they want) and they also get to control this players future. It is all club benefit and almost no player benefit.  It is a trap the MLS uses to lock up player rights so they can cash in at any moment that player is sold.  Most families don't really understand this and are blinded by the concept of their son signing a "professional contract".  Little do they know they probably have killed a college scholarship due to lack of amateurism (now on a pro deal) and now DCU has compete control of the player and what he does which is just a bad decision overall because they are incompetent.

This latest homegrown signing is only a PR move by DCU for boosting the perception of homegrown numbers.  The player has potential, and his last call up to a USYNT camp gave DCU the credibility to make this move because it was the first they had in a LONG time and they wanted to try and leverage and capitalize on this.  But, for me, this is not a good development for him and any good football advisor or agent would have told him that.  But my guess is he didn't have one.  He's 15 and most families aren't thinking this way at that those ages.  And he is not ready for first team football or even second team football (if DCU had a second team)..

End of day this is business, but this particular deal is just not a good one for this kid mostly because he isnt ready for it developmentally and DCU just took a lot from him (free college and his ability to move as he wants) for their own selfish reasons.  I do hope it works out for him but trusting DCU with your future at 15 years old is just a bad move all around.  [/quote]

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