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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bethesda has produced more pro players from its system than DCU has.  DCU is just not an acceptable professional outfit.  You can think it is all you want but you're just living a lie.  Just don't expect anyone else to live this lie with you.  Just use DCU to boost your little Jonny's college resume so he can go to college.  That is what it is about anyway.

Because the soccer scene in the DMV  is dominated by rich, privileged families, the talent pool is flooded with mostly soft players that don't have the mentality to really compete at the highest levels of the game.  DMV parents don't have perspective on what football is like in the rest of the world.  It is a harsh, gritty and very demanding sport that isn't for the faint of heart.  Who is going to win a ball, the kid from Landon who lives a lush lifestyle day in and day out or the kid from a third world country who sees football as his family's way out of poverty.  10 out of 10.times the latter.

DCU is not a player in the sport of football in this country.  No one sees it as a player and no one with any credibility respects what is happening there. .in a region that prioritizes wealth over talent, DCU has a massive uphill battle just in getting the right players alone.

And if you're buying the narrative that the DMV is the best talent pool in the nation you're lying to yourself.  It USED to be years ago because the rest of the country didn't care about the sport as much as the DMV region did.  DMV also had a lot of good coaches.   Currently, the there are many other metro areas that are just better than the DMV in terms of talent ..

overall, not a great state of affairs in the DMV v for football..crap MLS academy, rich parents manipulating the game from behind the scenes taking away opportunities from talented kids from less privileged communities, and just pure ignorance dominating the market.  Not a great time to be in DMV football.  [/quote]

This man knows his stuff. I am in the rich privileged families category and his post is right on .Harsh, gritty and very demanding is right. 6-8 hours every day six days a week of practice at the professional level. Most rich privileged families have ruined soccer development in the DMV. They associate development with little Johnny accumulating  cheap trophies and medals before age 15. And so they go on chasing the clubs and coaches who feed the hunger in exchange for money. The market will provide what the consumer wants. Demand and supply. Think of all the processed food McDonalds sells to poor consumers who get fat. It may not be good for you, but the demand is there baby.[/quote]

Correct.  Also why when the talent pool at DCU actually goes up against real competition in the MLS pathway to pro league (meaning only other MLS academies), they can't compete.  Most of those kids have been chasing trophies and wins before they got to DCU and measuring their development as players was less emphasized.  So when they get to DCU their footballing IQ and fundamentals are super low and then they get into a system that doesn't know how to teaching them IQ or how to play (DCU).  The first year in DCU they do ok because they are physically bigger but in the next year the dominance fades and in the last two years DCU is getting smashed by everyone.  [b]This is just what it is.  We deserve better as families but at the same time we have to actually demand better. [/b] [/quote]

This is not allowed as we are just parents of rejects if we have any demands.  [/quote]

🤣 I hear you.  But the real problem is that parents are too willing to accept the status quo because 95 percent of parents in the DMV soccer landscape are conformists.  Why soccer in the DMV has fallen off so drastically.[/quote]

Fallen off?  Tell us when DMV was at its peak?  [/quote]

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