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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The percentage of male soccer players in the DC Metropolitan area that are ever going to be a part of a professional soccer club academy is less than 1% and the percentage of players from all the MLS clubs academies that have or will become a real professional soccer player is around 0.066%

If a family and player are doing what they want where they want, how they want for the short time before temporary youthful exploits are over, that's the personal win

Your success or happiness isn't measured, determined or dependent on others opinions

Over 99% of players at academies globally won't become successful professionals on paper by common definition.
Most wouldn't have traded in the ride though, because all motivations and experiences are personal to each individual.
Love of the game[/quote]

We know the stats.  You are the ideal candidate for ECNL not MLS Next.  Lots of travel, enjoyable experiences and a great life.  Trying to become a pro is not easy, especially from the US.  It starts from the mind and my friend, you have so work to do on your belief system.

If I were running MLS Next, I would definitely add family interviews and psych profiles.  Yes, a kid may have an advantage at U14 if they have had weekly $200/hour private training for 7 years but if another kid is hungry, they can actually become the Next player in MLS between U15-U23.  If DCU really only practices 1x a day, your kids are living a country club lifestyle.  I thought the only purpose to virtual learning was to remain flexible with timing so that a kid would essentially play for 4-5 hours a day, go to school for 4-5 hours and then do homework for 3-4 hours.

Yes, this is difficult and not glamorous but that is the price to pay for well-do-to Americans who are trying to thread the needle of going pro and master academics because our kids will have options if they don't go pro.  This thread went silent when the old man called ya'll rich and I now I see why.  Honest to God, if you really think you are the best this area has to offer with this mindset, DCU is really, really broken and soccer is our area really isn't as prolific as I imagined.[/quote]

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