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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone know if this kid will now receive the baseline MLS pro Salary of 80k per year?  All while finishing online High School and practicing with the 1st team, i.e. way better development and coaching over the academy...it seems like this is a no brainer for this family.   [/quote]

The problem is that he needs game time against men, but there is no way he is going to get minutes with the first team.  So I assume he'll get loaned out to USL teams like that other kid, and have the USL team develop him.[/quote]

This part doesn't seem that bad. I'm with the posts questioning/condemning the quality of DCU, but if this is the result for this kid, then good for him. No?[/quote]

The smarter move would have been to turn down the 4 year homegrown contract and try out for USL teams for a 2 year contract.  At the end of the 2 years when he's 17, tryout overseas with no one owning your rights.  But now, DCU has him for 4 years and will charge stupid money if any euro club wants him, essentially blocking his move to play overseas.[/quote]

The problem with this is no USL club will want him.  He's only 15 and he is not ready technically, mentally or developmentally for professional football.  This is obvious to anyone.  You don't need any football knowledge or experience to see this.  If he was physically ready and not technically ready I could maybe get on board.  But this isn't the case.  He is a bit behind physically, Even at u19.  At the USL level they are still professionals and they are trying to win, not give a 15 year old some minutes just because DCU wants to up their homegrown numbers. Now this kid will be at DCU until he is 19.  So for the next four years DCU has to figure out what to do with him without a second team which is an impossible task.  They will take the easiest route and leave him in the academy which costs them nothing and also requires absolutely no effort on their part to get him development opportunities.  Like has been said before, this homegrown signing is very questionable and a bad deal for the kid if you're just talking about maximizing football and life opportunities.  If you're just talking.abkut making a bit of money and that is the only goal, maybe the deal is somewhat ok.  But at this age, you can't be blinded by 80k if your ceiling is in the millions if you're in a better development environment that exceeds DCUs.  But you need people around you that know what they are doing and talking about.  [b]My guess[/b] is this kid didn't have that.  And DCU used this to their advantage.  A weak organization with no integrity or desire to actually help players.  Only push their own agendas which are short sighted and empty.  [/quote]

At least you're honest here saying "my guess"

If all these other academies except dcu are sincere about helping their kids get to the mountain top, why aren't we seeing actual results? [/quote]

Because it is a difficult path and to YOUR previous post, not a lot of kids can make it.  But if you have 9 homegrown signings (all of which are close to the pro level)  in 12 months as opposed to 1 (which is the delta between Philly Union and DCU in terms of homegrown) you're just increasing your chances of success. Couple that with a second team and a superior development system at Philly and those chances increase even more.  It's all a game of margins and increasing those margins.  DCU doesn't improve those chances.  [/quote]

Somewhat related:  I was just googling a player from our area I'm somewhat familiar with that went to Philly.  He's 2009 birth year.  He's playing with Philadelphia Union III, a UPSL team.  Does anyone know how Philly incorporates that team into their development strategy?  For a 16 yr. old playing in UPSL are they also playing with the academy teams?  [/quote]

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