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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A few strings ago, someone wanted to be positive.  So, let’s be positive.  There is nothing positive about the current academy but let’s start off with a few things that could turn the tide.  This is a brainstorm but if any of you could actually get this ownership to take one of these ideas, we can start to turn the tide:

- All New RDS for 26/27 with 10 scholarships spots per age group sponsored by local businesses from the local jurisdiction.  The RDS will also be expanded to one school per county and each season will have an intercounty tournament:  Moco v Loudoun, Arlington v Alexandria, PG v DC, etc.

- DCU Friday Night Futsal sponsored by Target, Senda and Trace - every Friday, enjoy age appropriate free play futsal at one of the 10 Target futsal courts in the DMV.  Trace reels will be uploaded to social media.

- DCU After School Programs - patterned after DC Way (affluent Capitol Hill) and implemented at partner schools with families who can afford to pay for after care.  Kids will inherently play every day after school with their friends like it used to be and in Europe and SA.  Our infrastructure is too spread out so free play is best through the schools.  The program is self-funding and you will create a pool of kids who play everyday from ages 6-10.

- DCU Swag - duplicate the Philly Swag model.  Underwrite the costs with sponsors and run though the local DC, PG, Arlington, Alexandria, Moco and PG parks and recreation development to defray costs and capture the inside the beltway market and those who can’t afford travel and club.

- DCU Red and Blacks sponsored by WMATA - Regional U11 - U14 teams - Black is VA centric location that is Metro accessible.  Red is MD centric location that is Metro accessible.  Might need to add a 3rd for the B-more market but this is just a random brainstorm.  OPEN tryout, 3 scholarships per age group, the rest is P2P.  This is self-funded.

U11’s compete with U12’s in Mid-Atlantic NAL with the MLS Next clubs in 9v9.  The U12’s move into MLS Next and play a year up until it hits DCU’s U14, U15 or whenever they decide to do something.  They would still be P2P or obtain a team sponsor.  Beast Residency, run by a former NOVA youth player, can plaster Mercedes of Orlando all over the internet, DCU can get a Koons or someone else to sponsor and cover the costs.

- New residential home stay program with 2x training a day and all meals sponsored by Factor, Long & Foster and VRBO

- Updated website that removes tryouts from 2012 and shows that we hired a 22 year old new grad for $55k which to show that we actually give a crap.

- Announcement of a deadline for a MLS Next 2nd team in Baltimore.   We already fleeced DC residents for Audi.  We are going to create a partnership with B-More and get this thing off the ground so our talent has a place to develop to the first team.

Anything like these in the works that we can look forward to so we can be positive?!  Any other ideas?![/quote]

These are great ideas. Is there a way to get them to someone who can actually propose them and implement them?[/quote]

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