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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agree with the poster about DCU’s limited development window.  A more serious approach would cast a much wider net from younger ages, instead of basically just trying to form a regional all star team at U14.  This approach also leads them to heavily focus on early developers, as they will tend to be the  standout performers when they start scouting to form their U14 team.  [/quote]

Yes.  Agree about all star teams and early developers.  The problem is that these legacy clubs in the area that have the younger ages are making too much money to let go of their slice of the talent pool.  They aren't going to give up that money easily and are fighting hard to stay relevant and keep parents paying those fees for football.  To be very honest, that is the real battleground for DCU - prying kids away from the pay to play clubs at younger ages to lengthen the development pathway at DCU. But of course, they don't see that because this requires vision and investment in time and resources, something that DCU doesn't have for the academy. Shame because our area could pump out pros at a rapid clip if they were seriously identified and developed at young ages.  The pay to pay clubs literally killed the development in our area because they are so focused on making cash.  When these clubs started in the 80s and 90s they were hungry and had to develop players to differentiate themselves in the market. They could say we have or have produced the best players at a time when there wasn't much out there.  Now, their only incentive is winning to bringing in more money.  They say now, we have the best teams.  But good teams don't sign pro deals.  Individuals do.  And pay to play systems aren't incentivized to develop the players. What this means for DCU is that they are pulling from a talent pool that hasn't been focused on their development as the priority. They have been focused on building good teams and if a few players develop individually as a byproduct (not the focus) then that's great.  Imagine if it was set up where the kids start in a development system from day 1.  DCU would have a much better player at 14 than they do now.[/quote]

All that rambling and the other posts about dcu individual development problem because they start late at U14 is farm manure

Why, because using facts versus uninformed biased opinion, DC United Academy teams starts at U14, but many of their players start from U12 and U13 ages.
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You’re the manure around here. [/quote]

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