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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Jesus H Christ.  This thread is just so freaking tiresome.

It's the same for and against, over and over and over and over and over and over and over again....

Is the DC United Academy operating as a top academy should?  IMO, definitely not.  Does it make sense for some players to attend?  Absolutely.

I have posted several times before and have an ok decent knowledge of DCU.  At this point, I don't care anymore if I'm sharing too much, but my nephew is on the DCU U18 team.  He was recruited to play this year at the academy after playing for a local MLSN squad.  He thought it was a great option for him to get exposed to a different environment.  To be transparent, he is committed to play college soccer at a B10 school.

In talking to his Mom, is it the greatest?  No.  He avoided the school charges by completing his senior year with his home district via their online option.  He's commuting back home but has a place to stay with friends in the Loudoun area.   Overall, in speaking with him, it's been a plus in his development.

My DD plays with the sister of a current DCU player.  Speaking with their parents was transparent and useful as my nephew was making a decision to play at DCU.  We also know through acquaintances a current MLS player who played at both at DCU and their academy in what seems like forever ago.  Listening to his experiences was valuable as well for making decisions.

Our local club has placed quite a few players into MLS Academies - it is telling though that many have not gone to DCU but others clubs. A top ACC freshmen in men's soccer has his younger brothers at Philly Union and those guys were developed here locally and did not go to DCU.   There two other young men, IIRC at Philly that are doing quite well.

I don't think that this post will shut the debate down, but I hope folks realize that everything and everyone have their place.  [/quote]

I suspect Union actively scouts here since they know many of the top players avoid DCU.  [/quote]

It is it improbable or impossible that all the so-called top players in the dmv have parents that are sending them away at 12, 13, 14 years old to live elsewhere to pursue soccer in large numbers? Just using a little logic and critical, rational thinking

Also impressive that so many top quality players at u-littles exist in the dmv that we're exporting them in droves and there's room for them all at other academies

Sounds fantastic and fictional to me[/quote]

Look, I hate naming names, but I'm not in the DMV, but in the Richmond area.  Richmond United has been successful in sending multiple kids to Philly Union and they are doing really well.  Additionally, they have placed young men at other clubs as well.  Why haven't they gone to DCU?  Wyatt Holt is a top player at Charlotte that came through Richmond.  Mateo Gallegos and Samuel Diaz Gallego both at are Philly along with twins Kai and Grant Simmonds.  Why aren't they at DCU?

Probably because the academy isn't up to snuff.  [/quote]

By your attempted reasoning, kids from Pennsylvania and Delaware who went to Red Bulls instead of Philly is a scientific conclusion that Philadelphia Union isn't a good enough academy [/quote]

I don't want to be the A-hole who says provide me with names of kids that went to Red Bulls v. Philly Union...so, yeah, your argument may have just a modicum of merit.  I do think the point is a valid one of why are kids essentially in the backyard of DCU not going to DCU?  Why doesn't DCU pull the semi-local kids from the Richmond area into their academy?  [/quote]

They can't because it is established that DCU is not worth the move for them.  If you're in a homestay or very long commute situation you have to balance that with the ROI on what you're getting.  No one, would ever, willingly transfer to DCU because it genuinely isn't worth the time investment.  If you're local to the DMV your calculation might be a bit different. But if you're coming from Richmond, DCU can't really be an option because you're making a huge sacrifice for an academy that just isn't worth it [/quote]

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