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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

You may be right, but, can you explain in detail how, why an academy starting at U14 focuses on early developers but academies starting at U13 and U12 does not?[/quote]

U9 is ideal.  Not u13 or 12[/quote]

Why is U9 ideal?
Please educate by being specific [/quote]

Verifiable facts here again!  Unfortunately you've met your match in this thread.  People won't go away like you want and you've proven you have nothing to say to defend your position.  Have to educate you too I guess.  Most academies around the world modeled themselves after Ajax.  They were one of the first to really think strategically about a thorough academy system and how it could produce players both for the first team and for profit.  It is one of the reasons why Barca hired Cruyff.  Ajax brings in kids at around 7 years old.  Why u9 is where most academies around the world start. But all of those academies are wrong I guess??  And if you say anything about whether Ajax is credible then you will have lost ALL credibility on this topic.  I mean you already have but even more so![/quote]

I will help you.

If you had pointed to the current crop of world class and top league professionals then drew the correlation that shows the majority started at Category 1 academies at U8/U9, then that is measurable facts to collaborate your statement.

Like the England national team for example. 
You're welcome. [/quote]

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10702239/

For facts and verifiable evidence poster.  Obviously, there is no one way to do it as this research says.  But if you look at the data many of the best footballing countries are starting their players earlier than 10.  Obviously some are not.
There is no one way.

From the abstract:
"  In most established soccer nations in Europe and South-America, World Cup players started playing for professional soccer academies before the age of 12"[/quote]

Clearly help is not needed [/quote]

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