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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I like it when DC United ties teams that they recruited all the best players from when those teams were u13.  It’s kinda funny.  [/quote]

But they do not recruit all the best players from those teams. With one or two exceptions, it’s a mystery to me why they selected certain players from our team this year. In some cases it’s borderline laughable. [/quote]

Laughable, or Maddening[/quote]

Agree.  The reason why DCUs scouting decisions are puzzling is because they scout by word of mouth only.  What that means is that they get names from coaches and staff they know at the clubs, come out and watch those players that are referred and then make an assessment.  THATS IT.  Literally that's it.  There is no proactive scouting happening.  Meaning that the scout(s) don't actually scout.  They just go to games where people have told them to watch a player or several players.  Pretty easy job.  But if done correctly, scouting is much harder than this.

When word of mouth is your primary scouting method, your entire system is subject to the whims of the pay to play system and by default influential parents will have preferential treatment.  Why you scratch your head wondering why some kids, with minimal talent, both short and long term, make the cut.

Scouting done correctly requires real work. Work that DCU isn't putting in.   And a real eye for talent, an eye that DCU doesn't really have because it's scouting team is only one person that has only been involved in the US system, which is weak in terms of talent identification.  Nationwide. [/quote]

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