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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DCUA only made it harder on themselves recruiting the best talent by requiring paid online school.  Not all families can afford that expense, and those who are financially savy wouldn't waste $10K for their online schooling.  The ROI isn't there.  Cheaper to play at the local clubs.[/quote]

Again, I will state that the online school, while available at considerable cost, is not required if alternatives are available to the player.  A family member is playing at DCU and is using their home Maryland's districts online school program at no additional cost to them and will graduate with their home district's diploma and not the DCU school diploma.

Carry on.[/quote]

We know Uncle of D1 player who is at DCU because they don’t know what they are doing and need to fill an open spot.  He “married up” for his senior year. Kudos.  I am sure you are proud of him and he is a great player but the problem with DCU is that he is actually there.[/quote]    Ok, what's your direct connection to DCU?  Former player in program,  current player in program,  interested parent of potential player or just like to troll around on discussion boards.  I stated mine previously.

What I am trying to do in this at all is present some actual truth in posts to counter those that are not accurate at all.  Is the DCU program on par when compared to other MLS academy programs in terms of their development, overall commitment, etc?  No.  I get that.  Especially when compared to the closet program up 95 in Philly.   So, yeah, it's telling that my family member was able to join DCU for their final year before going to college.  That's not how many other academies, if any, would operate, but it's what is happening at DCU and probably isn't going to change in the near future.  He's able to take advantage of that and use it to his benefit.  I say that's a win for him and probably not DCU.

Folks need to be able to make decisions.  I really hope that through hundreds of pages of stuff here, the BS can be filtered through.  Good Luck.  [/quote]

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