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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you for the standard deflection tweedle dee and tweedle dumb (DCU PR intern), now can the question at hand be addressed?

https://youtu.be/MauTNb-y...oApVDGnpWt

I found him truly engaging. What's the story of what worked well and what did not when he was with DCU?

What is the focus of the new director?
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He's no longer at DCU and he answered your questions on the podcast.

[b]You have no connection to DCU, you have no kid at DCU, you won't have a son at DCU [/b]

Take your unhealthy obsession elsewhere[/quote]

Dude, those are questions. Why are you so emotional over questions?[/quote]

Previous Post isn't emotional

You're disingenuous and have proven through your multiple posts that you have an agenda to denigrate and disparage the academy, the players and their parents

Your 'just a question' is your repeated modus operandi for an opening for you to reel off another slew of toxicity

If you care that much about information about the academy, contact the academy or go to games and speak to academy parents. That's what people with legitimate interests do.

Make sure you gather the fathers in a group and talk the crap you've been saying here directly to their faces for additional bonus points [/quote]

So…I posted the link. Not sure you are aware that you are talking to many different people. I do check this forum two times a day but not sure how you can post 4 minutes after my question if you are not refreshing constantly. That seems like an obsession.

Although I have made no statement about the kids, parents or academy in asking a genuine question, you told me “ you have no kid at DCU, you won't have a son at DCU” without knowing anything about me. Is that not the definition of toxic when you have no idea who I am or how may times my kid has been invited to DCU, Nashville, CLT, Philly or Red Bulls?

He did clearly lay out the key to the DMV producing more professional footballers and I am genuinely curious on whether he just talks well on a podcast or whether it is an unfixable problem due to the culture under this ownership. Silence is golden so I think I have my answer.[/quote]

your kid has such quality that he is being sought after and actively being recruited by multiple professional mls academies but you're on an anonymous blog seeking advice from  people you don't know?

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Bro...they reached out to me when my kid was 10. F----ing 10. I thought it was psychotic. I did not ask for any of this. You said the same thing 100 pages ago with hater energy because your kid did not have the same requests. For the record, it does not mean s---- to have these requests early. I am actually humble in this process and understand it means nothing. Puberty is undefeated.

If I blindly just went with the clubs like many of you, my kid would fully be in the MLS system and be relegated to the MLS rules and it suppressive pay structure which keeps the MLS profitable. I respect their business acumen while deploring it as a parent of a kid in the system  For a family who cannot afford $10k-$20k annually to properly train, MLS Academy is a viable pathway and they should choose it. I am fortunate to make a little bit of coin so I can afford to pay $10k - $20k in training annually for my kid to develop and then afford a visa into Europe when he hits 15-16. I only became aware of this pathway courtesy of this l[i]ittle anonymous message board[/I]. I have been able to verify the information on this board in real life and find the real people who execute it in real life.

My kid has not even had their first crush yet and I am supposed to leave town for a team before puberty. :lol: 
Maybe I am a little too rationale. I don't find missing out on a high school life or family life for virtual school out of town to end up at Old Dominion for D1 soccer an appealing pathway for my child. No knock to ODU in this example but all of my kids are on a high academic track and if my kid is not going pro, I would rather them go D3 at NYU or Ivy than D1 at any old school. Unless something changes at DCU, we will bide our time here locally until U15/U16, go against the grain and local culture and play P2P, and then I will start a business in Europe and we will see how my kid fares there. Whether he succeeds or not, I did my parental job of maximizing his chances on something with 1 in 100,000 odds.

Despite what ya'll think, if you actually read between the lines and toxicity, this forum is 100% gold for real information. We are not alone in not getting information from the MLS academies. Many of the parents in other markets have the same gripes outside of the DMV. We are fortunate to have this forum which allows people to share and express without retribution. I know I share genuine information for other parents. My kid only benefits when others in his age group get better. A rising tide lifts all boats.[/quote]

Thanks for posting this, because it's an interesting take and I'm curious about this pathway.  Where to start.  So, you say that your son caught the scout's eye when they were 10.  But you resisted and are part of the P2P system here.  MLS Next or ECNL?  Just curious.   What caught my eye was the visa part and going to Europe to play.  That's great that you are able to secure a Euro visa for your family and your son.  You say visa and not passport right?  Because I think that's two different things.  Passports can be difficult and are easier said than done having investigated this myself for myself and children.  My child  plays at a high level and one of their aspirational goals was to play for their grandparents' home country national team.  It looks less and less likely as time goes on as we have investigated pathways to secure entry into Europe.

Back to your child's path.  What drives your thinking that you will be able to relocate to Europe, start a business and have your son catch on at a Euro academy when they are 15/16 years old?  Have they had interest from European scouts at a younger age and you have demonstrated to them that you can secure a Euro visa so it simplifies the situation for them?  I find it difficult to fathom that your son would be able to show up at a European club at 15/16 as an unknown commodity and walk into their program.  My godson is in the middle of doing this as an older kid, but in order to play hockey in some of the euro leagues.  He was able to begin the process of securing a Slovak passport due to his familial ties to the country.  He's also had conversation with some of their Tier 2 hockey clubs after having played junior hockey here in the US.

I'm just curious because this pathway seems like an even bigger risk and less likely of succeeding than playing here in the US and going to a highly regarded D3 or Ivy and playing.  I realize that some of my questions are pretty pointed and personal, so please understand I'm just trying to figure some of this out myself.  And look, while your child's goal is not playing D1 soccer at ODU, my son has a HS friend playing there and having a blast doing it.  Sure, the Sun Belt might not be your kid's dream, but it is someone else's.  To each his own, right?  Thanks for entertaining my questions.  [/quote]

You're OBVIOUSLY responding to yourself

Just quit dude [/quote]

Recall [/quote]

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