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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For the record as a parent who will going to watch an Achilles game this weekend as they are one of three teams my son is considering, I would much rather deal with a coach who may have had a temper in the past but has learned to correct it than you parents that jump from one Achilles thread to the next with the same lame @$$ stuff from the past.

I find your parenting style abusive…are they really living that rent-free in your head?

You are only keeping these soft-as-Charmin parents who have anxiety if their kid is not on the A team away which is perfect.  [B]Those of us who prioritize development over wins know the 3-5 clubs in the area that develop players and Achilles is one of them.[/B][/quote]

You can't seriously believe Achilles developed those kids.  If you had said their trainers developed them, sure I would 100% agree.  But Achilles?  Or any other local MLS Next club in fact.  Laughable.[/quote]

What's laughable is that you are so hurt by Achilles's success in developing players you keep coming on here with this nonsense.  If this were true, why would it EVER matter what club ANYONE joins.  It's absurd to think Achilles doesn't develop players and in direct contradiction to the facts.  For the record, my son is NOT currently at Achilles, I just can't stand this narrative.  I'm probably missing some, but from 2011-2009 age groups, I can think of 12 separate kids that have moved on to MLS Academies or been invited to Regional USYNT ID camps from Achilles, including the two mentioned above who have gone further.  All but two of them spent more than two years at Achilles, and five of them started with Achilles at age 8 or younger.  It's a tiny club.  There is no world in which this is a coincidence.  And, before you say the parents are attracted to the badge, or Achilles got lucky, or whatever, those parents chose to have their kids train there for a reason.  The club has its challenges for sure, but to say they don't develop players is, indeed, laughable.  [/quote]

Not as hurt as you are to my comments, are you going to write a book response every time?

Doesn't matter which club you are at if playing MLS Next or ECNL.  Get a good trainer and play on a team with players your skill level or better.  Who cares which club it is, they all suck.  Sounds like your kid isn't MLS Next or ECNL though, so maybe this doesn't apply.  Carry on.

Also, please show me the 12 kids from Achilles that went on to academy teams.  Don't include USYNT ID sessions, who really cares about those.[/quote]

So your son was invited to a regional ID and you told him "no one really cares?" I'm so sure.  Also note that the kid invited to the national camp chose to stay at Achilles his entire career.  I know of at least one other who has turned down an academy invite to stay.  Some have gone to DC and come back.  But fine, don't count them.  I've got 8 I think are currently at academies. (7 for sure).  And your anyone can get a trainer and succeed anywhere doesn't at all explain why Achilles's ratio is so much higher.  Right?[/quote]

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