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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A) i) the top players and teams are not playing each other; ii) parents are uneducated on development so coaches have alot of pressure on wins even if they believe in development; iii) 2% of club focus on the technical fundamentals and off-ball movement needed to progressive to higher levels.  The lack of technical ability at MLS Next and ECNL is a little shocking IMHO.

B) i) The market determines the price; ii) coaches should be paid their worth; iii) EDP Futures @ Soccerplex does it the best with all teams at one location every week and no posted scored.  Yes, parents gossip and know the scores but so what.  If you mention an unposted score to me at a cocktail party, I literally might backslap you.  These shallow parents should not be the norm like they are here.

C) Yes - Mirror Achilles approach to early develop less the cursing and antics which keeps them boutique.

D) Yes.  This is where education is involved.  Parents will have to understand the results don't matter before U15 but that is where you will struggle.  I am not sure it can work in the DMV as the parental base is simply wealthy parents who are driven by ego.  Lookup the DCU string.  It has gone silent since someone called them out on this.  People here use soccer to get into Princeton vs the love of the game.  Most don't understand D1 is like 4th-6th division in most European countries and not really "successful" in real football terms.

I hope you're different.  I hope it works out!  [/quote]

Since we are all in America where a kid making D1 soccer is a marker of success, how can someone say its not a successful achievement because of whats happening in another country?

Real here is real here.[/quote]

No, you have taken the application of other sports like baseball and basketball and equated them to soccer.  We created football and basketball so we own the development process.  We are seeing the flaws in our processes over the last 20 years with amateurism in basketball as the world has taken interest in the sport since the Dream Team.  We have the same head start in women's soccer and the next 20-40 years will be interesting on whether our processes are truly better.

We don't own soccer and made D1 a pathway when it is an international off-ramp to an education and a better life for international academy washouts (men's side).

You can either accept this reality or keep complaining about internationals taking your spots because it is obvious our kids are not good enough.  USL Championship teams will destroy D1 teams.  USL is ranked around the 75th league in the world which is equivalent to around 4th - 6th divisions in Europe.  Congrats, you get to play and learn extreme time management while you learn how to be an investment banker.  Congrats, your grades would have gotten you into GW but you get to go to Columbia now because of soccer.  Those are both great upgrades in life.  Especially for the upwardly mobile with no real aspirations of playing pro.  Naturally, there are some kids who can ball and will make the MLS and Europe through the extra development in college just like there are players in lower divisions in Europe that make it to the primetime.  However, the faster US sets its standards of soccer higher than D1, the faster you will see us have international success.[/quote]
College sports are a unique phenomenon in the US. As big or bigger than pro sports in many other countries. Even though it’s mainly college football and basketball that are big, the aura of playing a college sport still exists for other sports. That is why there is such a desire to play a D1 sport. It has nothing to do with the level of play or a pathway to pro. College sports are the dream destination for so many. Think of it as another type of pro league. Good or bad it’s part of the American sports culture. [/quote]

Correct.  It is time to simply unpack the culture if we want soccer to improve in this country.  We create world class basketball stars, football stars, track stars, swimmers and gymnasts through our collegiate system.  It just does not apply to soccer and we have to begin to accept that it is different.

As emotional wealthy parent #1 has proved, labels mean so much to our American culture and our area:
 
EDP>NCSL 
MLS Next>ECNL
ECNL>GA
D1>D2

None of these labels matter.
There is a reason D1 players can’t even get into international academies.

Personally, I think this is enlightening.  We have a problem with the system we are investing thousands of dollars in and we should demand better and try something different.

There is nothing wrong with raising an investment banker who is really good as soccer.  Current club soccer, DCU Academy and D1 is perfect for that.  It is just not elite.  It is a shock to the DMV socialite but the numbers and facts bear it out.

Acceptance of this will bring changes in the marketplace.[/quote]

Is soccer free and cheap outside the DMV?

When every article and (real) analyst addresses the pitfalls of P2P in the US, are they only speaking of the DMV?

Are the slums of Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, Colorado producing La Liga division one club ballers because of their Free2P culture?[/quote]

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