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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone have thoughts on DC Academy's chances of growing into a competitive club? Coach Amy, who founded the club, was successful at MoCo. This will be her third year running her own club. My daughter played for them in years one and two, and they were not very competitive. I think the coaching staff is great, but I have a kid who loves playing there but would like to win some games. She has improved a ton and was easily one of the better kids on her jv team.

It seems like there is a focus on recruitment and they've been running a ton of clinics so I'm cautiously optimistic.

Thoughts? [/quote]

As long as it is known as a less competitive team, she will attract less competitive players. It is hard to break this cycle without some good incentives for the good players to show up. MVSA has a great incentive (price) to attract some of the top players in the region. MOCO and MEVC are priced in the same range as Academy and they are known as great clubs, so that's where good players will go. Even if you have a good player here and there, the quality of the other players will bring the team down. My advice for any player is to find the most competitive team they cam play on. If you attach yourself to a mediocre club, you will start every season with a brand new team of mediocre players, which will delay your development.

The focus on recruitment is misguided. The only players who may be recruited are the original players in the team she took from MOCO. Once that team is gone, she won't have anything to show for all the recruitment efforts. [/quote]

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