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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can a team really be considered an academy if they don’t have a youth program? Poaching players in the DMV is development?[/quote]

You're spot on. By the time they get to DC at 11, 12, 13 they're fully developed professionals under performance based contracts
Development starts at 5 and ends at 10 [/quote]

Of course they aren't and of course development doesn't stop at 10. But they have been playing the sport longer outside of DCU than they will play it in DCU.  Which in turn gives DCU a very limited window to work with the player.  Couple that with a weak academy philosophy and system and you have a recipe for development stagnation which is a huge problem that DCU has.  Players aren't getting better at a rate that is faster than their peers in better systems. [/quote]

Want development, come on down to Richmond your nearest option.[/quote]

Which club?[/quote]

Did not realize there's MLS academy in Richmond

Richmond striker[/quote][/quote]

There isn't.  Richmond Strikers is a non profit club just like many others in our area.  Although, having seen Strikers teams play, they do have some good teams and also they seem to have a decent development philosophy that you can see in the way they play.  [/quote]

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