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[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.  [b]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 [/b]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]

What is the average age players are entering MLS academies who stay through U18?
What precisely is the dcu academy philosophy and system?
What details do you have of other academies philosophy and system so we can measure against?
How are you measuring "development stagnation" and the rate of speed objectively against others?

Based on the placement in college/professional ranks per academy player ratio numbers, what are the overall MLS academy levels and where does dcu stand?[/quote]

What details to you have to support any of these questions and a positive DCU argument??  [/quote]

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