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[quote=Anonymous][quote=RantingSoccerDad][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is there any inter-academy communication between like Charlotte and Nova?  And I’m curious what one is a DA but the others are not.  Is there a good FCB “historian” in the house?[/quote]

One is a DA because they bought an existing DA club. The local Escola/Academy will likely never apply for DA status or ECNL. The area is simply to saturated with ECNL and DA clubs right now. [/quote]

Barca NOVA won't be in DA this year, but it they continue doing what they are currently doing, I can see them getting DA boys status in a couple of years with probably one of the local non-MLS clubs losing their DA status.  Their U18 boys team already got good results against some DA teams in friendlies.  And there were quite a few players that left DAs to join Barca boys program at the older age groups.   I don't think Barca is interested in joining ECNL on the boys side.  They are still developing their girls program so ECNL might be an option down the road for the girls. [/quote]

That's what I'm wondering too. If they outgrow where they are playing, it would make sense to move up in competition. And there's no question the program is attracting players from all over hungry for something more. [/quote]

See, this is the kind of comment I don't get.

The best posts in this thread have detailed the club's approach, which is certainly unique in many ways. But it also seems like the sort of club that isn't designed to be a megaclub like Loudoun or Arlington. FCB's stock and trade is individual attention for whatever level, whether it's kids ready to play at high-EDP level or kids drawn by the "we're not going to cut kids who are already in the system" policy.

So it's a bit confusing. Is FCB designed to come in and beat the existing DA and ECNL operations in the DMV at their own games, attracting hundreds of players to build up layers of travel programs over a giant rec league? Or is it here to offer something different, less cookie-cutter and more individualized at a wide range of competition levels? Because the two really aren't compatible.

I don't mind saying I'm rooting for the latter. I don't really care whether it's DA or ECNL or whatever because I'm pretty firmly on the record that such leagues shouldn't be exclusive, and if FCB or SYA or FC Dulles or Real World FC puts together a team that can hang with the big guns, let them play. [/quote]

I think most of what you said is kind of irrelevant to the FCB model.  They have their model and brand of development.  Then, if they find that the league their top teams are playing in no longer provide adequate competition, they will do what any club should and move to a league with greater competition.  It's the natural progression of things.[/quote]

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