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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=RantingSoccerDad][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]

RSD, I don't think that Barca would have to dramatically alter its approach even if their top teams joined DA at some point.  Their teams could play in multiple leagues depending on the level of each team, which I think was the approach that you advocated on these boards earlier.   That being said, they only do EDP now and have not announced any plans to join another league.  Whatever they do in the future will be based on what is best for player development, including finding an appropriate level of competition.   With due respect to local soccer clubs, I just don't see Barca seeking to imitate their model. [/quote]

I should clarify my comments -- I don't mean to say FCB shouldn't play DA or ECNL. I'd rather the system changed to it would all be more fluid, and they can play at whatever level is sustainable, moving up and down as needed. The system probably isn't going to change in the next couple of years, so they'll have to adapt to it, and if that means going DA or ECNL for the top teams, I fully understand that.

My surprise here is when people get on here and trash-talk the rest of Northern Virginia, as if every half-decent player in an area of a couple million people will abandon Loudoun, Arlington, Braddock Road, VDA and everywhere else to go to a club that would then have to scale up in a way I'm not sure they would ever intend.[/quote]

Why are you surprised?   Trash all other options, check.  Paint an idyllic picture of the perfect environment, check.  In numbers, attack those who disagree with you on both fronts, double check.  This person or small group of parents maneuvers just like a political operation, and not just in this thread.  The anonymity is the perfect cover.  Quite sick, in my opinion. 
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RSD, a you can see the trash talk and negative comments do not originate with Barca, as you can see from the response above.  As for the player movement, the top players move among the clubs all the time.  Nobody is suggesting that the clubs you've mentioned will go out of business simply because some of their top teams lost players to Barca.   Barca has played friendlies with DCU, Bethesda, Arlington and others.  I think they are on good terms with quite a few clubs in the area. [/quote]

Actually, nothing was said to trash Barca in that post.  Just the parents posting here.  Read this complete thread and other threads and there are a number of examples to back up the post you responded to.

I guess the truth hurts, and feels like an attack.[/quote]

Oh, well, good luck policing the parents and anonymous posters.   :roll: [/quote]

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