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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^-- if you ever wanted to know about SYC coaches:
"Just because a kid is scoring goals at an academy in Spain doesn't mean he should've been selected by the Technical Director to play on the first team of CCL."

People, if you ever wanted to know what SYC is all about, it's making money.  That's it.  They have an inferiority complex with Arlington, McLean, and DC United.  And their TD couldn't smell talent if you put it under his nose.[/quote]

Not the PP - but if this academy is a Spanish professional club's youth academy then it means something.  If it's just an amateur youth soccer club - then it's meaningless.[/quote]

Did, did you realize you were saying SYC is meaningless or are you such a cheerleader you didn’t even realize it?[/quote]

1.  I'm not an SYC cheerleader by any means.  In fact I think they are going to struggle in MLS Next for at least the forseeable future - and that is at least partly because the coaching is not as good as some other local clubs.

2.  Nevertheless I don't think that you can logically conclude that SYC is meaningless based on what I said.

The first poster in this particular discussion noted that a kid who languished on the SYC second team was now playing for, and succeeding at, "a Spanish academy" and suggested that that proved that SYC's talent assessment/selection was very poor.

My counterpoint was that if the Spanish academy was clearly of a higher standard than SYC's first team then I would accept that it did indeed prove that SYC's talent selection was poor.  On the other hand if this kid was just playing for any old Spanish kids' team of unknown talent level, then it did not prove anything one way or the other (i.e. it was meaningless) about SYC's ability to spot and select talent.

So the only thing you could logically conclude in terms of the absolute ability of teams and the amount of meaning that could conseuqently be ascribed to them is that I view SYC as less meaningful than a Spanish professional soccer club.  But that should not be a surprise to anyone, and is not at all the same as meaningless.[/quote]

it's not hard, is the kid doing better in Spain or the United States? - Spain
did coaches in a higher competitive market and environment see something that SYC Technical Director did not? - yes

as for you questions, SYC cheerleader, all that i got from you is "SYC is meaningless".  and i agree.[/quote]

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