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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The only level of soccer here you can call "elite" is DC United's academy.  And they are miles beyond other MLS academies.[/quote]

Not sure what counts as elite but DC United is not miles ahead of others.  Locally they do get a good percentage of the best players, but Arlington and Baltimore's rosters are not massively less talented - and there are plenty of players at those clubs who get offers from DC United and choose not to take them.  And the game results tend to back that up - DC United does not dominate either of those clubs.[/quote]

Substitute Bethesda for Arlington and maybe you have a point. I think it’s time you move on from the obsession with trying to project Arlington as being in the same neighborhood as Armour and DCU. Whatever parity may exist for a couple of teams does not exist for others and Arlington is not getting talent now heading to MLSNext and other clubs at younger ages. The coaches are fine and I hope they continue to improve. But they need to fix what they do at earlier ages if they want a better rep, and they are in the wrong league for later ages, though they might feel like the belle of that ball, at least around NoVa. [/quote]

I would have included Bethesda too, but the talent and performance both seem to have dropped off fairly significantly in the last 2-3 years.  And Arlington sends far more kids to DCU than Bethesda - another 10 or 11 moving this year.[/quote]

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