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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^ nor is the glaring economic differences of the players on ASA & SYC vs Bethesda.  College soccer offers very little $$$ for male scholarships.  $10k at a $40-85k school is just not doable.[/quote]

I’ve wondered about the socioeconomic breakdown of these clubs top teams.

How many of the kids on each team at these clubs are on scholarship?  Every club usually has a scholarship program  for those who demonstrate need and I wonder how many are set aside for those on the top teams? Is that information publicly available? [/quote]

Most of the kids on DC United young teams are loaded and connected. No hate, just the truth.[/quote]

No - it's not the truth.  There is a wide mix of kids on the DC United teams.  I am only aware of one who is "loaded", and one who is "connected" - and both of them thoroughly deserve their spots.  The vast majority are just kids who have been identified by DC United as good at soccer.  By all means quibble about whether DC United identify the right kids - I don't think they always do - but it's not because kids are loaded and/or connected.[/quote]

It was my understanding that in order to qualify for a scholarship you also had to qualify for free lunch at school.

So you know that all those kids scouted from the major clubs (eg, BSC, Pipeline, Arlington, etc) were on scholarship at those clubs?

Anyone who can afford the fees at those clubs may not be loaded but they are certainly more well off than most other soccer players.

Playing at those clubs make you way more connected to DCU scouts than any other clubs in the area.

Besides Cerritos and Touch Kings, what other small clubs has DCU recruited from? At this point, seems like they’ve only consistently recruited from large clubs that can field a few teams for each age group.
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Yes - plenty (although obviously not all) were on scholarships at some of the clubs you name.  All of those clubs, and other similar level clubs, offer 4 or 5 (occasionally more) scholarships on their top teams - and they do a pretty good job of making sure that the best kids they can find, or that find them, get them.  So it's not surprising that DCU finds those same kids and not the ones that weren't good enough to get those scholarship places at the larger local clubs first.[/quote]

And how do you know all of this? Do the clubs make public the number of scholarship kids on their top teams? Like where can I get this information…besides on an anonymous soccer forum?[/quote]

A few years ago, I was the team manager/treasurer on one such team, and was thus privy to knowledge of who was and wasn't on a scholarship because I was responsible for chasing any unpaid team dues.

We had six scholarship kids one year, and five in other years.  I don't know if that was because that was the amount of money available, or that the club just gave scholarships to any kid they felt was good enough.

I don't know what each club makes public - I imagine that you might well be able to find this information by looking at public filings.  If not perhaps the clubs would happily tell you if you were interested and asked nicely.[/quote][/quote]

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