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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm trying to understand how any club can take credit for developing a player. In my experience and my DC has always been on the top team, and still is, including at Arlington (so this isn't about sour grapes) but what I have seen is development is on the player/family not the club. The club only offers a platform to show the work the player has put in themselves, right?  Has anyone actually been "developed" by any club here in the DMV?

My sense is DC has been on those teams and recognized elsewhere because of their hard work, talent and grit. Maybe it's just the coaches we've had but actual development as a soccer talent? That's not the role of the club and if it is I'm waiting to see it.  [/quote]
Quality coaches dont always end up at "the best" clubs. Development takes time and effort. Picking the biggest and oldest players is a shortcut. Another shortcut is creating a big pool, pulling up the biggest and oldest, then winning. Wins bring parents that want to be on the winning team. Which expands the player pool. In the end you get ego maniac coaches that dont develop because its easier and faster to just replace with new from the pool.[/quote]

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