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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]2011 DC United are the worst pro academy in the area, behind Philly, Red Bulls, NYCFC, New England.

They have three tactics when playing: kick long to the big kid, foul, and flop. The team has a few players with skills but instead they just kick and run. Good luck to those couple of big fast kids when everybody else hits puberty and too bad for the couple of kids that could do better and instead have to play like some desperate short sighted pay to play club. Then again DC was so recently pay to play maybe they haven’t gotten it out of their system.

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This perspective on DCUs style of play is supported elsewhere on this thread and other threads talking about the lack of quality in the instruction and coaching at DCU. You saw that this weekend against Red Bulls where once again they were outclassed from minute 1 to the end in pretty much all the age groups and in every way  DCU has some quality kids it's just that they are in an environment where growing as a player is very difficult.  Especially when compared to what is happening elsewhere.  If you're a parent and DCU is considering your son and you are considering DCU, please do your homework and make sure that if you do decide to go there that you have a plan outside of DCU to make him better.  The hardest thing about this is that they monopolize so much of your kids time that there isn't much else he can do but you have to try.  This is why the investment in DCU is just a gamble because their investment in your kid and what they are offering your kid is just really poor.  For that much time, you have to ask yourself is it worth it if you have other options.  And, if you have a high level player, you must consider other options for him if you're serious about a professional pathway.  DCU is just not a good organization and the academy has been proven to be beneath its peers in the MLS.  If DCU is your only option, use it to make another move or if you have to stay there make sure you're on top of your kids development and set your own high standards to measure his progress and how you will measure that progress.  Without that, leaving it up to DCU is a massive mistake. [/quote]

How exactly did they hurt you personally?
So we can understand the seeds of your smear campaign and axe grinding.

It's obviously a personal obsession. [/quote]

I agree with the PP. You’re welcome to report the PP and say it’s one person posting but the reality is quite a few different posters are posting similar things. You’re the one trolling and obsessed with making it personal by attacking posters instead of sharing anything positive about DCUA. But you’re doing parents a service by reviving this thread over and over again so to remind parents to view DCUA warily. Good job on that![/quote]

Who in their right minds serious about soccer with a kid in the dmv top performers gonna read this thread and make decisions on where their kid will or won't go? [/quote]

Someone new to the area who has no where to turn for information.  Someone who is looking for perspectives on DCU in a world where there are practically  none publicly available. Someone who has no knowledge about soccer but has a son who has an opportunity at DCU and doesn't know where to go to learn.  Someone who posts on here in other threads and also has a kid at DCU.  On and on...

Here is a better question, who is NOT looking at all available information to assess the right move for their kid??  I'll answer that for you...Someone who isn't serious about soccer.  [/quote]

If you're a parent serious and knowledgeable about soccer with a talented kid performing in the 1%, your kid didn't achieve that from amateur message board advice and you sure aren't using it as a source for their future.

This is for entertainment purposes and the grass roots recreational masses.[/quote]

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