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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If this is true that DA is dropping U12 age group, it just underscores that DA does not really care about quality development.   Youth academies abroad normally start at U7, so it would set DA back by 6 years, when compared to youth development model in other countries.   A U13 kid in European or South American academy has already had 6 years of training in professional environment, a DA kid here would be just entering his first year in such environment (assuming that DA even approximates the training rigors of foreign clubs). [/quote]

Clubs that have DA status are required to coach the DA curriculum throughout all of their age groups and teams, not just their DA teams.  These clubs are, also, chosen to participate in DA partly due to the strength of the club and coaching staff.  These U12 teams are not going to suffer for lack of development.  The biggest changes will be 1 less practice per week and parents not getting bragging rights until U14.

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Are you saying that aside from one extra practice there is no difference in training and development for DA and non-DA teams?  In other words, DA level is the level of a strong local club plus one extra practice.   That's all DA has to offer?   [/quote]

Probably not even that much, at least initially.  Look at the big successful clubs in other states that were that way and played that way even before DA.  They didn't need a DA patch to know to stop the keeper punts.  Of course, I am ignoring the guy with a daughter who thinks Arlington for example flipped some switch overnight and plays some different style of girls soccer entirely due to being awarded a DA patch.  The immediate differences here are marginal at best.  Big ones are less practices and postponed bragging rights for parents (until an age when Mia can speak for herself on what she really wants).  Those can be debated either way.[/quote]

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