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BS. They’ve been bantering about possession since 2012. The vast majority of the players on those 4 red teams have all grown up in the possession system. What is laughable is to look at pre-pubescent boys and think that their performance is at all indicative of future outcomes. Anybody who knows about development, soccer and kids, knows that puberty makes the world flip. I assume you have a youngster on the 08 team ( in part because you have no knowledge of the facts about the club), be prepared for your world to turn. It matters very little where you train at u12 and below, u13 and u14 are the transition years to competition and also matter little, u15+ is the competition range, and u17+ is college/pro recruiting. So the real testament to a club’s development approach is how are their u17 and up teams performing. As far as ‘formative development years’ go, you are confused. Kids physical and mental development is pretty well understood. At younger ages, working on foot skills makes sense whereas strength training and pattern play is a waste of time. When they get into the transitions years 13&14 it makes sense to introduce more spatial awareness drills and some physical movement concepts. At 15 and up they should be developing all player traits. I know clubs like to think that they develop all these kids and than they leave. Maybe, the kids leave because they aren’t getting developed. As far as DCU and MLS are concerned, they are happy to take your league fee and let you sort out the players. Professionals realize that it matters very little where the kids are playing prior to U15. However, they will cherry pick talent at u15 because that is the beginning of the formative development years. Now go back to your Kool-aid.[/quote]

I am not an Alexandria parent.  BUT
1.  They do develop good players, and their teams do well.
2.  Per youth soccer rankings their 2005-2008 teams are all ranked in the top 6 in the state - and yes the ex-DA clubs don't show up in the rankings  - but this is still impressive.  My guess is you will see this carry over to the U17 team next year as well.
3.  They do lose players to teams which can offer more opportunity to get noticed including DC United - and this clearly will hurt the competitiveness of their older teams as kids need to move before college.
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This is true for about half the clubs in the DC area. Nothing special. [/quote]

Sorry but that is not true.

1.  Half the clubs in the DC Area do not have their 2005-2008 teams in the top 6 in the state.  No other club has this (although Richmond and Arlington probably would have except for the DA penalty to rankings).
2.  Most other NoVA clubs do not end up seeing players lave for DC United.  This really only happens at a handful of clubs.[/quote]

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