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[quote=Anonymous]So was wondering about the best club in the area Achilles.

I played for European academy and failed :). Eventually it worked out
for me better that for any who made it (a few played in the second league) from my team. But this is a different story.

So I shared a video of Achilles u13 and u14 against  Philadelphia Union with my old coach. You also can find it in internet.

feedback is very similar what I think.

They try to play possession soccer. It is not necessary good for these ages but better than kick ball.
In Europe now they play intense attacking soccer forward (they do not encourage kids to play sode to side, more forward, it is not kick ball), more offensive.
It is very clear that Achilles's coaches do not understand or cannot explain what really possession soccer is. it is called possession without purpose.
Kids do not understand why they keep ball and what to do with it, they do not know how to beat press, how to do vertical passes and play forward (not kick ball).
Midfielders/Wingers are not intense enough for this style and have no clue how to play off ball. So defense do not have options and play side to side too much.
They move ball forward more by dribbling than by passing, it is very weird. Too much side to side in defense, it is not ok, they should try to beat press.
Also kids easily give up goals like not trying. Looks like loosing mentality. Not able to win 50/50 balls. They do not enjoy. And it is worse for development even than kick ball.
They must be good 3v3 but starting 7v7 they will not have a clue what to do on the field. So coaches probably heard some good ideas about development but did not really get them.
For example possession, kids should understand why they do it and see benefits. We do not care about winning, but you should not develop loosing mentality either etc. 
It may not be fair Philadelphia Union is a very good academy but I think overall it is accurate.[/quote]

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