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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So many of you are getting scammed by claimed or perceived "development" at clubs.  How much development do you think is happening during 3 training sessions a week and a workout?  With 20+ kids to care about?  Maybe a little bit of film study?  How many clubs have more than one coach per team?  How many coaches have more than one team!  Think about it and wake up...development happens outside of clubs.

For those who are serious believers in their club's "development" (you are the perfect customer!), what are some examples of your player developing strictly because of your club?

Kids get more development playing pickup soccer than most of these clubs.

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Not minimizing the critique made here because it is valid but here's a counter point. RU kid comes up through their system and decides to play for the USL team instead of college and gets transferred to Europe.

https://www.uslleagueone.com/news_article/show/1355443[/quote]

What's the point you're making?

There are multiple paths and each should choose what they think works best for them and theirs [/quote]

The point is that there are examples of development. This kid came up through the Richmond system to go pro.

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Actually it didn't give details on his development. 
It showed some results and decisions [/quote]

I'm not sure exactly what you would like them to say specifically regarding his "development" but I think what Richmond Kickers is trying to do is interesting.  They are actively trying to get their younger players signed and transferred.  Being closer to that area than to DC, I have paid more attention to what they are up to.  They have signed a number of players from the local Richmond United youth squad to USL-A contracts and this player chose to stay and play with the USL 1 team.  Others, like Nick Simmonds signed the academy contract, went to UVA for a year and were drafted 3rd in the recent SuperDraft.

IDK how this exactly relates to the original topic, but it interesting to see these players' progressions.
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