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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not sure what the debate is about.  There are much better Soccer forums in other parts of the US.  Read those.  U12 and U13 boys and girls on USSF's firing line.[/quote]

Yawn.  Who honestly cares about the youngest age group anyway. If you want your kid to be part of the DA environment, it can only help to join these clubs early, to be exposed to their methods and culture and to prove yourself as a player.  So if the age groups are still there in DA, great. If not, only a benefit in being there early.  There’s only one major DA club that I know of that would rather take a player they don’t know over an equivalent in house player, and I’d argue that’s not a net gain for said club as the jilted player leaves in almost all cases.  Most clubs at this level would rather keep their in house player, where the investment has already been made.

This whole debate is really a tempest in a teapot over rumors with no factual basis from anything other than unreliable discussion boards.   [/quote]

Loudoun and Arlington do not play DA-style in their non-DA teams..and, frankly, it’s questionable on many of their DA teams.  There are other Clubs in the area without DA that do a much better job.  Frankly, I know many that pulled their kids out of these Clubs at the younger ages because they didn’t want them playing kickball and punting keepers.[/quote]

+1 DA is only an iron-on, culture matters[/quote]

Completely false. Loudoun has produced top D1 keepers. Top 10 in the nation type keepers.
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I guess Loudoun 03 pre-DA team does not have one of those "top 10 in the nation" type keepers that Loudoun produces, since Louodoun lost 0-8 to a team from Pennsylvania in EDP.  [/quote]

Right, because the keeper is solely responsible for all goals scored in a match.   Good lord.[/quote]

I am not saying that Loudoun goalkeeper is solely responsible for their blow out loss.   I am just tired of shameless self-promotion by certain clubs.  The reality is that many of these "elite" teams are rather mediocre, including goalkeepers. [/quote]

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