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Anonymous wrote:The DCU RDS sessions are good training sessions to supplement whatever your kid is doing with his other team(s).

In our case, my kid is taking a break from club soccer but playing for school and focusing on another sport over the winter. The DCU RDS seemed like a good way to maintain and work on his soccer skills during this downtime.

Cool. Any difference between what they do versus FC Training Grounds, False 8, Next Star, Ballerz, BSC Small Group Training, Arlington Winter Clinics, Futstars, etc. here in the area?

I'm pretty sure none of those are the same unless they all have the same coaches, players and facilities

All of them must have differences

RDS is the closest chance you kid has to be observed by DC United coaches/scouts in addition to being developmental. That does not necessarily mean they will be selected by DCUA. The training programs you listed above are developmental, it stops there.

What’s the benefit of being scouted by DCU academy? Proven methodology, proven coaches? Anything beyond being free? New to the states and this system.

Really, you're new to the states?

Where are you from? When did you arrive?
How old are your kids? What teams are they with now?

Is DCU scouting DCUM now? Somebody is from Europe and let's find them and see them?

Nah, someone just knew the PP claiming to be new to the states was lying

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Anonymous wrote:The DCU RDS sessions are good training sessions to supplement whatever your kid is doing with his other team(s).

In our case, my kid is taking a break from club soccer but playing for school and focusing on another sport over the winter. The DCU RDS seemed like a good way to maintain and work on his soccer skills during this downtime.

Cool. Any difference between what they do versus FC Training Grounds, False 8, Next Star, Ballerz, BSC Small Group Training, Arlington Winter Clinics, Futstars, etc. here in the area?

I'm pretty sure none of those are the same unless they all have the same coaches, players and facilities

All of them must have differences

RDS is the closest chance you kid has to be observed by DC United coaches/scouts in addition to being developmental. That does not necessarily mean they will be selected by DCUA. The training programs you listed above are developmental, it stops there.

What’s the benefit of being scouted by DCU academy? Proven methodology, proven coaches? Anything beyond being free? New to the states and this system.

Really, you're new to the states?

Where are you from? When did you arrive?
How old are your kids? What teams are they with now?

Is DCU scouting DCUM now? Somebody is from Europe and let's find them and see them?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The DCU RDS sessions are good training sessions to supplement whatever your kid is doing with his other team(s).

In our case, my kid is taking a break from club soccer but playing for school and focusing on another sport over the winter. The DCU RDS seemed like a good way to maintain and work on his soccer skills during this downtime.

Cool. Any difference between what they do versus FC Training Grounds, False 8, Next Star, Ballerz, BSC Small Group Training, Arlington Winter Clinics, Futstars, etc. here in the area?

I'm pretty sure none of those are the same unless they all have the same coaches, players and facilities

All of them must have differences

RDS is the closest chance you kid has to be observed by DC United coaches/scouts in addition to being developmental. That does not necessarily mean they will be selected by DCUA. The training programs you listed above are developmental, it stops there.

What’s the benefit of being scouted by DCU academy? Proven methodology, proven coaches? Anything beyond being free? New to the states and this system.

Really, you're new to the states?

Where are you from? When did you arrive?
How old are your kids? What teams are they with now?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The DCU RDS sessions are good training sessions to supplement whatever your kid is doing with his other team(s).

In our case, my kid is taking a break from club soccer but playing for school and focusing on another sport over the winter. The DCU RDS seemed like a good way to maintain and work on his soccer skills during this downtime.

Cool. Any difference between what they do versus FC Training Grounds, False 8, Next Star, Ballerz, BSC Small Group Training, Arlington Winter Clinics, Futstars, etc. here in the area?

My kid hasn't participated in any of those, so I can't say. What I can say is that the DCU RDS training has been solid and the location and the training day/time works well for us. I'm sure there are other good supplemental training options out there, I'm just not familiar with them. One nice thing about the DCU RDS training is that it's club-agnostic, so my kid doesn't feel like a random stranger dropped into an Arlington club training session etc.

We had prior experience with DCU RDS back in the 2016-18 time frame before the shut down the program, so I was happy to see it start up again. So far, so good.

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Anonymous wrote:The DCU RDS sessions are good training sessions to supplement whatever your kid is doing with his other team(s).

In our case, my kid is taking a break from club soccer but playing for school and focusing on another sport over the winter. The DCU RDS seemed like a good way to maintain and work on his soccer skills during this downtime.

Cool. Any difference between what they do versus FC Training Grounds, False 8, Next Star, Ballerz, BSC Small Group Training, Arlington Winter Clinics, Futstars, etc. here in the area?

I'm pretty sure none of those are the same unless they all have the same coaches, players and facilities

All of them must have differences

RDS is the closest chance you kid has to be observed by DC United coaches/scouts in addition to being developmental. That does not necessarily mean they will be selected by DCUA. The training programs you listed above are developmental, it stops there.

What’s the benefit of being scouted by DCU academy? Proven methodology, proven coaches? Anything beyond being free? New to the states and this system.

Define “proven.”

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The DCU RDS sessions are good training sessions to supplement whatever your kid is doing with his other team(s).

In our case, my kid is taking a break from club soccer but playing for school and focusing on another sport over the winter. The DCU RDS seemed like a good way to maintain and work on his soccer skills during this downtime.

Cool. Any difference between what they do versus FC Training Grounds, False 8, Next Star, Ballerz, BSC Small Group Training, Arlington Winter Clinics, Futstars, etc. here in the area?

I'm pretty sure none of those are the same unless they all have the same coaches, players and facilities

All of them must have differences

RDS is the closest chance you kid has to be observed by DC United coaches/scouts in addition to being developmental. That does not necessarily mean they will be selected by DCUA. The training programs you listed above are developmental, it stops there.

What’s the benefit of being scouted by DCU academy? Proven methodology, proven coaches? Anything beyond being free? New to the states and this system.

Absolutely nothing. And it's not free.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The DCU RDS sessions are good training sessions to supplement whatever your kid is doing with his other team(s).

In our case, my kid is taking a break from club soccer but playing for school and focusing on another sport over the winter. The DCU RDS seemed like a good way to maintain and work on his soccer skills during this downtime.

Cool. Any difference between what they do versus FC Training Grounds, False 8, Next Star, Ballerz, BSC Small Group Training, Arlington Winter Clinics, Futstars, etc. here in the area?

I'm pretty sure none of those are the same unless they all have the same coaches, players and facilities

All of them must have differences

RDS is the closest chance you kid has to be observed by DC United coaches/scouts in addition to being developmental. That does not necessarily mean they will be selected by DCUA. The training programs you listed above are developmental, it stops there.

What’s the benefit of being scouted by DCU academy? Proven methodology, proven coaches? Anything beyond being free? New to the states and this system.

Only benefits would be ‘free’ and earning some clout by being in an MLS Academy team; But no to methodology and no to coaches.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The DCU RDS sessions are good training sessions to supplement whatever your kid is doing with his other team(s).

In our case, my kid is taking a break from club soccer but playing for school and focusing on another sport over the winter. The DCU RDS seemed like a good way to maintain and work on his soccer skills during this downtime.

Cool. Any difference between what they do versus FC Training Grounds, False 8, Next Star, Ballerz, BSC Small Group Training, Arlington Winter Clinics, Futstars, etc. here in the area?

I'm pretty sure none of those are the same unless they all have the same coaches, players and facilities

All of them must have differences

RDS is the closest chance you kid has to be observed by DC United coaches/scouts in addition to being developmental. That does not necessarily mean they will be selected by DCUA. The training programs you listed above are developmental, it stops there.

What’s the benefit of being scouted by DCU academy? Proven methodology, proven coaches? Anything beyond being free? New to the states and this system.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The DCU RDS sessions are good training sessions to supplement whatever your kid is doing with his other team(s).

In our case, my kid is taking a break from club soccer but playing for school and focusing on another sport over the winter. The DCU RDS seemed like a good way to maintain and work on his soccer skills during this downtime.

Cool. Any difference between what they do versus FC Training Grounds, False 8, Next Star, Ballerz, BSC Small Group Training, Arlington Winter Clinics, Futstars, etc. here in the area?

Different poster whose son is doing RDS. I personally don’t view it as different from the other things you listed. It just happens that the day, time, and location are a better fit for our family’s schedule this winter. I don’t think it’s full of super high level players, but that’s fine for where my son is right now… pretty good but not in that elite category. He can have a good experience training with some different coaches alongside kids who take it seriously and work hard.

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Anonymous wrote:The DCU RDS sessions are good training sessions to supplement whatever your kid is doing with his other team(s).

In our case, my kid is taking a break from club soccer but playing for school and focusing on another sport over the winter. The DCU RDS seemed like a good way to maintain and work on his soccer skills during this downtime.

Cool. Any difference between what they do versus FC Training Grounds, False 8, Next Star, Ballerz, BSC Small Group Training, Arlington Winter Clinics, Futstars, etc. here in the area?

I'm pretty sure none of those are the same unless they all have the same coaches, players and facilities

All of them must have differences

RDS is the closest chance you kid has to be observed by DC United coaches/scouts in addition to being developmental. That does not necessarily mean they will be selected by DCUA. The training programs you listed above are developmental, it stops there.

This post makes DCU so happy. Mission accomplished.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The DCU RDS sessions are good training sessions to supplement whatever your kid is doing with his other team(s).

In our case, my kid is taking a break from club soccer but playing for school and focusing on another sport over the winter. The DCU RDS seemed like a good way to maintain and work on his soccer skills during this downtime.

Cool. Any difference between what they do versus FC Training Grounds, False 8, Next Star, Ballerz, BSC Small Group Training, Arlington Winter Clinics, Futstars, etc. here in the area?

I'm pretty sure none of those are the same unless they all have the same coaches, players and facilities

All of them must have differences

There’s one common thread that I don’t see that RDS has addressed.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The DCU RDS sessions are good training sessions to supplement whatever your kid is doing with his other team(s).

In our case, my kid is taking a break from club soccer but playing for school and focusing on another sport over the winter. The DCU RDS seemed like a good way to maintain and work on his soccer skills during this downtime.

Cool. Any difference between what they do versus FC Training Grounds, False 8, Next Star, Ballerz, BSC Small Group Training, Arlington Winter Clinics, Futstars, etc. here in the area?

I'm pretty sure none of those are the same unless they all have the same coaches, players and facilities

All of them must have differences

RDS is the closest chance you kid has to be observed by DC United coaches/scouts in addition to being developmental. That does not necessarily mean they will be selected by DCUA. The training programs you listed above are developmental, it stops there.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The DCU RDS sessions are good training sessions to supplement whatever your kid is doing with his other team(s).

In our case, my kid is taking a break from club soccer but playing for school and focusing on another sport over the winter. The DCU RDS seemed like a good way to maintain and work on his soccer skills during this downtime.

Cool. Any difference between what they do versus FC Training Grounds, False 8, Next Star, Ballerz, BSC Small Group Training, Arlington Winter Clinics, Futstars, etc. here in the area?

I'm pretty sure none of those are the same unless they all have the same coaches, players and facilities

All of them must have differences

Anonymous wrote:The DCU RDS sessions are good training sessions to supplement whatever your kid is doing with his other team(s).

In our case, my kid is taking a break from club soccer but playing for school and focusing on another sport over the winter. The DCU RDS seemed like a good way to maintain and work on his soccer skills during this downtime.

Cool. Any difference between what they do versus FC Training Grounds, False 8, Next Star, Ballerz, BSC Small Group Training, Arlington Winter Clinics, Futstars, etc. here in the area?

The DCU RDS sessions are good training sessions to supplement whatever your kid is doing with his other team(s).

In our case, my kid is taking a break from club soccer but playing for school and focusing on another sport over the winter. The DCU RDS seemed like a good way to maintain and work on his soccer skills during this downtime.