Anonymous wrote:When USMNT scouts come out, do they just too look at an entire team and hopefully stands out. Or are they there to look at specific player(s) … asking for a friend.

Anonymous wrote:Wouldn't they have the line up or access to the line up before coming out to a game?

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Anonymous wrote:DC scout was at our game last night but left after 15mins. This is typical?

Which game? Maybe the kid of interest or the person they came to watch wasn't playing.

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Anonymous wrote:DC scout was at our game last night but left after 15mins. This is typical?

Which game? Maybe the kid of interest or the person they came to watch wasn't playing.

Anonymous wrote:DC scout was at our game last night but left after 15mins. This is typical?

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Does anyone really just wait to be noticed?

We didn't actively pursue an Academy, DS got noticed at MLSN Fest.

The two kids I know personally who got “scouted” at MLS Next Fest in Nashville are exceptionally large for their age and have clearly finished puberty very early, so yes, they stand out, way out on a U14 field since they’re over 6 feet tall and just HUGE. Both families actively pushed to have their kid be looked at by “academy clubs” and I know at least one local club was helping with this process. It wasn’t a secret to the other players or parents.

I have zero problem with this or snark or hate. I applaud their parents for pushing for what they wanted. There is a saying that “you can’t teach height” so I’m assuming these out of state clubs were looking for big, gigantic players that they felt had enough skills they could help finesse and improve.

That’s just how it works.

Honestly, families should bring their kids around to other academies especially if they’re overlooked by their local academy. There are so few academies in the U.S. for so many kids. I don’t think not getting noticed by your local academy means that the player is not good enough. Especially in large metro areas where there’s just more competition. It’s just a matter of whether it’s something the kid wants and if the family can support something like that - whether moving or letting a kid go off on their own to do a home stay or boarding school

Hopefully it starts with honesty in why the kid wasn't picked up by local academy, before running all over the country.

Yes let's be honest, DCU got a bunch of knuckleheads running the show. Blessing in disguise for the kids that got picked up by an outside academy.

Yeah, they didn't pick my kid either 😒

Not missing out much between DCU and the better clubs in this area except for it being free. Maybe your kid will get an outside offer. Thoughts and prayers.

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Does anyone really just wait to be noticed?

We didn't actively pursue an Academy, DS got noticed at MLSN Fest.

The two kids I know personally who got “scouted” at MLS Next Fest in Nashville are exceptionally large for their age and have clearly finished puberty very early, so yes, they stand out, way out on a U14 field since they’re over 6 feet tall and just HUGE. Both families actively pushed to have their kid be looked at by “academy clubs” and I know at least one local club was helping with this process. It wasn’t a secret to the other players or parents.

I have zero problem with this or snark or hate. I applaud their parents for pushing for what they wanted. There is a saying that “you can’t teach height” so I’m assuming these out of state clubs were looking for big, gigantic players that they felt had enough skills they could help finesse and improve.

That’s just how it works.

Honestly, families should bring their kids around to other academies especially if they’re overlooked by their local academy. There are so few academies in the U.S. for so many kids. I don’t think not getting noticed by your local academy means that the player is not good enough. Especially in large metro areas where there’s just more competition. It’s just a matter of whether it’s something the kid wants and if the family can support something like that - whether moving or letting a kid go off on their own to do a home stay or boarding school

Hopefully it starts with honesty in why the kid wasn't picked up by local academy, before running all over the country.

Yes let's be honest, DCU got a bunch of knuckleheads running the show. Blessing in disguise for the kids that got picked up by an outside academy.

Yeah, they didn't pick my kid either 😒

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Does anyone really just wait to be noticed?

We didn't actively pursue an Academy, DS got noticed at MLSN Fest.

The two kids I know personally who got “scouted” at MLS Next Fest in Nashville are exceptionally large for their age and have clearly finished puberty very early, so yes, they stand out, way out on a U14 field since they’re over 6 feet tall and just HUGE. Both families actively pushed to have their kid be looked at by “academy clubs” and I know at least one local club was helping with this process. It wasn’t a secret to the other players or parents.

I have zero problem with this or snark or hate. I applaud their parents for pushing for what they wanted. There is a saying that “you can’t teach height” so I’m assuming these out of state clubs were looking for big, gigantic players that they felt had enough skills they could help finesse and improve.

That’s just how it works.

Honestly, families should bring their kids around to other academies especially if they’re overlooked by their local academy. There are so few academies in the U.S. for so many kids. I don’t think not getting noticed by your local academy means that the player is not good enough. Especially in large metro areas where there’s just more competition. It’s just a matter of whether it’s something the kid wants and if the family can support something like that - whether moving or letting a kid go off on their own to do a home stay or boarding school

Hopefully it starts with honesty in why the kid wasn't picked up by local academy, before running all over the country.

Yes let's be honest, DCU got a bunch of knuckleheads running the show. Blessing in disguise for the kids that got picked up by an outside academy.

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Does anyone really just wait to be noticed?

We didn't actively pursue an Academy, DS got noticed at MLSN Fest.

The two kids I know personally who got “scouted” at MLS Next Fest in Nashville are exceptionally large for their age and have clearly finished puberty very early, so yes, they stand out, way out on a U14 field since they’re over 6 feet tall and just HUGE. Both families actively pushed to have their kid be looked at by “academy clubs” and I know at least one local club was helping with this process. It wasn’t a secret to the other players or parents.

I have zero problem with this or snark or hate. I applaud their parents for pushing for what they wanted. There is a saying that “you can’t teach height” so I’m assuming these out of state clubs were looking for big, gigantic players that they felt had enough skills they could help finesse and improve.

That’s just how it works.

Honestly, families should bring their kids around to other academies especially if they’re overlooked by their local academy. There are so few academies in the U.S. for so many kids. I don’t think not getting noticed by your local academy means that the player is not good enough. Especially in large metro areas where there’s just more competition. It’s just a matter of whether it’s something the kid wants and if the family can support something like that - whether moving or letting a kid go off on their own to do a home stay or boarding school

Hopefully it starts with honesty in why the kid wasn't picked up by local academy, before running all over the country.

Yes let's be honest, DCU got a bunch of knuckleheads running the show. Blessing in disguise for the kids that got picked up by an outside academy.

Knuckleheads is putting it nicely. More like a bunch of incompetent buffoons.

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Does anyone really just wait to be noticed?

We didn't actively pursue an Academy, DS got noticed at MLSN Fest.

The two kids I know personally who got “scouted” at MLS Next Fest in Nashville are exceptionally large for their age and have clearly finished puberty very early, so yes, they stand out, way out on a U14 field since they’re over 6 feet tall and just HUGE. Both families actively pushed to have their kid be looked at by “academy clubs” and I know at least one local club was helping with this process. It wasn’t a secret to the other players or parents.

I have zero problem with this or snark or hate. I applaud their parents for pushing for what they wanted. There is a saying that “you can’t teach height” so I’m assuming these out of state clubs were looking for big, gigantic players that they felt had enough skills they could help finesse and improve.

That’s just how it works.

Honestly, families should bring their kids around to other academies especially if they’re overlooked by their local academy. There are so few academies in the U.S. for so many kids. I don’t think not getting noticed by your local academy means that the player is not good enough. Especially in large metro areas where there’s just more competition. It’s just a matter of whether it’s something the kid wants and if the family can support something like that - whether moving or letting a kid go off on their own to do a home stay or boarding school

Hopefully it starts with honesty in why the kid wasn't picked up by local academy, before running all over the country.

Yes let's be honest, DCU got a bunch of knuckleheads running the show. Blessing in disguise for the kids that got picked up by an outside academy.

Anonymous wrote:My kid was 18 before he got noticed.

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Sounds like a syc parent who’s son didn’t get picked up