Anonymous
05/06/2025 11:20
Subject: Re: DC United Academy - aa strong academy or not
We are watching through a two-way mirror while someone holds conversations with their personalities. This is a wild thread and someone needs help.
Anonymous
05/06/2025 10:53
Subject: DC United Academy - aa strong academy or not
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What are the options again?
Not paying 10k.
Or looking to other MLS academies and what they have to offer for your son. You could also stay at a local club. It all depends on what your goals are as a player. Now, DCU is 10k to attend which is a barrier for a lot of parents and a nod to the soccer establishment in our country that is always catering to rich and well off parents. With DCU basically being pay to play, there are lots of other options in that category. Especially considering DCU isnt far superior than local clubs in terms of output.
Didn't know people were being forced to go to this club
Thought it was optional if you were qualified
If it works for a family, fine. If it doesn't, fine I would think.
Go to what's a comfortable fit
Why spend all day talking about the restaurant you don't want to go to or the car you'll never buy
Spending time responding is even more questionable. No one is being forced to go anywhere. But since DCU is the only MLS club in the DMV, people have a right to know that the facade it is trying to keep up is a total lie. You've finally understood that and it kills you. It's ok.
What do you call it when someone continuously replies to themselves to keep the thread on the front page because no one else is responding?
Anonymous
05/06/2025 10:48
Subject: DC United Academy - aa strong academy or not
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What are the options again?
Not paying 10k.
Or looking to other MLS academies and what they have to offer for your son. You could also stay at a local club. It all depends on what your goals are as a player. Now, DCU is 10k to attend which is a barrier for a lot of parents and a nod to the soccer establishment in our country that is always catering to rich and well off parents. With DCU basically being pay to play, there are lots of other options in that category. Especially considering DCU isnt far superior than local clubs in terms of output.
Didn't know people were being forced to go to this club
Thought it was optional if you were qualified
If it works for a family, fine. If it doesn't, fine I would think.
Go to what's a comfortable fit
Why spend all day talking about the restaurant you don't want to go to or the car you'll never buy
Spending time responding is even more questionable. No one is being forced to go anywhere. But since DCU is the only MLS club in the DMV, people have a right to know that the facade it is trying to keep up is a total lie. You've finally understood that and it kills you. It's ok.
What is the big lie?
Which people need to know and why?
What's killing who and how?
Anonymous
05/06/2025 10:43
Subject: DC United Academy - aa strong academy or not
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What are the options again?
Not paying 10k.
Or looking to other MLS academies and what they have to offer for your son. You could also stay at a local club. It all depends on what your goals are as a player. Now, DCU is 10k to attend which is a barrier for a lot of parents and a nod to the soccer establishment in our country that is always catering to rich and well off parents. With DCU basically being pay to play, there are lots of other options in that category. Especially considering DCU isnt far superior than local clubs in terms of output.
Didn't know people were being forced to go to this club
Thought it was optional if you were qualified
If it works for a family, fine. If it doesn't, fine I would think.
Go to what's a comfortable fit
Why spend all day talking about the restaurant you don't want to go to or the car you'll never buy
And now at 10k per year DCU will be even worse than it is today. It will only land kids that can afford it and that means they will inevitably be soft and not gritty enough to compete at the highest levels. Just like Bethesda. DCU now that you have to pay for it, is just a really.bad option. It was a bad option when it was free. But PAYING for DCU is flat out.stupid.
Anonymous
05/06/2025 10:37
Subject: DC United Academy - aa strong academy or not
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:They cut u14 after they selected the kids and all the local teams were set. So now a lot of those kids are going back to their club that already planned their team based on not have those kids on the team.
Oh geez ... bad enough they cut U14 but waiting to cut it at the last minute AFTER sending out offers to players ... that is clown show level behavior
Yes it is and that is exactly what DCU is. A clown show
Anonymous
05/06/2025 10:31
Subject: DC United Academy - aa strong academy or not
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What are the options again?
Not paying 10k.
Or looking to other MLS academies and what they have to offer for your son. You could also stay at a local club. It all depends on what your goals are as a player. Now, DCU is 10k to attend which is a barrier for a lot of parents and a nod to the soccer establishment in our country that is always catering to rich and well off parents. With DCU basically being pay to play, there are lots of other options in that category. Especially considering DCU isnt far superior than local clubs in terms of output.
Didn't know people were being forced to go to this club
Thought it was optional if you were qualified
If it works for a family, fine. If it doesn't, fine I would think.
Go to what's a comfortable fit
Why spend all day talking about the restaurant you don't want to go to or the car you'll never buy
Spending time responding is even more questionable. No one is being forced to go anywhere. But since DCU is the only MLS club in the DMV, people have a right to know that the facade it is trying to keep up is a total lie. You've finally understood that and it kills you. It's ok.
Anonymous
05/06/2025 10:29
Subject: DC United Academy - aa strong academy or not
Anonymous wrote:They cut u14 after they selected the kids and all the local teams were set. So now a lot of those kids are going back to their club that already planned their team based on not have those kids on the team.
Oh geez ... bad enough they cut U14 but waiting to cut it at the last minute AFTER sending out offers to players ... that is clown show level behavior
Anonymous
05/06/2025 08:35
Subject: DC United Academy - aa strong academy or not
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What are the options again?
Not paying 10k.
Or looking to other MLS academies and what they have to offer for your son. You could also stay at a local club. It all depends on what your goals are as a player. Now, DCU is 10k to attend which is a barrier for a lot of parents and a nod to the soccer establishment in our country that is always catering to rich and well off parents. With DCU basically being pay to play, there are lots of other options in that category. Especially considering DCU isnt far superior than local clubs in terms of output.
Didn't know people were being forced to go to this club
Thought it was optional if you were qualified
If it works for a family, fine. If it doesn't, fine I would think.
Go to what's a comfortable fit
Why spend all day talking about the restaurant you don't want to go to or the car you'll never buy
Anonymous
05/06/2025 05:21
Subject: DC United Academy - aa strong academy or not
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What are the options again?
Not paying 10k.
Or looking to other MLS academies and what they have to offer for your son. You could also stay at a local club. It all depends on what your goals are as a player. Now, DCU is 10k to attend which is a barrier for a lot of parents and a nod to the soccer establishment in our country that is always catering to rich and well off parents. With DCU basically being pay to play, there are lots of other options in that category. Especially considering DCU isnt far superior than local clubs in terms of output.
Anonymous
05/05/2025 17:08
Subject: DC United Academy - aa strong academy or not
Anonymous wrote:What are the options again?
Not paying 10k.
Anonymous
05/05/2025 16:45
Subject: DC United Academy - aa strong academy or not
What are the options again?
Anonymous
05/05/2025 16:23
Subject: DC United Academy - aa strong academy or not
DCU will always be a second rate organization including the academy. It starts at the top. Poor leadership and lack of vision plague the entire organization.
If you're at DCU, it is only a matter of time before you realize the above if you haven't already if you want to be in DCU, seriously think again about your options
If you're at DCU, it is only a matter of time before you realize the above if you haven't already if you want to be in DCU, seriously think again about your options
Anonymous
05/05/2025 10:26
Subject: DC United Academy - aa strong academy or not
Anonymous wrote:They cut u14 after they selected the kids and all the local teams were set. So now a lot of those kids are going back to their club that already planned their team based on not have those kids on the team.
Yes this. Next season there will be no u14. They recruited the kids, locked them in and then told the parents they weren't going to have a team. Ridiculous.
Anonymous
05/05/2025 09:58
Subject: DC United Academy - aa strong academy or not
They cut u14 after they selected the kids and all the local teams were set. So now a lot of those kids are going back to their club that already planned their team based on not have those kids on the team.
Anonymous
05/05/2025 09:32
Subject: DC United Academy - aa strong academy or not
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
Damn, I'm complaining about club fees as it is, I can't imagine having to shell out 10k so my kid can play on DCUA. NO THANKS.
Agree with you. DCU is not a serious organization and they definitely aren't serious about your kid. DCU is about one thing...making money. As stated here before, they don't believe the academy is a money maker for them. It is just the cost of doing business in the MLS. That means that all decisions are through this lens. The decision to make parents pay for the school makes sense if you look at it through DCUs lens.which is how can we reduce costs at every step of the way. Same with cutting the u14 team. All about reducing the overall costs. This is why the academy will never be good and why the kids that are in the academy are getting a poor experience and even less development.
I thought DCU started with U14 ... when did they cut the U14 team?