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Anonymous wrote:Is D.C. United's Academy Still Free?

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/is-d-c-uniteds-academy-still-free/id397784823?i=1000707014835

If you're not one of the parents of the very kids few they want, doesn't concern you

If they want your kid and you don't want to go, don't worry about it, not your issue

If they want you and you're okay with the program, go with it

The rest is soap opera drama

How dumb is this. If you're joining an academy, it's pretty sad you can't consider the club in your own area due to how bad it is. That means having to live away from home and family to train in a better environment. We want change.

Who is we?
It's only an extremely small percentage of soccer players in the dmv that can be one of the few at dcua or any other mls academy

We is all of the parents in the DMV that want the best for their kids. We is all of the kids that want a legitimate chance at becoming a top level player. We is the DMV soccer population that sees what a crap academy DCU is and wants better for the kids in this area. We is the player from a low income family that has ability and wants an opportunity but can't get one because DCU doesn't scout well because it is a horrible academy. We is the family that can't pay 10k a year to go to DCU. On and on...the reality is that DCU is a complete failure as an academy and as a club. If you're there, you're just in a dead zone for your development as a player. Is it an accomplishment to make the DCU squad? Yes. Only because DCU does try to select the best kids. They don't always succeed at that but they try. The kids should be proud of that. Unfortunately, being selected for DCU is where being proud stops. Once you're there, you quickly realize it is a complete and utter disgrace and a failing system needing a complete overhaul and that players are much better off in other MLS academies. This is obvious to anyone. Even people that don't know anything about soccer.

Sounds like an obsessed lunatic on a crazed deranged personal crusade trying to recruit members to their cult

Take your kid to the club of your choice.
If other people want their kid to go to DC that's their business

Your fake concern for the well-being of soccer development for the region is Shakespearean

Another totally useless post with nothing substantive to add to the discussion. Just like everything about DCU. Useless.

About as useless as telling people the DC United Club Professional Academy is the worst place for their kid to go because it will kill all hopes and soccer ambitions

So they should go to Paragon or another grassroots club instead if they want a chance of making it to high level soccer in the future

Even more useless is telling people to just go to another MLS Club Academy when there are only a few in the entire country and they only take the best of who they want

Additionally useless is a post ranting about an environment for the special few to people who care more about the Potomac tournament this weekend and the ECNL BY to SY change

More useless is you focusing on other people at a place that has nothing to do with you

Didn’t a couple of kids from paragon go to a euro academy? Quite a few kids have gone through Achilles and Arlington as well to get to non DCU academies. So yes, DCU is definitely not the only option for local kids and smaller, non-MLS academies can help get u there.

When a club states at U15 and I think only has 2 teams, for sure, no expectation that they have any guidance/plan to get to that level.

I think DCU academy and maybe Minnesota are great arguments for getting rid of the protected list or allowing clubs first dibs on kids in ther region.

Where was it written that DCU is the only optional route to high level soccer?

What's the level higher than MLS clubs in the US?

A parent with personal private connections leaving from a grassroots club to another country doesn't mean the grassroots club is the best route for top professional aspirations.

Less than 1% of MLS club academy players from will ever see professional soccer.
Saying grassroots clubs also provides an equal chance is madness

DCU was not considered an option for many of the kids that move on to other academies or opportunities so there’s that.

It’s a great option for many kids though! I’m sure that’s all you want to hear. Not sure if anyone truly disagrees with that. If it’s the only option for you, then it’s the best one for you!

You must live in a true make-believe world if you think or want others to think there are large amounts of available spaces at the few MLS academies nationwide open for people from the DMV
Even more delusional to think they need dmv players to fill their ranks or dmv has all these top tier players better than what those academies have in their local regions.

This alone tells me you have no clue what's going on. There are dozens of DMV kids at outside academies.

Anonymous wrote:MLS academies can get talent from Florida, Texas, New York, Jersey, Arizona and California without ever looking at the dmv in nationwide search

The difference between those states and the DMV is that those academy teams know what they are doing as far as picking up top talent. In the DMV, they seem to miss picking up some top kids or just overlook them for one reason or another. Outside academy teams know this and they are scooping up many DMV kids to add to their roster. And these aren't some 2nd, 3rd or 4th string players either.

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Anonymous wrote:Is D.C. United's Academy Still Free?

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/is-d-c-uniteds-academy-still-free/id397784823?i=1000707014835

If you're not one of the parents of the very kids few they want, doesn't concern you

If they want your kid and you don't want to go, don't worry about it, not your issue

If they want you and you're okay with the program, go with it

The rest is soap opera drama

How dumb is this. If you're joining an academy, it's pretty sad you can't consider the club in your own area due to how bad it is. That means having to live away from home and family to train in a better environment. We want change.

Who is we?
It's only an extremely small percentage of soccer players in the dmv that can be one of the few at dcua or any other mls academy

We is all of the parents in the DMV that want the best for their kids. We is all of the kids that want a legitimate chance at becoming a top level player. We is the DMV soccer population that sees what a crap academy DCU is and wants better for the kids in this area. We is the player from a low income family that has ability and wants an opportunity but can't get one because DCU doesn't scout well because it is a horrible academy. We is the family that can't pay 10k a year to go to DCU. On and on...the reality is that DCU is a complete failure as an academy and as a club. If you're there, you're just in a dead zone for your development as a player. Is it an accomplishment to make the DCU squad? Yes. Only because DCU does try to select the best kids. They don't always succeed at that but they try. The kids should be proud of that. Unfortunately, being selected for DCU is where being proud stops. Once you're there, you quickly realize it is a complete and utter disgrace and a failing system needing a complete overhaul and that players are much better off in other MLS academies. This is obvious to anyone. Even people that don't know anything about soccer.

Sounds like an obsessed lunatic on a crazed deranged personal crusade trying to recruit members to their cult

Take your kid to the club of your choice.
If other people want their kid to go to DC that's their business

Your fake concern for the well-being of soccer development for the region is Shakespearean

Another totally useless post with nothing substantive to add to the discussion. Just like everything about DCU. Useless.

About as useless as telling people the DC United Club Professional Academy is the worst place for their kid to go because it will kill all hopes and soccer ambitions

So they should go to Paragon or another grassroots club instead if they want a chance of making it to high level soccer in the future

Even more useless is telling people to just go to another MLS Club Academy when there are only a few in the entire country and they only take the best of who they want

Additionally useless is a post ranting about an environment for the special few to people who care more about the Potomac tournament this weekend and the ECNL BY to SY change

More useless is you focusing on other people at a place that has nothing to do with you

Didn’t a couple of kids from paragon go to a euro academy? Quite a few kids have gone through Achilles and Arlington as well to get to non DCU academies. So yes, DCU is definitely not the only option for local kids and smaller, non-MLS academies can help get u there.

When a club states at U15 and I think only has 2 teams, for sure, no expectation that they have any guidance/plan to get to that level.

I think DCU academy and maybe Minnesota are great arguments for getting rid of the protected list or allowing clubs first dibs on kids in ther region.

Where was it written that DCU is the only optional route to high level soccer?

What's the level higher than MLS clubs in the US?

A parent with personal private connections leaving from a grassroots club to another country doesn't mean the grassroots club is the best route for top professional aspirations.

Less than 1% of MLS club academy players from will ever see professional soccer.
Saying grassroots clubs also provides an equal chance is madness

DCU was not considered an option for many of the kids that move on to other academies or opportunities so there’s that.

It’s a great option for many kids though! I’m sure that’s all you want to hear. Not sure if anyone truly disagrees with that. If it’s the only option for you, then it’s the best one for you!

You must live in a true make-believe world if you think or want others to think there are large amounts of available spaces at the few MLS academies nationwide open for people from the DMV
Even more delusional to think they need dmv players to fill their ranks or dmv has all these top tier players better than what those academies have in their local regions.

Anonymous wrote:MLS academies can get talent from Florida, Texas, New York, Jersey, Arizona and California without ever looking at the dmv in nationwide search

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Anonymous wrote:Is D.C. United's Academy Still Free?

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/is-d-c-uniteds-academy-still-free/id397784823?i=1000707014835

If you're not one of the parents of the very kids few they want, doesn't concern you

If they want your kid and you don't want to go, don't worry about it, not your issue

If they want you and you're okay with the program, go with it

The rest is soap opera drama

How dumb is this. If you're joining an academy, it's pretty sad you can't consider the club in your own area due to how bad it is. That means having to live away from home and family to train in a better environment. We want change.

Who is we?
It's only an extremely small percentage of soccer players in the dmv that can be one of the few at dcua or any other mls academy

We is all of the parents in the DMV that want the best for their kids. We is all of the kids that want a legitimate chance at becoming a top level player. We is the DMV soccer population that sees what a crap academy DCU is and wants better for the kids in this area. We is the player from a low income family that has ability and wants an opportunity but can't get one because DCU doesn't scout well because it is a horrible academy. We is the family that can't pay 10k a year to go to DCU. On and on...the reality is that DCU is a complete failure as an academy and as a club. If you're there, you're just in a dead zone for your development as a player. Is it an accomplishment to make the DCU squad? Yes. Only because DCU does try to select the best kids. They don't always succeed at that but they try. The kids should be proud of that. Unfortunately, being selected for DCU is where being proud stops. Once you're there, you quickly realize it is a complete and utter disgrace and a failing system needing a complete overhaul and that players are much better off in other MLS academies. This is obvious to anyone. Even people that don't know anything about soccer.

Sounds like an obsessed lunatic on a crazed deranged personal crusade trying to recruit members to their cult

Take your kid to the club of your choice.
If other people want their kid to go to DC that's their business

Your fake concern for the well-being of soccer development for the region is Shakespearean

Another totally useless post with nothing substantive to add to the discussion. Just like everything about DCU. Useless.

About as useless as telling people the DC United Club Professional Academy is the worst place for their kid to go because it will kill all hopes and soccer ambitions

So they should go to Paragon or another grassroots club instead if they want a chance of making it to high level soccer in the future

Even more useless is telling people to just go to another MLS Club Academy when there are only a few in the entire country and they only take the best of who they want

Additionally useless is a post ranting about an environment for the special few to people who care more about the Potomac tournament this weekend and the ECNL BY to SY change

More useless is you focusing on other people at a place that has nothing to do with you

Didn’t a couple of kids from paragon go to a euro academy? Quite a few kids have gone through Achilles and Arlington as well to get to non DCU academies. So yes, DCU is definitely not the only option for local kids and smaller, non-MLS academies can help get u there.

When a club states at U15 and I think only has 2 teams, for sure, no expectation that they have any guidance/plan to get to that level.

I think DCU academy and maybe Minnesota are great arguments for getting rid of the protected list or allowing clubs first dibs on kids in ther region.

Where was it written that DCU is the only optional route to high level soccer?

What's the level higher than MLS clubs in the US?

A parent with personal private connections leaving from a grassroots club to another country doesn't mean the grassroots club is the best route for top professional aspirations.

Less than 1% of MLS club academy players from will ever see professional soccer.
Saying grassroots clubs also provides an equal chance is madness

Shows how unsophisticated you are in the sport. There is no one way to do it. Every player has a different path. A grassroots player has no burdens on their movement as a player to a better situation. Meaning theyare free and cost nothing to a target club. This is powerful in professional soccer.

How many players are on USYNTs and USMNT today who were recruited directly out of a Grassroots club?

I am no fan of Achilles but this year Achilles has had more players in actual youth national team camps than DCU. That is a fact. Regional ID camps don't count. The grassroots players are in those too actually.

I believe PP asked specifically about players going from grassroots clubs directly to current USYNTs and to USMNT

Not about ID camps, which actually Achilles had one player at ID camp (2009)

DCU had several from U14 and U15 for reference btw

There are outliers in every equation

The player from Achilles was at a national team camp. Not a regional ID camp. This is where the DCU kids were just like the grassroots kids.

Depends on how far back you want to go. Before MLS next and before MLS academies became more dominate that is where they were mostly coming from..

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Anonymous wrote:Is D.C. United's Academy Still Free?

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/is-d-c-uniteds-academy-still-free/id397784823?i=1000707014835

If you're not one of the parents of the very kids few they want, doesn't concern you

If they want your kid and you don't want to go, don't worry about it, not your issue

If they want you and you're okay with the program, go with it

The rest is soap opera drama

How dumb is this. If you're joining an academy, it's pretty sad you can't consider the club in your own area due to how bad it is. That means having to live away from home and family to train in a better environment. We want change.

Who is we?
It's only an extremely small percentage of soccer players in the dmv that can be one of the few at dcua or any other mls academy

We is all of the parents in the DMV that want the best for their kids. We is all of the kids that want a legitimate chance at becoming a top level player. We is the DMV soccer population that sees what a crap academy DCU is and wants better for the kids in this area. We is the player from a low income family that has ability and wants an opportunity but can't get one because DCU doesn't scout well because it is a horrible academy. We is the family that can't pay 10k a year to go to DCU. On and on...the reality is that DCU is a complete failure as an academy and as a club. If you're there, you're just in a dead zone for your development as a player. Is it an accomplishment to make the DCU squad? Yes. Only because DCU does try to select the best kids. They don't always succeed at that but they try. The kids should be proud of that. Unfortunately, being selected for DCU is where being proud stops. Once you're there, you quickly realize it is a complete and utter disgrace and a failing system needing a complete overhaul and that players are much better off in other MLS academies. This is obvious to anyone. Even people that don't know anything about soccer.

Sounds like an obsessed lunatic on a crazed deranged personal crusade trying to recruit members to their cult

Take your kid to the club of your choice.
If other people want their kid to go to DC that's their business

Your fake concern for the well-being of soccer development for the region is Shakespearean

Another totally useless post with nothing substantive to add to the discussion. Just like everything about DCU. Useless.

About as useless as telling people the DC United Club Professional Academy is the worst place for their kid to go because it will kill all hopes and soccer ambitions

So they should go to Paragon or another grassroots club instead if they want a chance of making it to high level soccer in the future

Even more useless is telling people to just go to another MLS Club Academy when there are only a few in the entire country and they only take the best of who they want

Additionally useless is a post ranting about an environment for the special few to people who care more about the Potomac tournament this weekend and the ECNL BY to SY change

More useless is you focusing on other people at a place that has nothing to do with you

Didn’t a couple of kids from paragon go to a euro academy? Quite a few kids have gone through Achilles and Arlington as well to get to non DCU academies. So yes, DCU is definitely not the only option for local kids and smaller, non-MLS academies can help get u there.

When a club states at U15 and I think only has 2 teams, for sure, no expectation that they have any guidance/plan to get to that level.

I think DCU academy and maybe Minnesota are great arguments for getting rid of the protected list or allowing clubs first dibs on kids in ther region.

Where was it written that DCU is the only optional route to high level soccer?

What's the level higher than MLS clubs in the US?

A parent with personal private connections leaving from a grassroots club to another country doesn't mean the grassroots club is the best route for top professional aspirations.

Less than 1% of MLS club academy players from will ever see professional soccer.
Saying grassroots clubs also provides an equal chance is madness

Shows how unsophisticated you are in the sport. There is no one way to do it. Every player has a different path. A grassroots player has no burdens on their movement as a player to a better situation. Meaning theyare free and cost nothing to a target club. This is powerful in professional soccer.

How many players are on USYNTs and USMNT today who were recruited directly out of a Grassroots club?

I am no fan of Achilles but this year Achilles has had more players in actual youth national team camps than DCU. That is a fact. Regional ID camps don't count. The grassroots players are in those too actually.

I believe PP asked specifically about players going from grassroots clubs directly to current USYNTs and to USMNT

Not about ID camps, which actually Achilles had one player at ID camp (2009)

DCU had several from U14 and U15 for reference btw

There are outliers in every equation

The player from Achilles was at a national team camp. Not a regional ID camp. This is where the DCU kids were just like the grassroots kids.

Depends on how far back you want to go. Before MLS next and before MLS academies became more dominate that is where they were mostly coming from..

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Anonymous wrote:Is D.C. United's Academy Still Free?

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/is-d-c-uniteds-academy-still-free/id397784823?i=1000707014835

If you're not one of the parents of the very kids few they want, doesn't concern you

If they want your kid and you don't want to go, don't worry about it, not your issue

If they want you and you're okay with the program, go with it

The rest is soap opera drama

How dumb is this. If you're joining an academy, it's pretty sad you can't consider the club in your own area due to how bad it is. That means having to live away from home and family to train in a better environment. We want change.

Who is we?
It's only an extremely small percentage of soccer players in the dmv that can be one of the few at dcua or any other mls academy

We is all of the parents in the DMV that want the best for their kids. We is all of the kids that want a legitimate chance at becoming a top level player. We is the DMV soccer population that sees what a crap academy DCU is and wants better for the kids in this area. We is the player from a low income family that has ability and wants an opportunity but can't get one because DCU doesn't scout well because it is a horrible academy. We is the family that can't pay 10k a year to go to DCU. On and on...the reality is that DCU is a complete failure as an academy and as a club. If you're there, you're just in a dead zone for your development as a player. Is it an accomplishment to make the DCU squad? Yes. Only because DCU does try to select the best kids. They don't always succeed at that but they try. The kids should be proud of that. Unfortunately, being selected for DCU is where being proud stops. Once you're there, you quickly realize it is a complete and utter disgrace and a failing system needing a complete overhaul and that players are much better off in other MLS academies. This is obvious to anyone. Even people that don't know anything about soccer.

Sounds like an obsessed lunatic on a crazed deranged personal crusade trying to recruit members to their cult

Take your kid to the club of your choice.
If other people want their kid to go to DC that's their business

Your fake concern for the well-being of soccer development for the region is Shakespearean

Another totally useless post with nothing substantive to add to the discussion. Just like everything about DCU. Useless.

About as useless as telling people the DC United Club Professional Academy is the worst place for their kid to go because it will kill all hopes and soccer ambitions

So they should go to Paragon or another grassroots club instead if they want a chance of making it to high level soccer in the future

Even more useless is telling people to just go to another MLS Club Academy when there are only a few in the entire country and they only take the best of who they want

Additionally useless is a post ranting about an environment for the special few to people who care more about the Potomac tournament this weekend and the ECNL BY to SY change

More useless is you focusing on other people at a place that has nothing to do with you

Didn’t a couple of kids from paragon go to a euro academy? Quite a few kids have gone through Achilles and Arlington as well to get to non DCU academies. So yes, DCU is definitely not the only option for local kids and smaller, non-MLS academies can help get u there.

When a club states at U15 and I think only has 2 teams, for sure, no expectation that they have any guidance/plan to get to that level.

I think DCU academy and maybe Minnesota are great arguments for getting rid of the protected list or allowing clubs first dibs on kids in ther region.

Where was it written that DCU is the only optional route to high level soccer?

What's the level higher than MLS clubs in the US?

A parent with personal private connections leaving from a grassroots club to another country doesn't mean the grassroots club is the best route for top professional aspirations.

Less than 1% of MLS club academy players from will ever see professional soccer.
Saying grassroots clubs also provides an equal chance is madness

Shows how unsophisticated you are in the sport. There is no one way to do it. Every player has a different path. A grassroots player has no burdens on their movement as a player to a better situation. Meaning theyare free and cost nothing to a target club. This is powerful in professional soccer.

How many players are on USYNTs and USMNT today who were recruited directly out of a Grassroots club?

I am no fan of Achilles but this year Achilles has had more players in actual youth national team camps than DCU. That is a fact. Regional ID camps don't count. The grassroots players are in those too actually.

I believe PP asked specifically about players going from grassroots clubs directly to current USYNTs and to USMNT

Not about ID camps, which actually Achilles had one player at ID camp (2009)

DCU had several from U14 and U15 for reference btw

There are outliers in every equation

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Anonymous wrote:Is D.C. United's Academy Still Free?

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/is-d-c-uniteds-academy-still-free/id397784823?i=1000707014835

If you're not one of the parents of the very kids few they want, doesn't concern you

If they want your kid and you don't want to go, don't worry about it, not your issue

If they want you and you're okay with the program, go with it

The rest is soap opera drama

How dumb is this. If you're joining an academy, it's pretty sad you can't consider the club in your own area due to how bad it is. That means having to live away from home and family to train in a better environment. We want change.

Who is we?
It's only an extremely small percentage of soccer players in the dmv that can be one of the few at dcua or any other mls academy

We is all of the parents in the DMV that want the best for their kids. We is all of the kids that want a legitimate chance at becoming a top level player. We is the DMV soccer population that sees what a crap academy DCU is and wants better for the kids in this area. We is the player from a low income family that has ability and wants an opportunity but can't get one because DCU doesn't scout well because it is a horrible academy. We is the family that can't pay 10k a year to go to DCU. On and on...the reality is that DCU is a complete failure as an academy and as a club. If you're there, you're just in a dead zone for your development as a player. Is it an accomplishment to make the DCU squad? Yes. Only because DCU does try to select the best kids. They don't always succeed at that but they try. The kids should be proud of that. Unfortunately, being selected for DCU is where being proud stops. Once you're there, you quickly realize it is a complete and utter disgrace and a failing system needing a complete overhaul and that players are much better off in other MLS academies. This is obvious to anyone. Even people that don't know anything about soccer.

Sounds like an obsessed lunatic on a crazed deranged personal crusade trying to recruit members to their cult

Take your kid to the club of your choice.
If other people want their kid to go to DC that's their business

Your fake concern for the well-being of soccer development for the region is Shakespearean

Another totally useless post with nothing substantive to add to the discussion. Just like everything about DCU. Useless.

About as useless as telling people the DC United Club Professional Academy is the worst place for their kid to go because it will kill all hopes and soccer ambitions

So they should go to Paragon or another grassroots club instead if they want a chance of making it to high level soccer in the future

Even more useless is telling people to just go to another MLS Club Academy when there are only a few in the entire country and they only take the best of who they want

Additionally useless is a post ranting about an environment for the special few to people who care more about the Potomac tournament this weekend and the ECNL BY to SY change

More useless is you focusing on other people at a place that has nothing to do with you

Didn’t a couple of kids from paragon go to a euro academy? Quite a few kids have gone through Achilles and Arlington as well to get to non DCU academies. So yes, DCU is definitely not the only option for local kids and smaller, non-MLS academies can help get u there.

When a club states at U15 and I think only has 2 teams, for sure, no expectation that they have any guidance/plan to get to that level.

I think DCU academy and maybe Minnesota are great arguments for getting rid of the protected list or allowing clubs first dibs on kids in ther region.

Where was it written that DCU is the only optional route to high level soccer?

What's the level higher than MLS clubs in the US?

A parent with personal private connections leaving from a grassroots club to another country doesn't mean the grassroots club is the best route for top professional aspirations.

Less than 1% of MLS club academy players from will ever see professional soccer.
Saying grassroots clubs also provides an equal chance is madness

Shows how unsophisticated you are in the sport. There is no one way to do it. Every player has a different path. A grassroots player has no burdens on their movement as a player to a better situation. Meaning theyare free and cost nothing to a target club. This is powerful in professional soccer.

How many players are on USYNTs and USMNT today who were recruited directly out of a Grassroots club?

I am no fan of Achilles but this year Achilles has had more players in actual youth national team camps than DCU. That is a fact. Regional ID camps don't count. The grassroots players are in those too actually.

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Anonymous wrote:Is D.C. United's Academy Still Free?

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/is-d-c-uniteds-academy-still-free/id397784823?i=1000707014835

If you're not one of the parents of the very kids few they want, doesn't concern you

If they want your kid and you don't want to go, don't worry about it, not your issue

If they want you and you're okay with the program, go with it

The rest is soap opera drama

How dumb is this. If you're joining an academy, it's pretty sad you can't consider the club in your own area due to how bad it is. That means having to live away from home and family to train in a better environment. We want change.

Who is we?
It's only an extremely small percentage of soccer players in the dmv that can be one of the few at dcua or any other mls academy

We is all of the parents in the DMV that want the best for their kids. We is all of the kids that want a legitimate chance at becoming a top level player. We is the DMV soccer population that sees what a crap academy DCU is and wants better for the kids in this area. We is the player from a low income family that has ability and wants an opportunity but can't get one because DCU doesn't scout well because it is a horrible academy. We is the family that can't pay 10k a year to go to DCU. On and on...the reality is that DCU is a complete failure as an academy and as a club. If you're there, you're just in a dead zone for your development as a player. Is it an accomplishment to make the DCU squad? Yes. Only because DCU does try to select the best kids. They don't always succeed at that but they try. The kids should be proud of that. Unfortunately, being selected for DCU is where being proud stops. Once you're there, you quickly realize it is a complete and utter disgrace and a failing system needing a complete overhaul and that players are much better off in other MLS academies. This is obvious to anyone. Even people that don't know anything about soccer.

Sounds like an obsessed lunatic on a crazed deranged personal crusade trying to recruit members to their cult

Take your kid to the club of your choice.
If other people want their kid to go to DC that's their business

Your fake concern for the well-being of soccer development for the region is Shakespearean

Another totally useless post with nothing substantive to add to the discussion. Just like everything about DCU. Useless.

About as useless as telling people the DC United Club Professional Academy is the worst place for their kid to go because it will kill all hopes and soccer ambitions

So they should go to Paragon or another grassroots club instead if they want a chance of making it to high level soccer in the future

Even more useless is telling people to just go to another MLS Club Academy when there are only a few in the entire country and they only take the best of who they want

Additionally useless is a post ranting about an environment for the special few to people who care more about the Potomac tournament this weekend and the ECNL BY to SY change

More useless is you focusing on other people at a place that has nothing to do with you

Didn’t a couple of kids from paragon go to a euro academy? Quite a few kids have gone through Achilles and Arlington as well to get to non DCU academies. So yes, DCU is definitely not the only option for local kids and smaller, non-MLS academies can help get u there.

When a club states at U15 and I think only has 2 teams, for sure, no expectation that they have any guidance/plan to get to that level.

I think DCU academy and maybe Minnesota are great arguments for getting rid of the protected list or allowing clubs first dibs on kids in ther region.

Where was it written that DCU is the only optional route to high level soccer?

What's the level higher than MLS clubs in the US?

A parent with personal private connections leaving from a grassroots club to another country doesn't mean the grassroots club is the best route for top professional aspirations.

Less than 1% of MLS club academy players from will ever see professional soccer.
Saying grassroots clubs also provides an equal chance is madness

Shows how unsophisticated you are in the sport. There is no one way to do it. Every player has a different path. A grassroots player has no burdens on their movement as a player to a better situation. Meaning theyare free and cost nothing to a target club. This is powerful in professional soccer.

How many players are on USYNTs and USMNT today who were recruited directly out of a Grassroots club?

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Anonymous wrote:Is D.C. United's Academy Still Free?

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/is-d-c-uniteds-academy-still-free/id397784823?i=1000707014835

If you're not one of the parents of the very kids few they want, doesn't concern you

If they want your kid and you don't want to go, don't worry about it, not your issue

If they want you and you're okay with the program, go with it

The rest is soap opera drama

How dumb is this. If you're joining an academy, it's pretty sad you can't consider the club in your own area due to how bad it is. That means having to live away from home and family to train in a better environment. We want change.

Who is we?
It's only an extremely small percentage of soccer players in the dmv that can be one of the few at dcua or any other mls academy

We is all of the parents in the DMV that want the best for their kids. We is all of the kids that want a legitimate chance at becoming a top level player. We is the DMV soccer population that sees what a crap academy DCU is and wants better for the kids in this area. We is the player from a low income family that has ability and wants an opportunity but can't get one because DCU doesn't scout well because it is a horrible academy. We is the family that can't pay 10k a year to go to DCU. On and on...the reality is that DCU is a complete failure as an academy and as a club. If you're there, you're just in a dead zone for your development as a player. Is it an accomplishment to make the DCU squad? Yes. Only because DCU does try to select the best kids. They don't always succeed at that but they try. The kids should be proud of that. Unfortunately, being selected for DCU is where being proud stops. Once you're there, you quickly realize it is a complete and utter disgrace and a failing system needing a complete overhaul and that players are much better off in other MLS academies. This is obvious to anyone. Even people that don't know anything about soccer.

Sounds like an obsessed lunatic on a crazed deranged personal crusade trying to recruit members to their cult

Take your kid to the club of your choice.
If other people want their kid to go to DC that's their business

Your fake concern for the well-being of soccer development for the region is Shakespearean

Another totally useless post with nothing substantive to add to the discussion. Just like everything about DCU. Useless.

About as useless as telling people the DC United Club Professional Academy is the worst place for their kid to go because it will kill all hopes and soccer ambitions

So they should go to Paragon or another grassroots club instead if they want a chance of making it to high level soccer in the future

Even more useless is telling people to just go to another MLS Club Academy when there are only a few in the entire country and they only take the best of who they want

Additionally useless is a post ranting about an environment for the special few to people who care more about the Potomac tournament this weekend and the ECNL BY to SY change

More useless is you focusing on other people at a place that has nothing to do with you

Didn’t a couple of kids from paragon go to a euro academy? Quite a few kids have gone through Achilles and Arlington as well to get to non DCU academies. So yes, DCU is definitely not the only option for local kids and smaller, non-MLS academies can help get u there.

When a club states at U15 and I think only has 2 teams, for sure, no expectation that they have any guidance/plan to get to that level.

I think DCU academy and maybe Minnesota are great arguments for getting rid of the protected list or allowing clubs first dibs on kids in ther region.

Where was it written that DCU is the only optional route to high level soccer?

What's the level higher than MLS clubs in the US?

A parent with personal private connections leaving from a grassroots club to another country doesn't mean the grassroots club is the best route for top professional aspirations.

Less than 1% of MLS club academy players from will ever see professional soccer.
Saying grassroots clubs also provides an equal chance is madness

Shows how unsophisticated you are in the sport. There is no one way to do it. Every player has a different path. A grassroots player has no burdens on their movement as a player to a better situation. Meaning theyare free and cost nothing to a target club. This is powerful in professional soccer.

How many players are on USYNTs and USMNT today who were recruited directly out of a Grassroots club?

How many players does DCU have on those teams?

And the men's national team is full of players that almost completely bypassed the US system and went overseas.

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Anonymous wrote:Is D.C. United's Academy Still Free?

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/is-d-c-uniteds-academy-still-free/id397784823?i=1000707014835

If you're not one of the parents of the very kids few they want, doesn't concern you

If they want your kid and you don't want to go, don't worry about it, not your issue

If they want you and you're okay with the program, go with it

The rest is soap opera drama

How dumb is this. If you're joining an academy, it's pretty sad you can't consider the club in your own area due to how bad it is. That means having to live away from home and family to train in a better environment. We want change.

Who is we?
It's only an extremely small percentage of soccer players in the dmv that can be one of the few at dcua or any other mls academy

We is all of the parents in the DMV that want the best for their kids. We is all of the kids that want a legitimate chance at becoming a top level player. We is the DMV soccer population that sees what a crap academy DCU is and wants better for the kids in this area. We is the player from a low income family that has ability and wants an opportunity but can't get one because DCU doesn't scout well because it is a horrible academy. We is the family that can't pay 10k a year to go to DCU. On and on...the reality is that DCU is a complete failure as an academy and as a club. If you're there, you're just in a dead zone for your development as a player. Is it an accomplishment to make the DCU squad? Yes. Only because DCU does try to select the best kids. They don't always succeed at that but they try. The kids should be proud of that. Unfortunately, being selected for DCU is where being proud stops. Once you're there, you quickly realize it is a complete and utter disgrace and a failing system needing a complete overhaul and that players are much better off in other MLS academies. This is obvious to anyone. Even people that don't know anything about soccer.

Sounds like an obsessed lunatic on a crazed deranged personal crusade trying to recruit members to their cult

Take your kid to the club of your choice.
If other people want their kid to go to DC that's their business

Your fake concern for the well-being of soccer development for the region is Shakespearean

Another totally useless post with nothing substantive to add to the discussion. Just like everything about DCU. Useless.

About as useless as telling people the DC United Club Professional Academy is the worst place for their kid to go because it will kill all hopes and soccer ambitions

So they should go to Paragon or another grassroots club instead if they want a chance of making it to high level soccer in the future

Even more useless is telling people to just go to another MLS Club Academy when there are only a few in the entire country and they only take the best of who they want

Additionally useless is a post ranting about an environment for the special few to people who care more about the Potomac tournament this weekend and the ECNL BY to SY change

More useless is you focusing on other people at a place that has nothing to do with you

Didn’t a couple of kids from paragon go to a euro academy? Quite a few kids have gone through Achilles and Arlington as well to get to non DCU academies. So yes, DCU is definitely not the only option for local kids and smaller, non-MLS academies can help get u there.

When a club states at U15 and I think only has 2 teams, for sure, no expectation that they have any guidance/plan to get to that level.

I think DCU academy and maybe Minnesota are great arguments for getting rid of the protected list or allowing clubs first dibs on kids in ther region.

Where was it written that DCU is the only optional route to high level soccer?

What's the level higher than MLS clubs in the US?

A parent with personal private connections leaving from a grassroots club to another country doesn't mean the grassroots club is the best route for top professional aspirations.

Less than 1% of MLS club academy players from will ever see professional soccer.
Saying grassroots clubs also provides an equal chance is madness

Shows how unsophisticated you are in the sport. There is no one way to do it. Every player has a different path. A grassroots player has no burdens on their movement as a player to a better situation. Meaning theyare free and cost nothing to a target club. This is powerful in professional soccer.

How many players are on USYNTs and USMNT today who were recruited directly out of a Grassroots club?

How many players does DCU have on those teams?

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Anonymous wrote:Is D.C. United's Academy Still Free?

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/is-d-c-uniteds-academy-still-free/id397784823?i=1000707014835

If you're not one of the parents of the very kids few they want, doesn't concern you

If they want your kid and you don't want to go, don't worry about it, not your issue

If they want you and you're okay with the program, go with it

The rest is soap opera drama

How dumb is this. If you're joining an academy, it's pretty sad you can't consider the club in your own area due to how bad it is. That means having to live away from home and family to train in a better environment. We want change.

Who is we?
It's only an extremely small percentage of soccer players in the dmv that can be one of the few at dcua or any other mls academy

We is all of the parents in the DMV that want the best for their kids. We is all of the kids that want a legitimate chance at becoming a top level player. We is the DMV soccer population that sees what a crap academy DCU is and wants better for the kids in this area. We is the player from a low income family that has ability and wants an opportunity but can't get one because DCU doesn't scout well because it is a horrible academy. We is the family that can't pay 10k a year to go to DCU. On and on...the reality is that DCU is a complete failure as an academy and as a club. If you're there, you're just in a dead zone for your development as a player. Is it an accomplishment to make the DCU squad? Yes. Only because DCU does try to select the best kids. They don't always succeed at that but they try. The kids should be proud of that. Unfortunately, being selected for DCU is where being proud stops. Once you're there, you quickly realize it is a complete and utter disgrace and a failing system needing a complete overhaul and that players are much better off in other MLS academies. This is obvious to anyone. Even people that don't know anything about soccer.

Sounds like an obsessed lunatic on a crazed deranged personal crusade trying to recruit members to their cult

Take your kid to the club of your choice.
If other people want their kid to go to DC that's their business

Your fake concern for the well-being of soccer development for the region is Shakespearean

Another totally useless post with nothing substantive to add to the discussion. Just like everything about DCU. Useless.

About as useless as telling people the DC United Club Professional Academy is the worst place for their kid to go because it will kill all hopes and soccer ambitions

So they should go to Paragon or another grassroots club instead if they want a chance of making it to high level soccer in the future

Even more useless is telling people to just go to another MLS Club Academy when there are only a few in the entire country and they only take the best of who they want

Additionally useless is a post ranting about an environment for the special few to people who care more about the Potomac tournament this weekend and the ECNL BY to SY change

More useless is you focusing on other people at a place that has nothing to do with you

Didn’t a couple of kids from paragon go to a euro academy? Quite a few kids have gone through Achilles and Arlington as well to get to non DCU academies. So yes, DCU is definitely not the only option for local kids and smaller, non-MLS academies can help get u there.

When a club states at U15 and I think only has 2 teams, for sure, no expectation that they have any guidance/plan to get to that level.

I think DCU academy and maybe Minnesota are great arguments for getting rid of the protected list or allowing clubs first dibs on kids in ther region.

Where was it written that DCU is the only optional route to high level soccer?

What's the level higher than MLS clubs in the US?

A parent with personal private connections leaving from a grassroots club to another country doesn't mean the grassroots club is the best route for top professional aspirations.

Less than 1% of MLS club academy players from will ever see professional soccer.
Saying grassroots clubs also provides an equal chance is madness

Shows how unsophisticated you are in the sport. There is no one way to do it. Every player has a different path. A grassroots player has no burdens on their movement as a player to a better situation. Meaning theyare free and cost nothing to a target club. This is powerful in professional soccer.

How many players are on USYNTs and USMNT today who were recruited directly out of a Grassroots club?

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Anonymous wrote:Is D.C. United's Academy Still Free?

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/is-d-c-uniteds-academy-still-free/id397784823?i=1000707014835

If you're not one of the parents of the very kids few they want, doesn't concern you

If they want your kid and you don't want to go, don't worry about it, not your issue

If they want you and you're okay with the program, go with it

The rest is soap opera drama

How dumb is this. If you're joining an academy, it's pretty sad you can't consider the club in your own area due to how bad it is. That means having to live away from home and family to train in a better environment. We want change.

Who is we?
It's only an extremely small percentage of soccer players in the dmv that can be one of the few at dcua or any other mls academy

We is all of the parents in the DMV that want the best for their kids. We is all of the kids that want a legitimate chance at becoming a top level player. We is the DMV soccer population that sees what a crap academy DCU is and wants better for the kids in this area. We is the player from a low income family that has ability and wants an opportunity but can't get one because DCU doesn't scout well because it is a horrible academy. We is the family that can't pay 10k a year to go to DCU. On and on...the reality is that DCU is a complete failure as an academy and as a club. If you're there, you're just in a dead zone for your development as a player. Is it an accomplishment to make the DCU squad? Yes. Only because DCU does try to select the best kids. They don't always succeed at that but they try. The kids should be proud of that. Unfortunately, being selected for DCU is where being proud stops. Once you're there, you quickly realize it is a complete and utter disgrace and a failing system needing a complete overhaul and that players are much better off in other MLS academies. This is obvious to anyone. Even people that don't know anything about soccer.

Sounds like an obsessed lunatic on a crazed deranged personal crusade trying to recruit members to their cult

Take your kid to the club of your choice.
If other people want their kid to go to DC that's their business

Your fake concern for the well-being of soccer development for the region is Shakespearean

Another totally useless post with nothing substantive to add to the discussion. Just like everything about DCU. Useless.

About as useless as telling people the DC United Club Professional Academy is the worst place for their kid to go because it will kill all hopes and soccer ambitions

So they should go to Paragon or another grassroots club instead if they want a chance of making it to high level soccer in the future

Even more useless is telling people to just go to another MLS Club Academy when there are only a few in the entire country and they only take the best of who they want

Additionally useless is a post ranting about an environment for the special few to people who care more about the Potomac tournament this weekend and the ECNL BY to SY change

More useless is you focusing on other people at a place that has nothing to do with you

Didn’t a couple of kids from paragon go to a euro academy? Quite a few kids have gone through Achilles and Arlington as well to get to non DCU academies. So yes, DCU is definitely not the only option for local kids and smaller, non-MLS academies can help get u there.

When a club states at U15 and I think only has 2 teams, for sure, no expectation that they have any guidance/plan to get to that level.

I think DCU academy and maybe Minnesota are great arguments for getting rid of the protected list or allowing clubs first dibs on kids in ther region.

Where was it written that DCU is the only optional route to high level soccer?

What's the level higher than MLS clubs in the US?

A parent with personal private connections leaving from a grassroots club to another country doesn't mean the grassroots club is the best route for top professional aspirations.

Less than 1% of MLS club academy players from will ever see professional soccer.
Saying grassroots clubs also provides an equal chance is madness

DCU was not considered an option for many of the kids that move on to other academies or opportunities so there’s that.

It’s a great option for many kids though! I’m sure that’s all you want to hear. Not sure if anyone truly disagrees with that. If it’s the only option for you, then it’s the best one for you!

You must live in a true make-believe world if you think or want others to think there are large amounts of available spaces at the few MLS academies nationwide open for people from the DMV
Even more delusional to think they need dmv players to fill their ranks or dmv has all these top tier players better than what those academies have in their local regions.

It's is common knowledge and well known that MLS academies are recruiting nationwide. DMV is a massive target region because DCU is so bad and the other MLS academies want to capitalize on their incompetence and disregard for the youth in our area. You aren't an insider. You're a parent who thinks they know something but the reality is you've proven over and over that your knowledge about the soccer universe is limited and one dimensional. You come back here to learn from me. FACTS

MLS academies can get talent from Florida, Texas, New York, Jersey, Arizona and California without ever looking at the dmv in nationwide search

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Anonymous wrote:Is D.C. United's Academy Still Free?

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/is-d-c-uniteds-academy-still-free/id397784823?i=1000707014835

If you're not one of the parents of the very kids few they want, doesn't concern you

If they want your kid and you don't want to go, don't worry about it, not your issue

If they want you and you're okay with the program, go with it

The rest is soap opera drama

How dumb is this. If you're joining an academy, it's pretty sad you can't consider the club in your own area due to how bad it is. That means having to live away from home and family to train in a better environment. We want change.

Who is we?
It's only an extremely small percentage of soccer players in the dmv that can be one of the few at dcua or any other mls academy

We is all of the parents in the DMV that want the best for their kids. We is all of the kids that want a legitimate chance at becoming a top level player. We is the DMV soccer population that sees what a crap academy DCU is and wants better for the kids in this area. We is the player from a low income family that has ability and wants an opportunity but can't get one because DCU doesn't scout well because it is a horrible academy. We is the family that can't pay 10k a year to go to DCU. On and on...the reality is that DCU is a complete failure as an academy and as a club. If you're there, you're just in a dead zone for your development as a player. Is it an accomplishment to make the DCU squad? Yes. Only because DCU does try to select the best kids. They don't always succeed at that but they try. The kids should be proud of that. Unfortunately, being selected for DCU is where being proud stops. Once you're there, you quickly realize it is a complete and utter disgrace and a failing system needing a complete overhaul and that players are much better off in other MLS academies. This is obvious to anyone. Even people that don't know anything about soccer.

Sounds like an obsessed lunatic on a crazed deranged personal crusade trying to recruit members to their cult

Take your kid to the club of your choice.
If other people want their kid to go to DC that's their business

Your fake concern for the well-being of soccer development for the region is Shakespearean

Another totally useless post with nothing substantive to add to the discussion. Just like everything about DCU. Useless.

About as useless as telling people the DC United Club Professional Academy is the worst place for their kid to go because it will kill all hopes and soccer ambitions

So they should go to Paragon or another grassroots club instead if they want a chance of making it to high level soccer in the future

Even more useless is telling people to just go to another MLS Club Academy when there are only a few in the entire country and they only take the best of who they want

Additionally useless is a post ranting about an environment for the special few to people who care more about the Potomac tournament this weekend and the ECNL BY to SY change

More useless is you focusing on other people at a place that has nothing to do with you

Didn’t a couple of kids from paragon go to a euro academy? Quite a few kids have gone through Achilles and Arlington as well to get to non DCU academies. So yes, DCU is definitely not the only option for local kids and smaller, non-MLS academies can help get u there.

When a club states at U15 and I think only has 2 teams, for sure, no expectation that they have any guidance/plan to get to that level.

I think DCU academy and maybe Minnesota are great arguments for getting rid of the protected list or allowing clubs first dibs on kids in ther region.

Where was it written that DCU is the only optional route to high level soccer?

What's the level higher than MLS clubs in the US?

A parent with personal private connections leaving from a grassroots club to another country doesn't mean the grassroots club is the best route for top professional aspirations.

Less than 1% of MLS club academy players from will ever see professional soccer.
Saying grassroots clubs also provides an equal chance is madness

Shows how unsophisticated you are in the sport. There is no one way to do it. Every player has a different path. A grassroots player has no burdens on their movement as a player to a better situation. Meaning theyare free and cost nothing to a target club. This is powerful in professional soccer.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is D.C. United's Academy Still Free?

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/is-d-c-uniteds-academy-still-free/id397784823?i=1000707014835

If you're not one of the parents of the very kids few they want, doesn't concern you

If they want your kid and you don't want to go, don't worry about it, not your issue

If they want you and you're okay with the program, go with it

The rest is soap opera drama

How dumb is this. If you're joining an academy, it's pretty sad you can't consider the club in your own area due to how bad it is. That means having to live away from home and family to train in a better environment. We want change.

Who is we?
It's only an extremely small percentage of soccer players in the dmv that can be one of the few at dcua or any other mls academy

We is all of the parents in the DMV that want the best for their kids. We is all of the kids that want a legitimate chance at becoming a top level player. We is the DMV soccer population that sees what a crap academy DCU is and wants better for the kids in this area. We is the player from a low income family that has ability and wants an opportunity but can't get one because DCU doesn't scout well because it is a horrible academy. We is the family that can't pay 10k a year to go to DCU. On and on...the reality is that DCU is a complete failure as an academy and as a club. If you're there, you're just in a dead zone for your development as a player. Is it an accomplishment to make the DCU squad? Yes. Only because DCU does try to select the best kids. They don't always succeed at that but they try. The kids should be proud of that. Unfortunately, being selected for DCU is where being proud stops. Once you're there, you quickly realize it is a complete and utter disgrace and a failing system needing a complete overhaul and that players are much better off in other MLS academies. This is obvious to anyone. Even people that don't know anything about soccer.

Sounds like an obsessed lunatic on a crazed deranged personal crusade trying to recruit members to their cult

Take your kid to the club of your choice.
If other people want their kid to go to DC that's their business

Your fake concern for the well-being of soccer development for the region is Shakespearean

Another totally useless post with nothing substantive to add to the discussion. Just like everything about DCU. Useless.

About as useless as telling people the DC United Club Professional Academy is the worst place for their kid to go because it will kill all hopes and soccer ambitions

So they should go to Paragon or another grassroots club instead if they want a chance of making it to high level soccer in the future

Even more useless is telling people to just go to another MLS Club Academy when there are only a few in the entire country and they only take the best of who they want

Additionally useless is a post ranting about an environment for the special few to people who care more about the Potomac tournament this weekend and the ECNL BY to SY change

More useless is you focusing on other people at a place that has nothing to do with you

Didn’t a couple of kids from paragon go to a euro academy? Quite a few kids have gone through Achilles and Arlington as well to get to non DCU academies. So yes, DCU is definitely not the only option for local kids and smaller, non-MLS academies can help get u there.

When a club states at U15 and I think only has 2 teams, for sure, no expectation that they have any guidance/plan to get to that level.

I think DCU academy and maybe Minnesota are great arguments for getting rid of the protected list or allowing clubs first dibs on kids in ther region.

Where was it written that DCU is the only optional route to high level soccer?

What's the level higher than MLS clubs in the US?

A parent with personal private connections leaving from a grassroots club to another country doesn't mean the grassroots club is the best route for top professional aspirations.

Less than 1% of MLS club academy players from will ever see professional soccer.
Saying grassroots clubs also provides an equal chance is madness

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is D.C. United's Academy Still Free?

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/is-d-c-uniteds-academy-still-free/id397784823?i=1000707014835

If you're not one of the parents of the very kids few they want, doesn't concern you

If they want your kid and you don't want to go, don't worry about it, not your issue

If they want you and you're okay with the program, go with it

The rest is soap opera drama

How dumb is this. If you're joining an academy, it's pretty sad you can't consider the club in your own area due to how bad it is. That means having to live away from home and family to train in a better environment. We want change.

Who is we?
It's only an extremely small percentage of soccer players in the dmv that can be one of the few at dcua or any other mls academy

We is all of the parents in the DMV that want the best for their kids. We is all of the kids that want a legitimate chance at becoming a top level player. We is the DMV soccer population that sees what a crap academy DCU is and wants better for the kids in this area. We is the player from a low income family that has ability and wants an opportunity but can't get one because DCU doesn't scout well because it is a horrible academy. We is the family that can't pay 10k a year to go to DCU. On and on...the reality is that DCU is a complete failure as an academy and as a club. If you're there, you're just in a dead zone for your development as a player. Is it an accomplishment to make the DCU squad? Yes. Only because DCU does try to select the best kids. They don't always succeed at that but they try. The kids should be proud of that. Unfortunately, being selected for DCU is where being proud stops. Once you're there, you quickly realize it is a complete and utter disgrace and a failing system needing a complete overhaul and that players are much better off in other MLS academies. This is obvious to anyone. Even people that don't know anything about soccer.

Sounds like an obsessed lunatic on a crazed deranged personal crusade trying to recruit members to their cult

Take your kid to the club of your choice.
If other people want their kid to go to DC that's their business

Your fake concern for the well-being of soccer development for the region is Shakespearean

Another totally useless post with nothing substantive to add to the discussion. Just like everything about DCU. Useless.

About as useless as telling people the DC United Club Professional Academy is the worst place for their kid to go because it will kill all hopes and soccer ambitions

So they should go to Paragon or another grassroots club instead if they want a chance of making it to high level soccer in the future

Even more useless is telling people to just go to another MLS Club Academy when there are only a few in the entire country and they only take the best of who they want

Additionally useless is a post ranting about an environment for the special few to people who care more about the Potomac tournament this weekend and the ECNL BY to SY change

More useless is you focusing on other people at a place that has nothing to do with you

Didn’t a couple of kids from paragon go to a euro academy? Quite a few kids have gone through Achilles and Arlington as well to get to non DCU academies. So yes, DCU is definitely not the only option for local kids and smaller, non-MLS academies can help get u there.

When a club states at U15 and I think only has 2 teams, for sure, no expectation that they have any guidance/plan to get to that level.

I think DCU academy and maybe Minnesota are great arguments for getting rid of the protected list or allowing clubs first dibs on kids in ther region.

Where was it written that DCU is the only optional route to high level soccer?

What's the level higher than MLS clubs in the US?

A parent with personal private connections leaving from a grassroots club to another country doesn't mean the grassroots club is the best route for top professional aspirations.

Less than 1% of MLS club academy players from will ever see professional soccer.
Saying grassroots clubs also provides an equal chance is madness

DCU was not considered an option for many of the kids that move on to other academies or opportunities so there’s that.

It’s a great option for many kids though! I’m sure that’s all you want to hear. Not sure if anyone truly disagrees with that. If it’s the only option for you, then it’s the best one for you!

You must live in a true make-believe world if you think or want others to think there are large amounts of available spaces at the few MLS academies nationwide open for people from the DMV
Even more delusional to think they need dmv players to fill their ranks or dmv has all these top tier players better than what those academies have in their local regions.

It's is common knowledge and well known that MLS academies are recruiting nationwide. DMV is a massive target region because DCU is so bad and the other MLS academies want to capitalize on their incompetence and disregard for the youth in our area. You aren't an insider. You're a parent who thinks they know something but the reality is you've proven over and over that your knowledge about the soccer universe is limited and one dimensional. You come back here to learn from me. FACTS

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If you're not one of the parents of the very kids few they want, doesn't concern you

If they want your kid and you don't want to go, don't worry about it, not your issue

If they want you and you're okay with the program, go with it

The rest is soap opera drama

How dumb is this. If you're joining an academy, it's pretty sad you can't consider the club in your own area due to how bad it is. That means having to live away from home and family to train in a better environment. We want change.

Who is we?
It's only an extremely small percentage of soccer players in the dmv that can be one of the few at dcua or any other mls academy

We is all of the parents in the DMV that want the best for their kids. We is all of the kids that want a legitimate chance at becoming a top level player. We is the DMV soccer population that sees what a crap academy DCU is and wants better for the kids in this area. We is the player from a low income family that has ability and wants an opportunity but can't get one because DCU doesn't scout well because it is a horrible academy. We is the family that can't pay 10k a year to go to DCU. On and on...the reality is that DCU is a complete failure as an academy and as a club. If you're there, you're just in a dead zone for your development as a player. Is it an accomplishment to make the DCU squad? Yes. Only because DCU does try to select the best kids. They don't always succeed at that but they try. The kids should be proud of that. Unfortunately, being selected for DCU is where being proud stops. Once you're there, you quickly realize it is a complete and utter disgrace and a failing system needing a complete overhaul and that players are much better off in other MLS academies. This is obvious to anyone. Even people that don't know anything about soccer.

Sounds like an obsessed lunatic on a crazed deranged personal crusade trying to recruit members to their cult

Take your kid to the club of your choice.
If other people want their kid to go to DC that's their business

Your fake concern for the well-being of soccer development for the region is Shakespearean

Another totally useless post with nothing substantive to add to the discussion. Just like everything about DCU. Useless.

About as useless as telling people the DC United Club Professional Academy is the worst place for their kid to go because it will kill all hopes and soccer ambitions

So they should go to Paragon or another grassroots club instead if they want a chance of making it to high level soccer in the future

Even more useless is telling people to just go to another MLS Club Academy when there are only a few in the entire country and they only take the best of who they want

Additionally useless is a post ranting about an environment for the special few to people who care more about the Potomac tournament this weekend and the ECNL BY to SY change

More useless is you focusing on other people at a place that has nothing to do with you

Didn’t a couple of kids from paragon go to a euro academy? Quite a few kids have gone through Achilles and Arlington as well to get to non DCU academies. So yes, DCU is definitely not the only option for local kids and smaller, non-MLS academies can help get u there.

When a club states at U15 and I think only has 2 teams, for sure, no expectation that they have any guidance/plan to get to that level.

I think DCU academy and maybe Minnesota are great arguments for getting rid of the protected list or allowing clubs first dibs on kids in ther region.

Where was it written that DCU is the only optional route to high level soccer?

What's the level higher than MLS clubs in the US?

A parent with personal private connections leaving from a grassroots club to another country doesn't mean the grassroots club is the best route for top professional aspirations.

Less than 1% of MLS club academy players from will ever see professional soccer.
Saying grassroots clubs also provides an equal chance is madness

DCU was not considered an option for many of the kids that move on to other academies or opportunities so there’s that.

It’s a great option for many kids though! I’m sure that’s all you want to hear. Not sure if anyone truly disagrees with that. If it’s the only option for you, then it’s the best one for you!

You must live in a true make-believe world if you think or want others to think there are large amounts of available spaces at the few MLS academies nationwide open for people from the DMV
Even more delusional to think they need dmv players to fill their ranks or dmv has all these top tier players better than what those academies have in their local regions.

Wow, you really know no one relevant in the DMV soccer community. Ok, signing off. Good luck with your crusade.