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Anonymous wrote:Congratulations to VDA boys, view rosters of all age group DCU academy players, compare this to other academies in east coast. dcu scouts doing their job attending recruit matches and recommending players, at end of day coaches make final decision and i think DCU are not producing home grown or developments. Have not seen DCU academy developing players lately.

Noticed this also, players leaving town for nearest academy.

Anonymous wrote:Congratulations to VDA boys, view rosters of all age group DCU academy players, compare this to other academies in east coast. dcu scouts doing their job attending recruit matches and recommending players, at end of day coaches make final decision and i think DCU are not producing home grown or developments. Have not seen DCU academy developing players lately.

Anonymous wrote:Congratulations to VDA boys, view rosters of all age group DCU academy players, compare this to other academies in east coast. dcu scouts doing their job attending recruit matches and recommending players, at end of day coaches make final decision and i think DCU are not producing home grown or developments. Have not seen DCU academy developing players lately.

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Anonymous wrote:The 2010 is being bio banded to play 2011. 

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Anonymous wrote:They just posted on their IG.

4 2011 and 1 2010

Good for them. Proof that one does not need to go to ECNL to get scouted.

None of those kids looks unusually small.

It's all relative, isn't it? But if those 4 kids in the picture on the right are about 5'0" or 5'1", which is what i am guessing (my DS has played the VDA 2011B before; those boys are about my DS's height), which I would call that about average for 13. But one of the boys in picture is 14, and about 5'0" or 5'1" that seems under average for 14. But again, it's relative, and also, who cares? Good on them for getting picked up by DCU, biobanding or not, it's an accomplishment!

5 feet tall cannot possiby be average for 13. I know soccer kids skew small, but that's really really small.

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Anonymous wrote:Ah i assumed they were all average sized 7th graders, not all 5'0. Thats tiny.

We are Caucasian tall people and my kids were 5’0 and 5’2” until about 9th grade. My 18-year old is now 6’0” (and still growing likely 1-2inches). The son that turned 16 is about 5’7”-5’8” and hasn’t even started big growth spurt—baby face, no facial hair, not filled out.

They are still very young to determine where they end up.

Anonymous wrote:Ah i assumed they were all average sized 7th graders, not all 5'0. Thats tiny.

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Anonymous wrote:The 2010 is being bio banded to play 2011. 

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Anonymous wrote:They just posted on their IG.

4 2011 and 1 2010

Good for them. Proof that one does not need to go to ECNL to get scouted.

None of those kids looks unusually small.

It's all relative, isn't it? But if those 4 kids in the picture on the right are about 5'0" or 5'1", which is what i am guessing (my DS has played the VDA 2011B before; those boys are about my DS's height), which I would call that about average for 13. But one of the boys in picture is 14, and about 5'0" or 5'1" that seems under average for 14. But again, it's relative, and also, who cares? Good on them for getting picked up by DCU, biobanding or not, it's an accomplishment!

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Anonymous wrote:I believe the same. Those boys have been together for a few years, and they have great chemistry. Their head coach is also leaving for Arlington. Looks like that age group is getting all shook up.

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Anonymous wrote:I am curious to see how this will impact VDA next fall.

Have to imagine it's going to hurt. The 2011s are a very strong team, and have been pretty much since they started playing together years ago. And this group has been together for a long while. They're arguably losing their 4 best players. That's not insignificant and I can't see it not having an impact on the team going forward.

Anyone know who will coach the 2011s for VDA now that the coach is leaving to Arlington? Still shows him as coaching there, so they have not updated yet.

Anonymous wrote:I believe the same. Those boys have been together for a few years, and they have great chemistry. Their head coach is also leaving for Arlington. Looks like that age group is getting all shook up.

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Anonymous wrote:I am curious to see how this will impact VDA next fall.

Have to imagine it's going to hurt. The 2011s are a very strong team, and have been pretty much since they started playing together years ago. And this group has been together for a long while. They're arguably losing their 4 best players. That's not insignificant and I can't see it not having an impact on the team going forward.