Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A few strings ago, someone wanted to be positive. So, let’s be positive. There is nothing positive about the current academy but let’s start off with a few things that could turn the tide. This is a brainstorm but if any of you could actually get this ownership to take one of these ideas, we can start to turn the tide:

- All New RDS for 26/27 with 10 scholarships spots per age group sponsored by local businesses from the local jurisdiction. The RDS will also be expanded to one school per county and each season will have an intercounty tournament: Moco v Loudoun, Arlington v Alexandria, PG v DC, etc.

- DCU Friday Night Futsal sponsored by Target, Senda and Trace - every Friday, enjoy age appropriate free play futsal at one of the 10 Target futsal courts in the DMV. Trace reels will be uploaded to social media.

- DCU After School Programs - patterned after DC Way (affluent Capitol Hill) and implemented at partner schools with families who can afford to pay for after care. Kids will inherently play every day after school with their friends like it used to be and in Europe and SA. Our infrastructure is too spread out so free play is best through the schools. The program is self-funding and you will create a pool of kids who play everyday from ages 6-10.

- DCU Swag - duplicate the Philly Swag model. Underwrite the costs with sponsors and run though the local DC, PG, Arlington, Alexandria, Moco and PG parks and recreation development to defray costs and capture the inside the beltway market and those who can’t afford travel and club.

- DCU Red and Blacks sponsored by WMATA - Regional U11 - U14 teams - Black is VA centric location that is Metro accessible. Red is MD centric location that is Metro accessible. Might need to add a 3rd for the B-more market but this is just a random brainstorm. OPEN tryout, 3 scholarships per age group, the rest is P2P. This is self-funded.

U11’s compete with U12’s in Mid-Atlantic NAL with the MLS Next clubs in 9v9. The U12’s move into MLS Next and play a year up until it hits DCU’s U14, U15 or whenever they decide to do something. They would still be P2P or obtain a team sponsor. Beast Residency, run by a former NOVA youth player, can plaster Mercedes of Orlando all over the internet, DCU can get a Koons or someone else to sponsor and cover the costs.

- New residential home stay program with 2x training a day and all meals sponsored by Factor, Long & Foster and VRBO

- Updated website that removes tryouts from 2012 and shows that we hired a 22 year old new grad for $55k which to show that we actually give a crap.

- Announcement of a deadline for a MLS Next 2nd team in Baltimore. We already fleeced DC residents for Audi. We are going to create a partnership with B-More and get this thing off the ground so our talent has a place to develop to the first team.

Anything like these in the works that we can look forward to so we can be positive?! Any other ideas?!

These are great ideas. Is there a way to get them to someone who can actually propose them and implement them?

DCU Academy has about 75 players

There are thousands of boys in those age groups in the dmv and dozens of clubs.
I care about ideas to improve standards and quality of development for the rest of us in youth soccer.
Not the few going to the mls academy

I agree with you. But this is a thread about DCU. I would one hundred percent contribute to a new thread about how to make the overall system in this country better if someone created it. Or even a thread on how to make the DMV pay to play system better.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A few strings ago, someone wanted to be positive. So, let’s be positive. There is nothing positive about the current academy but let’s start off with a few things that could turn the tide. This is a brainstorm but if any of you could actually get this ownership to take one of these ideas, we can start to turn the tide:

- All New RDS for 26/27 with 10 scholarships spots per age group sponsored by local businesses from the local jurisdiction. The RDS will also be expanded to one school per county and each season will have an intercounty tournament: Moco v Loudoun, Arlington v Alexandria, PG v DC, etc.

- DCU Friday Night Futsal sponsored by Target, Senda and Trace - every Friday, enjoy age appropriate free play futsal at one of the 10 Target futsal courts in the DMV. Trace reels will be uploaded to social media.

- DCU After School Programs - patterned after DC Way (affluent Capitol Hill) and implemented at partner schools with families who can afford to pay for after care. Kids will inherently play every day after school with their friends like it used to be and in Europe and SA. Our infrastructure is too spread out so free play is best through the schools. The program is self-funding and you will create a pool of kids who play everyday from ages 6-10.

- DCU Swag - duplicate the Philly Swag model. Underwrite the costs with sponsors and run though the local DC, PG, Arlington, Alexandria, Moco and PG parks and recreation development to defray costs and capture the inside the beltway market and those who can’t afford travel and club.

- DCU Red and Blacks sponsored by WMATA - Regional U11 - U14 teams - Black is VA centric location that is Metro accessible. Red is MD centric location that is Metro accessible. Might need to add a 3rd for the B-more market but this is just a random brainstorm. OPEN tryout, 3 scholarships per age group, the rest is P2P. This is self-funded.

U11’s compete with U12’s in Mid-Atlantic NAL with the MLS Next clubs in 9v9. The U12’s move into MLS Next and play a year up until it hits DCU’s U14, U15 or whenever they decide to do something. They would still be P2P or obtain a team sponsor. Beast Residency, run by a former NOVA youth player, can plaster Mercedes of Orlando all over the internet, DCU can get a Koons or someone else to sponsor and cover the costs.

- New residential home stay program with 2x training a day and all meals sponsored by Factor, Long & Foster and VRBO

- Updated website that removes tryouts from 2012 and shows that we hired a 22 year old new grad for $55k which to show that we actually give a crap.

- Announcement of a deadline for a MLS Next 2nd team in Baltimore. We already fleeced DC residents for Audi. We are going to create a partnership with B-More and get this thing off the ground so our talent has a place to develop to the first team.

Anything like these in the works that we can look forward to so we can be positive?! Any other ideas?!

These are great ideas. Is there a way to get them to someone who can actually propose them and implement them?

DCU Academy has about 75 players

There are thousands of boys in those age groups in the dmv and dozens of clubs.
I care about ideas to improve standards and quality of development for the rest of us in youth soccer.
Not the few going to the mls academy

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A few strings ago, someone wanted to be positive. So, let’s be positive. There is nothing positive about the current academy but let’s start off with a few things that could turn the tide. This is a brainstorm but if any of you could actually get this ownership to take one of these ideas, we can start to turn the tide:

- All New RDS for 26/27 with 10 scholarships spots per age group sponsored by local businesses from the local jurisdiction. The RDS will also be expanded to one school per county and each season will have an intercounty tournament: Moco v Loudoun, Arlington v Alexandria, PG v DC, etc.

- DCU Friday Night Futsal sponsored by Target, Senda and Trace - every Friday, enjoy age appropriate free play futsal at one of the 10 Target futsal courts in the DMV. Trace reels will be uploaded to social media.

- DCU After School Programs - patterned after DC Way (affluent Capitol Hill) and implemented at partner schools with families who can afford to pay for after care. Kids will inherently play every day after school with their friends like it used to be and in Europe and SA. Our infrastructure is too spread out so free play is best through the schools. The program is self-funding and you will create a pool of kids who play everyday from ages 6-10.

- DCU Swag - duplicate the Philly Swag model. Underwrite the costs with sponsors and run though the local DC, PG, Arlington, Alexandria, Moco and PG parks and recreation development to defray costs and capture the inside the beltway market and those who can’t afford travel and club.

- DCU Red and Blacks sponsored by WMATA - Regional U11 - U14 teams - Black is VA centric location that is Metro accessible. Red is MD centric location that is Metro accessible. Might need to add a 3rd for the B-more market but this is just a random brainstorm. OPEN tryout, 3 scholarships per age group, the rest is P2P. This is self-funded.

U11’s compete with U12’s in Mid-Atlantic NAL with the MLS Next clubs in 9v9. The U12’s move into MLS Next and play a year up until it hits DCU’s U14, U15 or whenever they decide to do something. They would still be P2P or obtain a team sponsor. Beast Residency, run by a former NOVA youth player, can plaster Mercedes of Orlando all over the internet, DCU can get a Koons or someone else to sponsor and cover the costs.

- New residential home stay program with 2x training a day and all meals sponsored by Factor, Long & Foster and VRBO

- Updated website that removes tryouts from 2012 and shows that we hired a 22 year old new grad for $55k which to show that we actually give a crap.

- Announcement of a deadline for a MLS Next 2nd team in Baltimore. We already fleeced DC residents for Audi. We are going to create a partnership with B-More and get this thing off the ground so our talent has a place to develop to the first team.

Anything like these in the works that we can look forward to so we can be positive?! Any other ideas?!

These are great ideas. Is there a way to get them to someone who can actually propose them and implement them?

Anonymous wrote:A few strings ago, someone wanted to be positive. So, let’s be positive. There is nothing positive about the current academy but let’s start off with a few things that could turn the tide. This is a brainstorm but if any of you could actually get this ownership to take one of these ideas, we can start to turn the tide:

- All New RDS for 26/27 with 10 scholarships spots per age group sponsored by local businesses from the local jurisdiction. The RDS will also be expanded to one school per county and each season will have an intercounty tournament: Moco v Loudoun, Arlington v Alexandria, PG v DC, etc.

- DCU Friday Night Futsal sponsored by Target, Senda and Trace - every Friday, enjoy age appropriate free play futsal at one of the 10 Target futsal courts in the DMV. Trace reels will be uploaded to social media.

- DCU After School Programs - patterned after DC Way (affluent Capitol Hill) and implemented at partner schools with families who can afford to pay for after care. Kids will inherently play every day after school with their friends like it used to be and in Europe and SA. Our infrastructure is too spread out so free play is best through the schools. The program is self-funding and you will create a pool of kids who play everyday from ages 6-10.

- DCU Swag - duplicate the Philly Swag model. Underwrite the costs with sponsors and run though the local DC, PG, Arlington, Alexandria, Moco and PG parks and recreation development to defray costs and capture the inside the beltway market and those who can’t afford travel and club.

- DCU Red and Blacks sponsored by WMATA - Regional U11 - U14 teams - Black is VA centric location that is Metro accessible. Red is MD centric location that is Metro accessible. Might need to add a 3rd for the B-more market but this is just a random brainstorm. OPEN tryout, 3 scholarships per age group, the rest is P2P. This is self-funded.

U11’s compete with U12’s in Mid-Atlantic NAL with the MLS Next clubs in 9v9. The U12’s move into MLS Next and play a year up until it hits DCU’s U14, U15 or whenever they decide to do something. They would still be P2P or obtain a team sponsor. Beast Residency, run by a former NOVA youth player, can plaster Mercedes of Orlando all over the internet, DCU can get a Koons or someone else to sponsor and cover the costs.

- New residential home stay program with 2x training a day and all meals sponsored by Factor, Long & Foster and VRBO

- Updated website that removes tryouts from 2012 and shows that we hired a 22 year old new grad for $55k which to show that we actually give a crap.

- Announcement of a deadline for a MLS Next 2nd team in Baltimore. We already fleeced DC residents for Audi. We are going to create a partnership with B-More and get this thing off the ground so our talent has a place to develop to the first team.

Anything like these in the works that we can look forward to so we can be positive?! Any other ideas?!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A few strings ago, someone wanted to be positive. So, let’s be positive. There is nothing positive about the current academy but let’s start off with a few things that could turn the tide. This is a brainstorm but if any of you could actually get this ownership to take one of these ideas, we can start to turn the tide:

- All New RDS for 26/27 with 10 scholarships spots per age group sponsored by local businesses from the local jurisdiction. The RDS will also be expanded to one school per county and each season will have an intercounty tournament: Moco v Loudoun, Arlington v Alexandria, PG v DC, etc.

- DCU Friday Night Futsal sponsored by Target, Senda and Trace - every Friday, enjoy age appropriate free play futsal at one of the 10 Target futsal courts in the DMV. Trace reels will be uploaded to social media.

- DCU After School Programs - patterned after DC Way (affluent Capitol Hill) and implemented at partner schools with families who can afford to pay for after care. Kids will inherently play every day after school with their friends like it used to be and in Europe and SA. Our infrastructure is too spread out so free play is best through the schools. The program is self-funding and you will create a pool of kids who play everyday from ages 6-10.

- DCU Swag - duplicate the Philly Swag model. Underwrite the costs with sponsors and run though the local DC, PG, Arlington, Alexandria, Moco and PG parks and recreation development to defray costs and capture the inside the beltway market and those who can’t afford travel and club.

- DCU Red and Blacks sponsored by WMATA - Regional U11 - U14 teams - Black is VA centric location that is Metro accessible. Red is MD centric location that is Metro accessible. Might need to add a 3rd for the B-more market but this is just a random brainstorm. OPEN tryout, 3 scholarships per age group, the rest is P2P. This is self-funded.

U11’s compete with U12’s in Mid-Atlantic NAL with the MLS Next clubs in 9v9. The U12’s move into MLS Next and play a year up until it hits DCU’s U14, U15 or whenever they decide to do something. They would still be P2P or obtain a team sponsor. Beast Residency, run by a former NOVA youth player, can plaster Mercedes of Orlando all over the internet, DCU can get a Koons or someone else to sponsor and cover the costs.

- New residential home stay program with 2x training a day and all meals sponsored by Factor, Long & Foster and VRBO

- Updated website that removes tryouts from 2012 and shows that we hired a 22 year old new grad for $55k which to show that we actually give a crap.

- Announcement of a deadline for a MLS Next 2nd team in Baltimore. We already fleeced DC residents for Audi. We are going to create a partnership with B-More and get this thing off the ground so our talent has a place to develop to the first team.

Anything like these in the works that we can look forward to so we can be positive?! Any other ideas?!

Super creative ideas 👍👍👍👍 thinking like this is what the program needs for sure. But you need the will to change to mobilize these types of efforts. I just don't think the will is there. Maybe an open letter in the Washington Post saying these are the type of things we want to see from the academy? Could get owners to notice? Just brainstorming as well...

Responding to yourself frequently and consistently is impressive and quite frankly scary

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A few strings ago, someone wanted to be positive. So, let’s be positive. There is nothing positive about the current academy but let’s start off with a few things that could turn the tide. This is a brainstorm but if any of you could actually get this ownership to take one of these ideas, we can start to turn the tide:

- All New RDS for 26/27 with 10 scholarships spots per age group sponsored by local businesses from the local jurisdiction. The RDS will also be expanded to one school per county and each season will have an intercounty tournament: Moco v Loudoun, Arlington v Alexandria, PG v DC, etc.

- DCU Friday Night Futsal sponsored by Target, Senda and Trace - every Friday, enjoy age appropriate free play futsal at one of the 10 Target futsal courts in the DMV. Trace reels will be uploaded to social media.

- DCU After School Programs - patterned after DC Way (affluent Capitol Hill) and implemented at partner schools with families who can afford to pay for after care. Kids will inherently play every day after school with their friends like it used to be and in Europe and SA. Our infrastructure is too spread out so free play is best through the schools. The program is self-funding and you will create a pool of kids who play everyday from ages 6-10.

- DCU Swag - duplicate the Philly Swag model. Underwrite the costs with sponsors and run though the local DC, PG, Arlington, Alexandria, Moco and PG parks and recreation development to defray costs and capture the inside the beltway market and those who can’t afford travel and club.

- DCU Red and Blacks sponsored by WMATA - Regional U11 - U14 teams - Black is VA centric location that is Metro accessible. Red is MD centric location that is Metro accessible. Might need to add a 3rd for the B-more market but this is just a random brainstorm. OPEN tryout, 3 scholarships per age group, the rest is P2P. This is self-funded.

U11’s compete with U12’s in Mid-Atlantic NAL with the MLS Next clubs in 9v9. The U12’s move into MLS Next and play a year up until it hits DCU’s U14, U15 or whenever they decide to do something. They would still be P2P or obtain a team sponsor. Beast Residency, run by a former NOVA youth player, can plaster Mercedes of Orlando all over the internet, DCU can get a Koons or someone else to sponsor and cover the costs.

- New residential home stay program with 2x training a day and all meals sponsored by Factor, Long & Foster and VRBO

- Updated website that removes tryouts from 2012 and shows that we hired a 22 year old new grad for $55k which to show that we actually give a crap.

- Announcement of a deadline for a MLS Next 2nd team in Baltimore. We already fleeced DC residents for Audi. We are going to create a partnership with B-More and get this thing off the ground so our talent has a place to develop to the first team.

Anything like these in the works that we can look forward to so we can be positive?! Any other ideas?!

Super creative ideas 👍👍👍👍 thinking like this is what the program needs for sure. But you need the will to change to mobilize these types of efforts. I just don't think the will is there. Maybe an open letter in the Washington Post saying these are the type of things we want to see from the academy? Could get owners to notice? Just brainstorming as well...

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A few strings ago, someone wanted to be positive. So, let’s be positive. There is nothing positive about the current academy but let’s start off with a few things that could turn the tide. This is a brainstorm but if any of you could actually get this ownership to take one of these ideas, we can start to turn the tide:

- All New RDS for 26/27 with 10 scholarships spots per age group sponsored by local businesses from the local jurisdiction. The RDS will also be expanded to one school per county and each season will have an intercounty tournament: Moco v Loudoun, Arlington v Alexandria, PG v DC, etc.

- DCU Friday Night Futsal sponsored by Target, Senda and Trace - every Friday, enjoy age appropriate free play futsal at one of the 10 Target futsal courts in the DMV. Trace reels will be uploaded to social media.

- DCU After School Programs - patterned after DC Way (affluent Capitol Hill) and implemented at partner schools with families who can afford to pay for after care. Kids will inherently play every day after school with their friends like it used to be and in Europe and SA. Our infrastructure is too spread out so free play is best through the schools. The program is self-funding and you will create a pool of kids who play everyday from ages 6-10.

- DCU Swag - duplicate the Philly Swag model. Underwrite the costs with sponsors and run though the local DC, PG, Arlington, Alexandria, Moco and PG parks and recreation development to defray costs and capture the inside the beltway market and those who can’t afford travel and club.

- DCU Red and Blacks sponsored by WMATA - Regional U11 - U14 teams - Black is VA centric location that is Metro accessible. Red is MD centric location that is Metro accessible. Might need to add a 3rd for the B-more market but this is just a random brainstorm. OPEN tryout, 3 scholarships per age group, the rest is P2P. This is self-funded.

U11’s compete with U12’s in Mid-Atlantic NAL with the MLS Next clubs in 9v9. The U12’s move into MLS Next and play a year up until it hits DCU’s U14, U15 or whenever they decide to do something. They would still be P2P or obtain a team sponsor. Beast Residency, run by a former NOVA youth player, can plaster Mercedes of Orlando all over the internet, DCU can get a Koons or someone else to sponsor and cover the costs.

- New residential home stay program with 2x training a day and all meals sponsored by Factor, Long & Foster and VRBO

- Updated website that removes tryouts from 2012 and shows that we hired a 22 year old new grad for $55k which to show that we actually give a crap.

- Announcement of a deadline for a MLS Next 2nd team in Baltimore. We already fleeced DC residents for Audi. We are going to create a partnership with B-More and get this thing off the ground so our talent has a place to develop to the first team.

Anything like these in the works that we can look forward to so we can be positive?! Any other ideas?!

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no one reads your lengthy rambling multi paragraphs comments

Anonymous wrote:A few strings ago, someone wanted to be positive. So, let’s be positive. There is nothing positive about the current academy but let’s start off with a few things that could turn the tide. This is a brainstorm but if any of you could actually get this ownership to take one of these ideas, we can start to turn the tide:

- All New RDS for 26/27 with 10 scholarships spots per age group sponsored by local businesses from the local jurisdiction. The RDS will also be expanded to one school per county and each season will have an intercounty tournament: Moco v Loudoun, Arlington v Alexandria, PG v DC, etc.

- DCU Friday Night Futsal sponsored by Target, Senda and Trace - every Friday, enjoy age appropriate free play futsal at one of the 10 Target futsal courts in the DMV. Trace reels will be uploaded to social media.

- DCU After School Programs - patterned after DC Way (affluent Capitol Hill) and implemented at partner schools with families who can afford to pay for after care. Kids will inherently play every day after school with their friends like it used to be and in Europe and SA. Our infrastructure is too spread out so free play is best through the schools. The program is self-funding and you will create a pool of kids who play everyday from ages 6-10.

- DCU Swag - duplicate the Philly Swag model. Underwrite the costs with sponsors and run though the local DC, PG, Arlington, Alexandria, Moco and PG parks and recreation development to defray costs and capture the inside the beltway market and those who can’t afford travel and club.

- DCU Red and Blacks sponsored by WMATA - Regional U11 - U14 teams - Black is VA centric location that is Metro accessible. Red is MD centric location that is Metro accessible. Might need to add a 3rd for the B-more market but this is just a random brainstorm. OPEN tryout, 3 scholarships per age group, the rest is P2P. This is self-funded.

U11’s compete with U12’s in Mid-Atlantic NAL with the MLS Next clubs in 9v9. The U12’s move into MLS Next and play a year up until it hits DCU’s U14, U15 or whenever they decide to do something. They would still be P2P or obtain a team sponsor. Beast Residency, run by a former NOVA youth player, can plaster Mercedes of Orlando all over the internet, DCU can get a Koons or someone else to sponsor and cover the costs.

- New residential home stay program with 2x training a day and all meals sponsored by Factor, Long & Foster and VRBO

- Updated website that removes tryouts from 2012 and shows that we hired a 22 year old new grad for $55k which to show that we actually give a crap.

- Announcement of a deadline for a MLS Next 2nd team in Baltimore. We already fleeced DC residents for Audi. We are going to create a partnership with B-More and get this thing off the ground so our talent has a place to develop to the first team.

Anything like these in the works that we can look forward to so we can be positive?! Any other ideas?!

Anonymous wrote:A few strings ago, someone wanted to be positive. So, let’s be positive. There is nothing positive about the current academy but let’s start off with a few things that could turn the tide. This is a brainstorm but if any of you could actually get this ownership to take one of these ideas, we can start to turn the tide:

- All New RDS for 26/27 with 10 scholarships spots per age group sponsored by local businesses from the local jurisdiction. The RDS will also be expanded to one school per county and each season will have an intercounty tournament: Moco v Loudoun, Arlington v Alexandria, PG v DC, etc.

- DCU Friday Night Futsal sponsored by Target, Senda and Trace - every Friday, enjoy age appropriate free play futsal at one of the 10 Target futsal courts in the DMV. Trace reels will be uploaded to social media.

- DCU After School Programs - patterned after DC Way (affluent Capitol Hill) and implemented at partner schools with families who can afford to pay for after care. Kids will inherently play every day after school with their friends like it used to be and in Europe and SA. Our infrastructure is too spread out so free play is best through the schools. The program is self-funding and you will create a pool of kids who play everyday from ages 6-10.

- DCU Swag - duplicate the Philly Swag model. Underwrite the costs with sponsors and run though the local DC, PG, Arlington, Alexandria, Moco and PG parks and recreation development to defray costs and capture the inside the beltway market and those who can’t afford travel and club.

- DCU Red and Blacks sponsored by WMATA - Regional U11 - U14 teams - Black is VA centric location that is Metro accessible. Red is MD centric location that is Metro accessible. Might need to add a 3rd for the B-more market but this is just a random brainstorm. OPEN tryout, 3 scholarships per age group, the rest is P2P. This is self-funded.

U11’s compete with U12’s in Mid-Atlantic NAL with the MLS Next clubs in 9v9. The U12’s move into MLS Next and play a year up until it hits DCU’s U14, U15 or whenever they decide to do something. They would still be P2P or obtain a team sponsor. Beast Residency, run by a former NOVA youth player, can plaster Mercedes of Orlando all over the internet, DCU can get a Koons or someone else to sponsor and cover the costs.

- New residential home stay program with 2x training a day and all meals sponsored by Factor, Long & Foster and VRBO

- Updated website that removes tryouts from 2012 and shows that we hired a 22 year old new grad for $55k which to show that we actually give a crap.

- Announcement of a deadline for a MLS Next 2nd team in Baltimore. We already fleeced DC residents for Audi. We are going to create a partnership with B-More and get this thing off the ground so our talent has a place to develop to the first team.

Anything like these in the works that we can look forward to so we can be positive?! Any other ideas?!

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Anonymous wrote:Believe what you want to believe. I choose to believe that almost all MLS academies are better than DCU based on all the information provided on this thread. Until you can show me something that proves otherwise, I suggest you go pound sand. I don't care what type of data you ask for. It doesn't matter. End of day you have to believe in something. I believe DCU is trash. And many others do as well.

I believe grocery prices are going down and many others do as well
I also believe windmills cause cancer and Tylenol causes autism. Many others do as well

How sad...

Deflection is the first sign you've lost an argument. Deflection on its own is a losing strategy in arguments because it avoids addressing the core issue. It's a defense mechanism to avoid responsibility, criticism, or uncomfortable feelings, but by shifting the focus, it prevents problem-solving. And you can't solve the DCU problem which is, no one who knows anything about youth football, accepts that DCU is a credible MLS academy in this country.

When you deflect you attempt to avoid personal accountability: By not taking responsibility or a genuine position on the issue you miss the opportunity to learn and grow from mistakes.

Understanding and acknowledging the position you're in is the first step. Here is some self help for you...don't worry about DCU. We've got that covered.

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Anonymous wrote:Believe what you want to believe. I choose to believe that almost all MLS academies are better than DCU based on all the information provided on this thread. Until you can show me something that proves otherwise, I suggest you go pound sand. I don't care what type of data you ask for. It doesn't matter. End of day you have to believe in something. I believe DCU is trash. And many others do as well.

I believe grocery prices are going down and many others do as well
I also believe windmills cause cancer and Tylenol causes autism. Many others do as well

Actually they don't. Then you are legitimately just as dumb as you sound.

Should you be reported for slander and defamation of anonymous character?

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Anonymous wrote:Believe what you want to believe. I choose to believe that almost all MLS academies are better than DCU based on all the information provided on this thread. Until you can show me something that proves otherwise, I suggest you go pound sand. I don't care what type of data you ask for. It doesn't matter. End of day you have to believe in something. I believe DCU is trash. And many others do as well.

I believe grocery prices are going down and many others do as well
I also believe windmills cause cancer and Tylenol causes autism. Many others do as well

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Believe what you want to believe. I choose to believe that almost all MLS academies are better than DCU based on all the information provided on this thread. Until you can show me something that proves otherwise, I suggest you go pound sand. I don't care what type of data you ask for. It doesn't matter. End of day you have to believe in something. I believe DCU is trash. And many others do as well.

I believe grocery prices are going down and many others do as well
I also believe windmills cause cancer and Tylenol causes autism. Many others do as well

Actually they don't. Then you are legitimately just as dumb as you sound.

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Anonymous wrote:DCUA currently has an 18 year old former academy product at a Premier League Club listed on the Senior Team roster

LOL at calling him as an "academy product." He was there for like 5 minutes. Arguably, Loudoun United has a stronger claim.

Arguably is right

Because if its the player at Bournemouth, he spent years in the DC United organization including getting a homegrown contract at 15 years old

He spent brief moments at Loudoun United, but we know this thread is facts lite

Same arguments recycled. We already established DCU was not good for this player or his career. Just like griffin yow. He was successful despite DCU not. Because of them. If that story is the best you have then literally God help all the kids at DCU

Facts of club history

https://www.transfermarkt.us/matai-akinmboni/profil/spieler/994604

No one is arguing he wasnt at DCU. Just that DCU didn't fully support his career. They almost dropped him when he was 13. Bet you didn't know that. He grew physically and that helped. He played practically no minutes at DCU for the first team. But they put the homegrown tag on him at 15 just like they did this recent kid because they wanted a PR headline and boost their homegrown numbers. Which they got then and they got now. They stagnated his career and his family and agent got him looks overseas because they knew he had no chance at dcu. Which he capitalized on. DCU was not a significant part of his move to Bournemouth. Even if it was, he is a RARE, probably the rarest of rare cases of DCU actually having results. It is all you can hold on to??? And if that is the best case, going through the academy to sign a homegrown, sit on DCUs bench even when they are the worst team and franchise in the league, then add that to the long list of reasons to not go to DCU.

So basically, your argument is one player from the academy went to Bournemouth so the entire academy must be good?? 🤣That's like offering that if one student from a very low performing high school goes to a really good college then the entire school must be good. Hope you can see why that line of thinking and your logic is fundamentally flawed.

You're like dealing with a child. It's actually.amusing. keep it coming. You will never one up me. I am relentless...

It's easy for you to be relentless because you're just rambling your opinion

There's no limits to that

There is a thing called context. The Bournemouth player was specifically mentioned in response to a specific line of argument.

If a player can come through DC United (as an example) and go to the Premier League but every other academy is 4% better in producing top tier professionals, then top tier leagues in Europe should be currently littered with all MLS Club Academy products.

But obviously that's not the case, so, what are these 29 academies better than DCU producing?

They are producing better academies and development environments for youth players, from top to bottom, than DCU is. Full stop.

And MLS academy products ARE all over top leagues in Europe.

Take a look here: https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/mls-abroad-every-export-in-premier-league-bundesliga-laliga-more

Just not a lot of DCU players...

HAHAHAHAHAHA LOL 😆 🤣

This is not a list of players who were developed at MLS Club Academies then sold to European top division clubs

This is a list of players in January 2025 who played in the MLS at some point.

Eg: Spanish Player, Angelino who was loaned out from Manchester City to NYCFC for a brief period

2015–2018
Manchester City
2015→ New York City FC (loan)

Be relentless with the truth and facts and you'll have less to say

Okay, you're on your own. Enough of the nonsense for me, time to board

I went through the list because I thought it was interesting to see just how many players are in Europe from the MLS and it is quite a bit. That alone is fascinating.

But what I found is that this list has both MLS academy products and players that landed in the MLS from some other league and then went elsewhere. Quite a few MLS academy products are represented here. In fact, almost all the MLS academy products that are playing overseas are on this list.

I think your baseline argument was that if other MLS academies were producing pros at a higher clip than DCU for top tier leagues overseas then those leagues would have a decent amount of MLS players in them. Correct? This list proves that to be true. And it also proves that DCU, while it does have a few players overseas, is generally underrepresented. And of the three players on this list from DCU, Yow, Paredes and Akinmboni, two are known to have had serious problems with DCU (Yow and Akinmboni) and one is the only real success story DCU can claim, Paredes. For an academy that has been around longer than almost all the Academies in the MLS, and for one of the founding clubs in the MLS that is now over 30 years old, this isn't good.

Previous Post said present a specific list of MLS academy developed players categorized by each academy now playing in the highest European leagues to show all the other academies except dcu are selling players to top leagues in Europe at significantly higher rate

That's the claim requiring verification

Not anecdotes nor eloquently crafted opinions. Evidence

No one needs to verify anything for you. You are not providing any value to the thread. Just diverting attention away from the real issue. That DCU is a crap a## academy. Deflection doesn't really work.