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Anonymous wrote:Someone should definitely seek the help of a therapist to understand why the thought of successful parents with kids going to elite colleges gives them nightmares

No one has any issues with parents wanting their kids to go to elite schools. Do what is best for you. The issue is saturating our player pool in the professional pathway with kids that have no intention of becoming pros. Just stay in pay to play. You'll get the same result. Another reason why DCU sucks. Soft kids that don't really want it. But have entitled parents that think it gives them an edge.

If the successful people and their kids of financial and social privileges didn't bother you, you wouldn't mention it dozens of times on this one thread alone.
Doesn't take a trained psychologist.

The Pulisics and Sullivans and Weahs and Reynas and Aaronsons etc etc etc are from upper socioeconomic families.

So try a new theory drum to beat

As a recent poster just commented, you don't know who you are speaking against because your comments were targeted towards me. In the early parts of this thread, you and others common retort to any criticism of the DCU academy was that we were sore rejects. When you found out I have a high-quality U-little with options, you tried to call us "extra" for guesting up and down the eastern seaboard. I was just here asking questions as this space was brand new to me and quite overwhelming honestly. People who respond in this manner have fragile ego's who are simply defending their existence. Take that to your therapist and have them explain that to you as you probably have no clue like a character in White Lotus.

Let's just set the record straight. All of my kids will have elite colleges on their radar IF they feel any elite college is the best fit for them and their journey. We are in the elite high school/middle school space already but the difference is these labels do not define me or my kids success. I am successful like many of you but I don't talk down to anybody based on where I am. If anything, I am passionate about soccer, I rep the DMV and I am honestly tired of being dog walked by Philly and NJ. I want our area to do better and DCU is, by default, the head of the snake which needs to change if the DMV landscape will change.

Here is what I know about life and soccer. You will never get the best from any one demographic. In order to extract the best talent in sports, arts or science, you need rich and poor, the hood and the cornfields, the white picket fences and the gated communities. Whenever ANY demographic is dominating a space, you have a problem and blind spots in your perspective. Well, it seems DCU has that problem. You obviously don't care or else, you would welcome the criticism and fix it. My kid is not threatened when a new kid comes onto the pitch during practice for a trial. It is game time, competition, ready to battle and compete and let the results be what they are.

If you payed attention to something like The Swag in Philly Union, you will see a great blueprint. Those teams are melting pots of kids from Eastern Europe, Western Europe, the Caribbean, Africa, the hood, wealthy Delaware County, South America, Latin America, etc. under one umbrella around the beautiful game regardless of socio economic status. It does not cost a lot to create that. You just have to give a $h!t.

Sure love to hear yourself speak

You've repeated the same things dozens of times to appease your insecurities and nothing changes. No one cares about your crusade

You may as well start a thread repeating that Galatasaray sucks

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Anonymous wrote:Someone should definitely seek the help of a therapist to understand why the thought of successful parents with kids going to elite colleges gives them nightmares

No one has any issues with parents wanting their kids to go to elite schools. Do what is best for you. The issue is saturating our player pool in the professional pathway with kids that have no intention of becoming pros. Just stay in pay to play. You'll get the same result. Another reason why DCU sucks. Soft kids that don't really want it. But have entitled parents that think it gives them an edge.

If the successful people and their kids of financial and social privileges didn't bother you, you wouldn't mention it dozens of times on this one thread alone.
Doesn't take a trained psychologist.

The Pulisics and Sullivans and Weahs and Reynas and Aaronsons etc etc etc are from upper socioeconomic families.

So try a new theory drum to beat

As a recent poster just commented, you don't know who you are speaking against because your comments were targeted towards me. In the early parts of this thread, you and others common retort to any criticism of the DCU academy was that we were sore rejects. When you found out I have a high-quality U-little with options, you tried to call us "extra" for guesting up and down the eastern seaboard. I was just here asking questions as this space was brand new to me and quite overwhelming honestly. People who respond in this manner have fragile ego's who are simply defending their existence. Take that to your therapist and have them explain that to you as you probably have no clue like a character in White Lotus.

Let's just set the record straight. All of my kids will have elite colleges on their radar IF they feel any elite college is the best fit for them and their journey. We are in the elite high school/middle school space already but the difference is these labels do not define me or my kids success. I am successful like many of you but I don't talk down to anybody based on where I am. If anything, I am passionate about soccer, I rep the DMV and I am honestly tired of being dog walked by Philly and NJ. I want our area to do better and DCU is, by default, the head of the snake which needs to change if the DMV landscape will change.

Here is what I know about life and soccer. You will never get the best from any one demographic. In order to extract the best talent in sports, arts or science, you need rich and poor, the hood and the cornfields, the white picket fences and the gated communities. Whenever ANY demographic is dominating a space, you have a problem and blind spots in your perspective. Well, it seems DCU has that problem. You obviously don't care or else, you would welcome the criticism and fix it. My kid is not threatened when a new kid comes onto the pitch during practice for a trial. It is game time, competition, ready to battle and compete and let the results be what they are.

If you payed attention to something like The Swag in Philly Union, you will see a great blueprint. Those teams are melting pots of kids from Eastern Europe, Western Europe, the Caribbean, Africa, the hood, wealthy Delaware County, South America, Latin America, etc. under one umbrella around the beautiful game regardless of socio economic status. It does not cost a lot to create that. You just have to give a $h!t.

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Anonymous wrote:Someone should definitely seek the help of a therapist to understand why the thought of successful parents with kids going to elite colleges gives them nightmares

No one has any issues with parents wanting their kids to go to elite schools. Do what is best for you. The issue is saturating our player pool in the professional pathway with kids that have no intention of becoming pros. Just stay in pay to play. You'll get the same result. Another reason why DCU sucks. Soft kids that don't really want it. But have entitled parents that think it gives them an edge.

If the successful people and their kids of financial and social privileges didn't bother you, you wouldn't mention it dozens of times on this one thread alone.
Doesn't take a trained psychologist.

The Pulisics and Sullivans and Weahs and Reynas and Aaronsons etc etc etc are from upper socioeconomic families.

So try a new theory drum to beat

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone should definitely seek the help of a therapist to understand why the thought of successful parents with kids going to elite colleges gives them nightmares

No one has any issues with parents wanting their kids to go to elite schools. Do what is best for you. The issue is saturating our player pool in the professional pathway with kids that have no intention of becoming pros. Just stay in pay to play. You'll get the same result. Another reason why DCU sucks. Soft kids that don't really want it. But have entitled parents that think it gives them an edge.

If the successful people and their kids of financial and social privileges didn't bother you, you wouldn't mention it dozens of times on this one thread alone.
Doesn't take a trained psychologist.

The Pulisics and Sullivans and Weahs and Reynas and Aaronsons etc etc etc are from upper socioeconomic families.

So try a new theory drum to beat

And that model of those kids being successful is the problem... Not taking it away from them but in this country, those are the examples of success. In every other country in the world kids from a wide variety of socio economic backgrounds have much higher chances of success. In the US you need money. Proven by your point.

Actually they just proved you're biased in your DCU only criticism.
Because you yourself are now saying all academies have rich kids, allegedly, and it's a USA issue.

Dumb. All of the academies have the same problem. But all of the other academies are better than DCU. Pretty simple. Again, you're trying to use they all suck so if DCU sucks it's ok. That doesn't work.

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Anonymous wrote:Someone should definitely seek the help of a therapist to understand why the thought of successful parents with kids going to elite colleges gives them nightmares

No one has any issues with parents wanting their kids to go to elite schools. Do what is best for you. The issue is saturating our player pool in the professional pathway with kids that have no intention of becoming pros. Just stay in pay to play. You'll get the same result. Another reason why DCU sucks. Soft kids that don't really want it. But have entitled parents that think it gives them an edge.

If the successful people and their kids of financial and social privileges didn't bother you, you wouldn't mention it dozens of times on this one thread alone.
Doesn't take a trained psychologist.

The Pulisics and Sullivans and Weahs and Reynas and Aaronsons etc etc etc are from upper socioeconomic families.

So try a new theory drum to beat

And that model of those kids being successful is the problem... Not taking it away from them but in this country, those are the examples of success. In every other country in the world kids from a wide variety of socio economic backgrounds have much higher chances of success. In the US you need money. Proven by your point.

Actually they just proved you're biased in your DCU only criticism.
Because you yourself are now saying all academies have rich kids, allegedly, and it's a USA issue.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone should definitely seek the help of a therapist to understand why the thought of successful parents with kids going to elite colleges gives them nightmares

No one has any issues with parents wanting their kids to go to elite schools. Do what is best for you. The issue is saturating our player pool in the professional pathway with kids that have no intention of becoming pros. Just stay in pay to play. You'll get the same result. Another reason why DCU sucks. Soft kids that don't really want it. But have entitled parents that think it gives them an edge.

If the successful people and their kids of financial and social privileges didn't bother you, you wouldn't mention it dozens of times on this one thread alone.
Doesn't take a trained psychologist.

The Pulisics and Sullivans and Weahs and Reynas and Aaronsons etc etc etc are from upper socioeconomic families.

So try a new theory drum to beat

But Gio Reyna IS soft. so soft.

Anonymous wrote:Based on last 2 posts . . . You may not like what is being said, but it’s true. There are a lot of boys who quit or choose another activity because they don’t want it bad enough, have other options, or are only there because their parents could afford it. It’s just the truth, like it or not.

Then when these kids drop out, they are replaced by some kid who is just a filler for that position because no one else in the academy wants to play that position (ex: right and left back). It’s a weak way to put together a “top level” team and is a big reason why DC United doesn’t compete with the other “top level academies consistently well.

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Anonymous wrote:Someone should definitely seek the help of a therapist to understand why the thought of successful parents with kids going to elite colleges gives them nightmares

The incessant, repetitive, obsessed poster is making me wonder. How many of the professional players on the current USMNT are from uneducated lower-income families and backgrounds?

It's known that the US is the only country in the world where football is for the rich. Why, as a country, we will never reach elite status on a global stage with the sport. Entitled, rich people ruined the sport for their own gain and excluded underprivileged families who have kids that are probably much more likely to have the ability and mentality to become professional players. Instead we get the kid from Landon, who is worried about whether his hair is poofy enough when he gets on the field...

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone should definitely seek the help of a therapist to understand why the thought of successful parents with kids going to elite colleges gives them nightmares

No one has any issues with parents wanting their kids to go to elite schools. Do what is best for you. The issue is saturating our player pool in the professional pathway with kids that have no intention of becoming pros. Just stay in pay to play. You'll get the same result. Another reason why DCU sucks. Soft kids that don't really want it. But have entitled parents that think it gives them an edge.

If the successful people and their kids of financial and social privileges didn't bother you, you wouldn't mention it dozens of times on this one thread alone.
Doesn't take a trained psychologist.

The Pulisics and Sullivans and Weahs and Reynas and Aaronsons etc etc etc are from upper socioeconomic families.

So try a new theory drum to beat

And that model of those kids being successful is the problem... Not taking it away from them but in this country, those are the examples of success. In every other country in the world kids from a wide variety of socio economic backgrounds have much higher chances of success. In the US you need money. Proven by your point.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone should definitely seek the help of a therapist to understand why the thought of successful parents with kids going to elite colleges gives them nightmares

No one has any issues with parents wanting their kids to go to elite schools. Do what is best for you. The issue is saturating our player pool in the professional pathway with kids that have no intention of becoming pros. Just stay in pay to play. You'll get the same result. Another reason why DCU sucks. Soft kids that don't really want it. But have entitled parents that think it gives them an edge.

If the successful people and their kids of financial and social privileges didn't bother you, you wouldn't mention it dozens of times on this one thread alone.
Doesn't take a trained psychologist.

The Pulisics and Sullivans and Weahs and Reynas and Aaronsons etc etc etc are from upper socioeconomic families.

So try a new theory drum to beat

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone should definitely seek the help of a therapist to understand why the thought of successful parents with kids going to elite colleges gives them nightmares

No one has any issues with parents wanting their kids to go to elite schools. Do what is best for you. The issue is saturating our player pool in the professional pathway with kids that have no intention of becoming pros. Just stay in pay to play. You'll get the same result. Another reason why DCU sucks. Soft kids that don't really want it. But have entitled parents that think it gives them an edge.

If the successful people and their kids of financial and social privileges didn't bother you, you wouldn't mention it dozens of times on this one thread alone.
Doesn't take a trained psychologist.

The Pulisics and Sullivans and Weahs and Reynas and Aaronsons etc etc etc are from upper socioeconomic families.

So try a new theory drum to beat

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone should definitely seek the help of a therapist to understand why the thought of successful parents with kids going to elite colleges gives them nightmares

The incessant, repetitive, obsessed poster is making me wonder. How many of the professional players on the current USMNT are from uneducated lower-income families and backgrounds?

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Anonymous wrote:Someone should definitely seek the help of a therapist to understand why the thought of successful parents with kids going to elite colleges gives them nightmares

No one has any issues with parents wanting their kids to go to elite schools. Do what is best for you. The issue is saturating our player pool in the professional pathway with kids that have no intention of becoming pros. Just stay in pay to play. You'll get the same result. Another reason why DCU sucks. Soft kids that don't really want it. But have entitled parents that think it gives them an edge.