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    #16
    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
    Wow! Valencia and now Barca on LI. Impressive, but LI is so damn completely watered down now.
    Barca is 2003s and younger only.

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      #17
      This is crazy...how many facilities are going to be built on LI, espeically Suffolk?

      SUSA is suppsosedly building a mega complex in Islip (7 fields)
      Paul Riley is supposedly building a huge complex in Kings Park
      Valencia is going to build something in Nassau
      Now Barcelona is going have 10 fields and indoor space as well. Anyone have any idea where in Suffolk this is supposedly happening? It would need to be in Western Suffolk to really attract Nassau players.

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        #18
        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
        Barca is 2003s and younger only.
        Starting younger to develop. Not interested in older kids just for money. Real club.

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          #19
          Very strange. Such a late announcement when many players have already committed for 1718 and why LI? Perhaps year 1 is just to work out some details and year 2 will be the major push for talent.

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            #20
            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
            Very strange. Such a late announcement when many players have already committed for 1718 and why LI? Perhaps year 1 is just to work out some details and year 2 will be the major push for talent.
            $$$$$!!!
            Put the Barcelona name out front and you could have a cow teaching the kids would pay.

            Youth soccer has become big business in the US. There's no serious end product. The means and the end are one in the same. The actual products being sold are illusions and dreams.

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              #21
              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
              $$$$$!!!
              Put the Barcelona name out front and you could have a cow teaching the kids would pay.

              Youth soccer has become big business in the US. There's no serious end product. The means and the end are one in the same. The actual products being sold are illusions and dreams.
              Seriously, it is like someone said hey we can grab some cash over in the states, lets create an academy in the market where people will be willing to pay the most!

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                #22
                Haven't other global soccer brands tried this around here before? Is it a successful strategy?

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                  #23
                  Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                  Haven't other global soccer brands tried this around here before? Is it a successful strategy?
                  Boca tried it but not sure how successful they are.

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                    #24
                    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                    Yeah, no one will travel through NYC to get there. The old Pilgrim State mental hospital grounds would be perfect for any large scale sporting facility but this whole thing is kind of a joke.
                    Kind of like Surf last year - disorganized, no fields, late tryouts....and look how that has turned out

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                      #25
                      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                      Kind of like Surf last year - disorganized, no fields, late tryouts....and look how that has turned out



                      Yeah kind of like Surf....lol. It's FC Barcelona. Their announcement is on their website.
                      It's like comparing Apples to dirt. They have the resources and clout to attract the best talent.
                      NYCFC and Red Bull's might be in trouble.

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                        #26
                        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                        Yeah kind of like Surf....lol. It's FC Barcelona. Their announcement is on their website.
                        It's like comparing Apples to dirt. They have the resources and clout to attract the best talent.
                        NYCFC and Red Bull's might be in trouble.
                        A Suffolk county based "academy" will not affect NYCFC or the Red Bulls at all. It will however affect SUSA, KK and SURF.

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                          #27
                          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                          A Suffolk county based "academy" will not affect NYCFC or the Red Bulls at all. It will however affect SUSA, KK and SURF.


                          Right all the Red Bull's Academy players live in NJ. Bottom line if Barcelona truly come over with full intent, they will get everyone. This isn't Man City coming over and setting up NYCFC.
                          Barcelona and Madrid are the biggest clubs in the world.

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                            #28
                            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                            Right all the Red Bull's Academy players live in NJ. Bottom line if Barcelona truly come over with full intent, they will get everyone. This isn't Man City coming over and setting up NYCFC.
                            Barcelona and Madrid are the biggest clubs in the world.
                            What is full intent? They will be training young players. It goes only to U14.

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                              #29
                              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                              What is full intent? They will be training young players. It goes only to U14.

                              That they will ID potential talent that they see here , with an opportunity to train at La Masia.

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                                #30
                                Did the try out run last night?

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