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Are these Talent Centers just for boys trying to get into the academy or do they also have girls at the trainings?
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Am I missing something? I googled NYCFC Talent Center and found plenty of YouTube and Vimeo videos of their practices and the "cup" games they play at the end of the session.
I didn't go through all the videos but the few that I watched were painful to watch. If this is a "Talent Center", someone please show me where I can find talent.
My guess is in the videos I saw, we were looking at u14 kids. The kids I saw could barely make my town's A travel team... much less a solid premier club.
Before you go on the attack, I will admit that a couple of videos may not be indicative of the full program. Nevertheless, I had higher expectations for an MLS academy club. Even looking at the coaches in the videos, they appeared to be young and very disengaged. Not much coaching going on. I'm sure occasionally a real prospect signs up and moves to academy, but everything i saw in the videos screamed "revenue-generating supplemental clinic".
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostAm I missing something? I googled NYCFC Talent Center and found plenty of YouTube and Vimeo videos of their practices and the "cup" games they play at the end of the session.
I didn't go through all the videos but the few that I watched were painful to watch. If this is a "Talent Center", someone please show me where I can find talent.
My guess is in the videos I saw, we were looking at u14 kids. The kids I saw could barely make my town's A travel team... much less a solid premier club.
Before you go on the attack, I will admit that a couple of videos may not be indicative of the full program. Nevertheless, I had higher expectations for an MLS academy club. Even looking at the coaches in the videos, they appeared to be young and very disengaged. Not much coaching going on. I'm sure occasionally a real prospect signs up and moves to academy, but everything i saw in the videos screamed "revenue-generating supplemental clinic".
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostAm I missing something? I googled NYCFC Talent Center and found plenty of YouTube and Vimeo videos of their practices and the "cup" games they play at the end of the session.
I didn't go through all the videos but the few that I watched were painful to watch. If this is a "Talent Center", someone please show me where I can find talent.
My guess is in the videos I saw, we were looking at u14 kids. The kids I saw could barely make my town's A travel team... much less a solid premier club.
Before you go on the attack, I will admit that a couple of videos may not be indicative of the full program. Nevertheless, I had higher expectations for an MLS academy club. Even looking at the coaches in the videos, they appeared to be young and very disengaged. Not much coaching going on. I'm sure occasionally a real prospect signs up and moves to academy, but everything i saw in the videos screamed "revenue-generating supplemental clinic".
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Originally posted by Unregistered View Postyes there is no denying that occasionally a player will come thru these "talent centers" and be identified as an academy player, but it's not a pathway and scouting done is thru DA, affiliate teams, and even PDP-type programs.
point being that they will take and find the best players no matter where they are.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View Postyes there is no denying that occasionally a player will come thru these "talent centers" and be identified as an academy player, but it's not a pathway and scouting done is thru DA, affiliate teams, and even PDP-type programs.
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My point about the videos wasn't that I thought it was a pathway or a "scouting" program. I just was hoping for higher level players. It looks like they take anyone who will pay. I don't think it's that different from any of the supplemental programs run by DA an non DA clubs.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostMy point about the videos wasn't that I thought it was a pathway or a "scouting" program. I just was hoping for higher level players. It looks like they take anyone who will pay. I don't think it's that different from any of the supplemental programs run by DA an non DA clubs.
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NYCFC wins 18/19 DA championship from second year. Several Connecticut kids on team some playing key roles
https://www.soccerwire.com/news/club...-championship/
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