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Who is JD?

He is Mr Clubsoccer, ECNL guru and Stars DOC. If his kid is playing DAP , it just goes to show you how much of a sham club soccer really is.

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He is Mr Clubsoccer, ECNL guru and Stars DOC. If his kid is playing DAP , it just goes to show you how much of a sham club soccer really is.

Isn't ecnl for girls? What does that have to do with DAP?

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Isn't ecnl for girls? What does that have to do with DAP?

I think he means his son could have stayed on with the Stars NPL team for one more year until they set up the ECNPL league for boys to rival DAP. I think it shows how DAP is a top flight league for the most talented boys in the area and country.

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I think he means his son could have stayed on with the Stars NPL team for one more year until they set up the ECNPL league for boys to rival DAP. I think it shows how DAP is a top flight league for the most talented boys in the area and country.

DAP is the best for boys. It took a few years to take hold, but there is no comparison.

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But only 3 subs. So 14 each game.

Wrong, why do keep embarressing yourself? DAP newbie?

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I think he means his son could have stayed on with the Stars NPL team for one more year until they set up the ECNPL league for boys to rival DAP. I think it shows how DAP is a top flight league for the most talented boys in the area and country.

I think it playing in DAP will pay dividends only if you are a starter, contributor, on the National team track, and periodically play up in age group. Short of that, you really are an experiment for most MLS youth teams. You will be released after one or two seasons. It's just the way it goes. Dewhurst knows the landscape better than anyone out there. He knows it's the best pathway for his son.

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I think it playing in DAP will pay dividends only if you are a starter, contributor, on the National team track, and periodically play up in age group. Short of that, you really are an experiment for most MLS youth teams. You will be released after one or two seasons. It's just the way it goes. Dewhurst knows the landscape better than anyone out there. He knows it's the best pathway for his son.

And if you're not on an MLS you get to pay for that privlege as well

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Even more "in"fluential hellicopter parenting

I don't see any 03's playing up to U14, the pace is too quick. I know all the players there.

You are in for a big surprise this year.

Several '01s '02s playing up in several games. '03s will play up as is the mentality of the Revs. Mistake in my opinion for the pace as well as the age appropriate kids it knocks out of that game. Seems like a more politically influenced environment now that "outsider-alliances" are also influencing rosters and other factors. Even more "in"fluential hellicopter parenting to contend with.

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Even if this continues to be true, what is the alternative. Stay with a $2-3K/year club that plays favorites and yanks you around to play with lower level talent against lower skilled teams?

Not the op but it's about 1) choices (what are your alternatives?) 2) where do you fit in the scheme of things (don't do it if you're player #14-22) 3) and what are your long term goals are (top D1 or just some form of college play at any level ). Weigh all of that carefully and don't but into the hype. Make sure to keep your options available in case it doesn't work out (by player or club choice)

Overseas playing is the answer to this as well as the Finland question. Speaking locally, the Revs alliance with Sporting has to be broadened and taken advantage of. US player access to a more advanced European Futbol environment is the only hope for advancing US soccer, or the players beyond college only aspirations.

--Not saying college is not an aspiration, but cmon. US men can't even qualify for the olympics? big statement on our ridiculous soccer environment.

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But only 3 subs. So 14 each game.

18 are rostered. 5 subs are allowed. It is pretty standard for teams to use 4 subs and save the 5th in case of injury to the GK.

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I think the Revs are awful. Not just development, but everything. They take talent and turn it into mediocrity better than anyone could. But people coming from north of Boston are completely delusional. ...

Look at the player most recently signed. They had him since young. He threw away a scholarship. And he hasn't played and won't play because he was merely bait to get you and it worked. Shame on them. The only impact players they have from DAP were with them for a brief time and that is not a coincidence.

ZH's did not "throw away" his scholarship at Providence, it was deferred and paid for by the Revolution, you ignoramus.[/QUOTE][/QUOTE]

Yea, Revs training may not be up to snuff -even by US standards but they haven't brought ZH to mediocrity. (Maybe Fagundez, but that is not the academy coach's blame).

ZH
1. has played and even scored for Revs in MLS
2. wasn't tied to MLS academy/ Revs til he was late teens.
3. played and trained overseas,
4. even played for another country's national team
5. has significant ties and access to overseas training

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Overseas playing is the answer to this as well as the Finland question. Speaking locally, the Revs alliance with Sporting has to be broadened and taken advantage of. US player access to a more advanced European Futbol environment is the only hope for advancing US soccer, or the players beyond college only aspirations.

--Not saying college is not an aspiration, but cmon. US men can't even qualify for the olympics? big statement on our ridiculous soccer environment.

Except you should be focusing on college, unless you are completely crazy.

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Overseas playing is the answer to this as well as the Finland question. Speaking locally, the Revs alliance with Sporting has to be broadened and taken advantage of. US player access to a more advanced European Futbol environment is the only hope for advancing US soccer, or the players beyond college only aspirations.

--Not saying college is not an aspiration, but cmon. US men can't even qualify for the olympics? big statement on our ridiculous soccer environment.

An LA Galaxy player (16 years old) just signed with Abbey Villa. Christian Pulisic played extensively in Europe. JK, our national team coach, tells players to go to Europe. Most international players are taking college rosters spots here in the US. US teams doesn't qualify for the Olympics. NT did marginally better the last World Cup (didn't get knocked out right away.

Ten years of DA. Working great! Let's do it on the women's side!!!

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ZH's did not "throw away" his scholarship at Providence, it was deferred and paid for by the Revolution, you ignoramus.

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Yea, Revs training may not be up to snuff -even by US standards but they haven't brought ZH to mediocrity. (Maybe Fagundez, but that is not the academy coach's blame).

ZH
1. has played and even scored for Revs in MLS
2. wasn't tied to MLS academy/ Revs til he was late teens.
3. played and trained overseas,
4. even played for another country's national team
5. has significant ties and access to overseas training[/QUOTE]

And he's played less than ten minutes in two years; was on the U16 and U18 teams. From Revs website:

MLS CAREER: The Homegrown Player is in second season with the first team…Signed first professional contract in May 2015 and made one MLS appearance through June 2016, logging four minutes…Spent four years in the Revolution Academy beginning in the 2011-12 season…Named the inaugural Revolution Academy Player of the Year in 2014.

2016: Through the month of June, has appeared in one game and logged four minutes of action…Appeared in two U.S. Open Cup matches…Made first professional start against the Carolina RailHawks on June 15…Scored the game-winning goal, his first score as a professional, in extra time…Played 58 minutes as a substitute in the club’s U.S. Open Cup Round of 16 match against the New York Cosmos…(3/20) at PHI: Made MLS debut to become the third Revolution Academy and Homegrown Player signing to log minutes with the first team.

2015: Became New England’s third ever Homegrown Player when he signed his first professional contract on May 2…Did not appear in an MLS game…Made professional debut in a U.S. Open Cup Fourth Round match vs. Charlotte Independence when he replaced Daigo Kobayashi as a substitute in the 87th minute.

REVOLUTION ACADEMY: Played four seasons with the Revolution Academy and made 92 appearances with the U-16 and U-18 teams,

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Overseas playing is the answer to this as well as the Finland question. Speaking locally, the Revs alliance with Sporting has to be broadened and taken advantage of. US player access to a more advanced European Futbol environment is the only hope for advancing US soccer, or the players beyond college only aspirations.

--Not saying college is not an aspiration, but cmon. US men can't even qualify for the olympics? big statement on our ridiculous soccer environment.

I agree that overseas training is great and better than DAP.

However, it's not that simple. A lot of European countries require a passport from another European country in order to play or train. This limits the US pool to holders of dual passports. Even Mexico is limiting the number of Foreigners that can play in Liga MX