The Revolution Academy needs to make some changes.

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Still waiting.

Different poster but I will take a stab at it.
If they have had the academy for 11 years and have signed 4 home grown players with an average of 11 players graduating/ year it would be 3.31%.
It would be impossible to calculate how many have actually put on the shirt since many leave or get cut.

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Going pro with the Revs is a minimum wage dead-end.

As an 18 year old kid or recent college grad I would jump at the chance. Working 9-5 like the rest of us stiffs can wait. I would do it for gas money!

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As an 18 year old kid or recent college grad I would jump at the chance. Working 9-5 like the rest of us stiffs can wait. I would do it for gas money!

go for it then. to each their own.

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Things aren't going as well as they should be. We're not winning very winnable games. It's time to shake things up and it's imperative that we practice more. There are talented players who aren't being given a chance. Try being more creative. There's so much hidden potential that you're not tapping into.

Are those “talented players” getting a chance at a third tier Portogese academy?

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Are those “talented players” getting a chance at a third tier Portogese academy?

https://www.prosoccerusa.com/mls/new...n-sporting-cp/

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Different poster but I will take a stab at it.
If they have had the academy for 11 years and have signed 4 home grown players with an average of 11 players graduating/ year it would be 3.31%.
It would be impossible to calculate how many have actually put on the shirt since many leave or get cut.

Since the Revs cut half their players at each age every year I feel it's safe to say they send a fraction of a percent of their players to the pros.

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If they have had the academy for 11 years and have signed 4 home grown players with an average of 11 players graduating/ year it would be 3.31%.
It would be impossible to calculate how many have actually put on the shirt since many leave or get cut.

1. There are 16 players on the Revs U18/19 per year
2. In any one year, no more than 8 seniors .
3. It does not matter if the senior committed while in kindergarten, if they are on the Revs and are seniors, their last academy is the one they are listed as!
4. The rate of homegrowns on Revs is abysmal, but that's a direct result from the Dr/Lawyer/CEO pool they rely on for their players. The future for those players is in white collar careers. Perhaps a short dabble in pro sports if they've acquired enough talent over the years. More than half are kids from wealthy suburban elites and wont' spend their lives wrecking themselves for a pittance.
5. We all now work for prep school elites who grew up with different morals than public or even private school attendees. Winning is all that matters. so much winning. So who cares if the suburban elite goes to college or runs on a field at Gillette. Same bosses all of them.

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1. There are 16 players on the Revs U18/19 per year
2. In any one year, no more than 8 seniors .
3. It does not matter if the senior committed while in kindergarten, if they are on the Revs and are seniors, their last academy is the one they are listed as!
4. The rate of homegrowns on Revs is abysmal, but that's a direct result from the Dr/Lawyer/CEO pool they rely on for their players. The future for those players is in white collar careers. Perhaps a short dabble in pro sports if they've acquired enough talent over the years. More than half are kids from wealthy suburban elites and wont' spend their lives wrecking themselves for a pittance.
5. We all now work for prep school elites who grew up with different morals than public or even private school attendees. Winning is all that matters. so much winning. So who cares if the suburban elite goes to college or runs on a field at Gillette. Same bosses all of them.

I was being conservative using 11 players. Using an average of 8 players would make the percentage higher. Yes, the Revs could be so much better if the Krafts gave 2 craps but if a kids goal is to play at the highest level he can and the parents cannot afford private school it the best option unfortunately.
You are truly crazy if you think all industries are run by prep school elites!

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I was being conservative using 11 players. Using an average of 8 players would make the percentage higher. Yes, the Revs could be so much better if the Krafts gave 2 craps but if a kids goal is to play at the highest level he can and the parents cannot afford private school it the best option unfortunately.

Mass Boston suburban public schools are competitive to any private school. So there's an even wider choice for suburban elites to play the highest level and gain top level education. Hence the Wellesley, Weston, Brookline, Lexington and even Cambridge contingency. [and the lack of World cup qualification]

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Let’s face it the Revs are terrible at developing players. If you give a polished gem they’ll still find ways to screw up. If they can’t develop one player per each age groups that is indicative of how poorly they been running their academy. Sad but it is true.

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Mass Boston suburban public schools are competitive to any private school. So there's an even wider choice for suburban elites to play the highest level and gain top level education. Hence the Wellesley, Weston, Brookline, Lexington and even Cambridge contingency. [and the lack of World cup qualification]

I would much rather my kid be at a top public high school than with a bunch of molesting cry- baby private school alcoholics.

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Mass Boston suburban public schools are competitive to any private school. So there's an even wider choice for suburban elites to play the highest level and gain top level education. Hence the Wellesley, Weston, Brookline, Lexington and even Cambridge contingency. [and the lack of World cup qualification]

You are kidding yourself if you believe those schools are competitive with top private schools. Posters on this thread seem obsessed with college commitments so try comparing matriculation rates of those public schools to Roxbury Latin for example.

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Of course publics don't compare overall to top private and prep schools. But overall MA does very well with public education and a few MA schools are ranked tops in the nation. A typical public school kid from most MA high schools will be better prepared for college than kids from many other states.

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You are kidding yourself if you believe those schools are competitive with top private schools. Posters on this thread seem obsessed with college commitments so try comparing matriculation rates of those public schools to Roxbury Latin for example.

My son’s good friend went to a strong ISL school. He’s at UMass now. My son went to a public school. He’s at Dartmouth now. That ISL education sure seems like a waste of $250k to me.

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Of course publics don't compare overall to top private and prep schools. But overall MA does very well with public education and a few MA schools are ranked tops in the nation. A typical public school kid from most MA high schools will be better prepared for college than kids from many other states.

This is so true. I don't think most people in MA realize how much further ahead their public school kids are than those of the rest of the nation. I came from the mid-west out to the East Coast to go to a top LA college, so was surrounded by many students from Massachusetts, both public and private school kids. While there was no noticeable difference between those two groups of students, I felt a couple of years behind them in almost all of my courses.
There are many reasons people choose private over public schools, but if you have a smart, hard working kid, the outcome of either route won't be that much different. If your kid is not either of those, perhaps the private school may make a difference. After all, many parents are paying big bucks for these private schools to not let their kids fall through the cracks.