The Revolution Academy needs to make some changes.

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This is one of the dumber things I've seen on this thread....and I've been on here for a while.

1. Fully funded

2. World class training center complex

3. Only DA organization in New England with true pathway to pro soccer

4. Only local DA club with a USL 1 team

5. 2020’s headed to top schools

6. 2021’s already committed to top schools

7. Teams compete in top USSDA division, not the lower division

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1. Fully funded

2. World class training center complex

3. Only DA organization in New England with true pathway to pro soccer

4. Only local DA club with a USL 1 team

5. 2020’s headed to top schools

6. 2021’s already committed to top schools

7. Teams compete in top USSDA division, not the lower division

Not 1 starter at any pro level. Including their own team.

I'm guessing no starters at D1 schools either.


...and how many players have come through the program at this point?

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1. Fully funded

2. World class training center complex

3. Only DA organization in New England with true pathway to pro soccer

4. Only local DA club with a USL 1 team

5. 2020’s headed to top schools

6. 2021’s already committed to top schools

7. Teams compete in top USSDA division, not the lower division

Who is actually going to develop these players for all this greatness? Pro Project? We all know NEFC and Bolts to all the heavy lifting.

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1. Fully funded

2. World class training center complex

3. Only DA organization in New England with true pathway to pro soccer

4. Only local DA club with a USL 1 team

5. 2020’s headed to top schools

6. 2021’s already committed to top schools

7. Teams compete in top USSDA division, not the lower division

Seriously. Are you an Intern? Brand New? U13 Parent?

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1. Fully funded

2. World class training center complex

3. Only DA organization in New England with true pathway to pro soccer

4. Only local DA club with a USL 1 team

5. 2020’s headed to top schools

6. 2021’s already committed to top schools

7. Teams compete in top USSDA division, not the lower division

The reality is the Revs don't want to develop players. Why should they pay to develop players when they don't have to (fully funded right?). They want to pluck the best ones from the pay to play clubs when they are ready and when it suits them and shake out the ones they don't like whenever they want. Remember only 1 or 2 make it to the first team - that is their only goal. Half the 04s were dropped, they picked up a bunch of Bolts players, the 05s are currently playing with a bunch 06s and most of the u19s should be at top D1 schools right now....and so it goes every season.

Hopefully the USL and it's rapid expansion in both League 1 & 2 will push us soccer into solidarity payments for clubs like the Bolts - I'm sure the Revs have been blocking that idea since conception of the MLS.

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The reality is the Revs don't want to develop players. Why should they pay to develop players when they don't have to (fully funded right?). They want to pluck the best ones from the pay to play clubs when they are ready

Works pretty good for the Patriots, Celtics, Red Sox, and Bruins.

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Works pretty good for the Patriots, Celtics, Red Sox, and Bruins.

Since this is soccer, let's use soccer as an example. Dortmund developed Pulisic, which probably cost them a couple of million and then proceeded to sell him to Chelsea for what, 70+ million?

How many professional clubs develop players only to sell them to other clubs who have the money and want the talent? No different than the Revs... let other clubs develop players and then they get to pick through if their own home-grown talent doesn't quite meet the standard.

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Since this is soccer, let's use soccer as an example. Dortmund developed Pulisic, which probably cost them a couple of million and then proceeded to sell him to Chelsea for what, 70+ million?

How many professional clubs develop players only to sell them to other clubs who have the money and want the talent? No different than the Revs... let other clubs develop players and then they get to pick through if their own home-grown talent doesn't quite meet the standard.

Dortmund developed Pulisic? They signed him at 17. By that logic the Revs are doing everything right.

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Dortmund developed Pulisic? They signed him at 17. By that logic the Revs are doing everything right.

Actually, they signed him at 16 to their U17 team. Took less than a year for him to make Dortmund’s first team. Yes, at 16 he was a player with alot of potential and he realized that potential by training and playing with Dortmund from 16-20yo. He wouldn’t be where he is now without that four years developing in the Bundesliga.

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Actually, they signed him at 16 to their U17 team. Took less than a year for him to make Dortmund’s first team. Yes, at 16 he was a player with alot of potential and he realized that potential by training and playing with Dortmund from 16-20yo. He wouldn’t be where he is now without that four years developing in the Bundesliga.

So again, you agree. The Revolution are doing the right thing by copying Borussia dortmund's example. Thank you.

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Actually, they signed him at 16 to their U17 team. Took less than a year for him to make Dortmund’s first team. Yes, at 16 he was a player with alot of potential and he realized that potential by training and playing with Dortmund from 16-20yo. He wouldn’t be where he is now without that four years developing in the Bundesliga.

He’s currently riding the bench at Chelsea.

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So again, you agree. The Revolution are doing the right thing by copying Borussia dortmund's example. Thank you.

Dortmond didn't sign a kid that has never touched a soccer ball before. He was DEVELOPED at a pay to play club in the United States - which should have been Paid for their investment.

The Revs don't have now, have never had, and based on their current system will never have a player they can claim to have developed at the level of Pulisic. Every single "pro" they have was not developed by the Revs.

And - just like their MLS club - if their pathway to pro USL club sucks no one will want to play there. It can wither at the bottom of the table for years just like the Revs.

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Dortmond didn't sign a kid that has never touched a soccer ball before. He was DEVELOPED at a pay to play club in the United States - which should have been Paid for their investment.

While I wholeheartedly agree the paradigm needs to be changed in the US, the way things are, his pay-to-play club didn't actually "invest" anything. They were already paid to develop him. Maybe his parents should have gotten training compensation payments.

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So again, you agree. The Revolution are doing the right thing by copying Borussia dortmund's example. Thank you.

Also - Dortmond actually continued Pulisic's development. Something the Revs haven't figured out. So they are not copying Dortmund. To copy Dortmund the owners would have to actually invest in things like coaches.

Maybe they are waiting for the new barbershop to open up - so their teams can actually practice like all the other DA clubs in NE. Maybe the Revs will no longer be the red headed step child who's only job is to put maybe a small amount of fans in a stadium when their favorite child isn't using it to maximize their investment. Maybe? We will see.

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While I wholeheartedly agree the paradigm needs to be changed in the US, the way things are, his pay-to-play club didn't actually "invest" anything. They were already paid to develop him. Maybe his parents should have gotten training compensation payments.

Most DA teams don't charge - at all age groups. It's a loss leader for a club. The other players subsidize it. So if we want the pay to play to be more accessible for all kids the clubs should get paid for their investment.

Clearly you don't understand the structure.