The Revolution Academy needs to make some changes.

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Here's more evidence of why change is needed

http://www.socceramerica.com/article...?edition=16836

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here's more evidence of why change is needed

http://www.socceramerica.com/article...?edition=16836

exactly!!!

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Here's more evidence of why change is needed

http://www.socceramerica.com/article...?edition=16836

Well, at least you can say the Revs home growns are efficient, only three of them yet #4 on the list for the most games played! The whole list is pretty sad though, especially all the players listed as "no club", and those are the players actually given homegrown contracts (think of all the other DA players not given HG contracts!). It'll be interesting to see if Philly can climb up this ladder once kids start graduating from their residential academy, because they are looking really dismal.

I think it really boils down to 10 years of kids entering the academy program when they were way too old. The DA is finally doing a little better with the addition of the U12s, and we may see a little improvement in the number of homegrowns in another 6 years, but the better technical training needs to start even earlier than that. I think a lot of clubs are getting that now, with their U-little academy and tots programs, so maybe we'll see some real progress in another 10-12 years as these kids make it through high school. Too bad we can't move that quality of U-little training to the rec programs, as well, because it will still remain that the best trained kids will be from families who can afford club tuition from U6 until they hit academy (that's a lot of money!).

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Well, at least you can say the Revs home growns are efficient, only three of them yet #4 on the list for the most games played! The whole list is pretty sad though, especially all the players listed as "no club", and those are the players actually given homegrown contracts (think of all the other DA players not given HG contracts!). It'll be interesting to see if Philly can climb up this ladder once kids start graduating from their residential academy, because they are looking really dismal.

I think it really boils down to 10 years of kids entering the academy program when they were way too old. The DA is finally doing a little better with the addition of the U12s, and we may see a little improvement in the number of homegrowns in another 6 years, but the better technical training needs to start even earlier than that. I think a lot of clubs are getting that now, with their U-little academy and tots programs, so maybe we'll see some real progress in another 10-12 years as these kids make it through high school. Too bad we can't move that quality of U-little training to the rec programs, as well, because it will still remain that the best trained kids will be from families who can afford club tuition from U6 until they hit academy (that's a lot of money!).

Not so much efficient but that Scott Caldwell played almost every minute the last few seasons. The rest...not so much.

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I think it really boils down to 10 years of kids entering the academy program when they were way too old. The DA is finally doing a little better with the addition of the U12s, and we may see a little improvement in the number of homegrowns in another 6 years, but the better technical training needs to start even earlier than that. I think a lot of clubs are getting that now, with their U-little academy and tots programs, so maybe we'll see some real progress in another 10-12 years as these kids make it through high school. Too bad we can't move that quality of U-little training to the rec programs, as well, because it will still remain that the best trained kids will be from families who can afford club tuition from U6 until they hit academy (that's a lot of money!).

Our town rec program had a nearby club come in for about two years to give training sessions to certain age groups once every other week when my kids were U-littles. We play in a league with about 6 other towns, which had similar partnerships with various clubs. Unfortunately, for some reason, probably due to costs, our town has not been doing these club trained sessions for the past three years, while the other towns have continued. Where most of our teams had previously been at the top of their brackets, they are now at the bottom, with players from the surrounding towns clearly superior in technical skills, speed of play, and basic movement on and off the ball.

It's pretty incredible the difference just one quality training session a week can make at the rec level. You can imagine how much stronger these club players can get with 2-3 of these training sessions a week, plus better competition for weekend games, especially those that start club at U-6 and under. And you're right, as clubs start providing programming and actual league teams for younger and younger kids, while these players will end up much stronger at U18 than the players today, I have a feeling pay to play will become even more pronounced in the future. Gone will be the days when you can hold your kid off of club until U10-U12 in order to save money and make sure the kid is committed to the sport, as they will be too far behind, and even more players will be cut out of the system due to the price tag.

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Not so much efficient but that Scott Caldwell played almost every minute the last few seasons. The rest...not so much.

Umm, that's what I mean by efficient. It only took the amount of MLS games played by two Revs players (Scotty and Diego) to beat out the accumulated games played by the homegrowns on 14 other teams, most with way more HG players.

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Umm, that's what I mean by efficient. It only took the amount of MLS games played by two Revs players (Scotty and Diego) to beat out the accumulated games played by the homegrowns on 14 other teams, most with way more HG players.

That's because the Krafts have been too cheap to bring in any good DPs. Additionally too cheap to invest in Academy

The result is that their few homegrown players play the majority of the games.

By the way Caldwell spent one year in Revs Academy. He spent more time at SOuth Shore, IMG and Akron than with Revs DAP. He's hardly homegrown

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That's because the Krafts have been too cheap to bring in any good DPs. Additionally too cheap to invest in Academy

The result is that their few homegrown players play the majority of the games.

By the way Caldwell spent one year in Revs Academy. He spent more time at SOuth Shore, IMG and Akron than with Revs DAP. He's hardly homegrown

Dunno about others but you get to go to IMG because you're on the Revs.

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Dunno about others but you get to go to IMG because you're on the Revs.

That's horrific bs. You should wipe your keyboard off with a sani- napkin

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Dunno about others but you get to go to IMG because you're on the Revs.

Except he was at IMG before the Revs ... kinda shoots that theory.

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It's Peter Zecca not Zacca. And his father is a minority owner of Serie A club Roma. Part of the Weston beautiful crowd. Palotta's right hand man. Will not play one minute of D1 soccer.

Agreed. Not a top program by any stretch of the imagination and still he won't play.

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He was an All-American HS player this past fall.

In RI right? That's impressive. Lol

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Except he was at IMG before the Revs ... kinda shoots that theory.

IMG soccer program was the "thing" prior to MLS Academies taking over. Lost its luster.

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IMG soccer program was the "thing" prior to MLS Academies taking over. Lost its luster.

Younger teams at IMG are not very good at all. Older teams are a bit different.

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No Bolts players?

No, Bolts players and parents are being forced to open their wallets through Ainscough's Go Play Tours travel group. They're in Munich and Salzburg this week. What an absolute scam.