The Revolution Academy needs to make some changes.

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Revs U16's beat Atlanta United 3-2 this morning in the GA Cup. That's with all players back with the team and not playing up on U18 team. They beat one of the best teams in the country.

Most of the Atlanta players were from their U14's.

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Most of the Atlanta players were from their U14's.

hahaha!, good one. Take a look at Atlanta United's starting 11 from their Twitter. Nice try Rev hater. Classic!

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Most of the Atlanta players were from their U14's.

Final score, Fact check: 1, above post:0

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Most of the Atlanta players were from their U14's.

Wrong!

https://twitter.com/AcademyATLUTD/st...561153/photo/1

The kid at the far right, 17 year old Brighton burned the Revs for two.

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Most of the Atlanta players were from their U14's.

You must get your news from CNN.

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Revs U16's beat Atlanta United 3-2 this morning in the GA Cup. That's with all players back with the team and not playing up on U18 team. They beat one of the best teams in the country.

Where are scores posted?

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Wrong!

https://twitter.com/AcademyATLUTD/st...561153/photo/1

The kid at the far right, 17 year old Brighton burned the Revs for two.

Wow, talk about early developers! That kid looks like he could be a GPS coach. He's already scored 14 goals so far for his team. Maybe he should be playing up....

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That is precisely why the Revs don't care about final league results. If the U16 players all played in their age group, the 2000-2001 would be without a doubt one of the top teams in the country. The playing up is the key to development in soccer. All other nations have been doing the same for certain players, for years. Pay to play Academy clubs don't even consider this notion because they're focused on results for their paying customer bases. Klinsmann had been echoing the same for years.

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Where are scores posted?

Generation Adidas Cup.

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Generation Adidas Cup.

No working link. Perfectly representative of MLS and US soccer.

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That is precisely why the Revs don't care about final league results. If the U16 players all played in their age group, the 2000-2001 would be without a doubt one of the top teams in the country. The playing up is the key to development in soccer. All other nations have been doing the same for certain players, for years. Pay to play Academy clubs don't even consider this notion because they're focused on results for their paying customer bases. Klinsmann had been echoing the same for years.

Yup. This is also why the Revs continually turn out (out of a mammoth demographic base) ZERO high level players.

Ignorant and obnoxious is no way to go thru life.

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Yup. This is also why the Revs continually turn out (out of a mammoth demographic base) ZERO high level players.

Ignorant and obnoxious is no way to go thru life.

New England led MLS last year with 20.6 percent of its minutes going to Homegrowns. (The Revs’ figure was bumped up significantly by London Woodberry’s 25 starts; he was originally an FC Dallas Homegrown.)
Real Salt Lake was next at just under 15 percent. Almost 14 percent of FC Dallas’ minutes went to Homegrowns after leading the league in that category in 2015. But they were the scale skewers.
Half the MLS teams (10 of 20) devoted less than 5 percent of their minutes to Homegrowns.

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New England led MLS last year with 20.6 percent of its minutes going to Homegrowns. (The Revs’ figure was bumped up significantly by London Woodberry’s 25 starts; he was originally an FC Dallas Homegrown.)
Real Salt Lake was next at just under 15 percent. Almost 14 percent of FC Dallas’ minutes went to Homegrowns after leading the league in that category in 2015. But they were the scale skewers.
Half the MLS teams (10 of 20) devoted less than 5 percent of their minutes to Homegrowns.

Did you keep a straight face when making that post?

The post you replied to said 'high level players'. The only player that could truly be considered 'developed' by the Revs currently on their (or any roster) is ZH. I appreciate that he is probably a good young man and hard worker but that's about where it ends soccer wise. That really tells the whole Revs 'development' story. They just don't train enough or correctly. And that goes for all academy teams. Pulisic may be the exception (he is the real deal) but I would bet his technical training came from his parents, who both played, rather than his academy team. His dad knew the best thing to do was to get him away from MLS if he really wanted to be the best possible player.

It's a shame but it's true. And now with Arena in charge it will only get worse. Technical skills need to be pummeled into a kid at a young age and there is very little even done at academy practices.

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Did you keep a straight face when making that post?

The post you replied to said 'high level players'. The only player that could truly be considered 'developed' by the Revs currently on their (or any roster) is ZH. I appreciate that he is probably a good young man and hard worker but that's about where it ends soccer wise. That really tells the whole Revs 'development' story. They just don't train enough or correctly. And that goes for all academy teams. Pulisic may be the exception (he is the real deal) but I would bet his technical training came from his parents, who both played, rather than his academy team. His dad knew the best thing to do was to get him away from MLS if he really wanted to be the best possible player.

It's a shame but it's true. And now with Arena in charge it will only get worse. Technical skills need to be pummeled into a kid at a young age and there is very little even done at academy practices.

Out of curiosity who do you credit for developing Fagundez? Leominster Youth Soccer? Bolts? His Uruguayan uncles?

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Out of curiosity who do you credit for developing Fagundez? Leominster Youth Soccer? Bolts? His Uruguayan uncles?

his dad who was a professional GK in Uruguay. also, DF played played and played. He never stopped playing - multiple teams, on his own etc. He had the dream and the confidence very early on- also in part due to his dad's influence. By the time the revs took him in, his playing style both tactically and technically was all set. the only thing the revs changed was for him to track back and defend more when they lose the ball.