Killed in Action. The Development Academy or better known as the DA is closed. Many principles about the DA were fantastic, however, there have been rumors circulating for about a week the DA is closing. There have been talks for about 2-3 years about necessary changes to the DA, but now with the CoronaVirus (COVID-19) - no official announcement as of yet has been made, but if it's true - the DA failed. 

The Objective of the DA was to develop WORLD CLASS PLAYERS - which is the main message on their home page. Yet, the DA never delivered.  No player went through the DA from U13-U18 and became ELITE - to go on and play week in and week out in the Champions League. But again, it was flawed from the start. 

Listen to my IMMEDIATE segment on the circulating rumor the DA is closing. 

My biggest challenge I see now is that the ELITE level of boys soccer is finished, what will be the standard set. At least within the DA, it required clubs to have 4 practices a week. No other league had that requirement. Most clubs will probably return to only offering 2-3 a week. This means more money of yours will have to spent outside again..... Unless everyone within US Soccer comes together to make radical changes which I am setting out in my U.S. Soccer Mandate that will be released shortly.

http://www.ussoccerda.com/home.php