Just a few questions. I, like Coach Pelton, am not familiar with the Academy system. I coached in the Aiken Soccer Club for a number of years before moving back to Charleston and I saw an Aiken Fire Team in the early 2000's that had some of the best youth players I have ever seen. Some went on to play at some big Division 1 schools (Furman, Kentucky). This was before the Academy concept but was the beginning of the Super Y days
Is it the goal of the academy programs to develop professional soccer players? If not, what is the goal? If they don't make it to that level, was the program a failure? How many players from the state of SC in the past 10-15 years have made it to a professional level? (I see Zach Prince from Irmo playing in a part time role for the Battery.)
