Player Development
While we demand that our players strive to be the best every time they take the field for training or a game, winning is NOT the primary objective for the Academy coaching staff. Our primary objective is centered around, and driven by, our goal of developing individual high-level players in a competitive, enjoyable environment. To achieve this objective, we must allow players to make mistakes even if we lose games in doing so. This is the only way the coaching staff can analyze those mistakes, help our players correct them, and ask them to try again the next time.
In short, if our players are not allowed to make mistakes then they are not allowed to develop. We believe that winning games will ultimately be a byproduct of our ability to develop well-rounded footballers. Therefore, winning every game is not our primary objective and will NOT be how we measure our success.