James Hurst theorizes on when the players started to separate from DA

Jesse Custer said
Back when I coached U16 soccer, I had parents and coaches of opposing teams mad at me because my team never won by fewer than 10 goals. I had a ringer team made up mostly of JV guys, a few who were state All-Stars, and my brother who played right mid for me was in the Olympic Development Program for the USMNT. I told them I didn't care about how they felt because point differential determined state playoff seeding. I told them if they didn't want my team to win by double digits, then stop us on the pitch. It's probably why I like(d) Payton so much as a coach.

I was on the receiving end of some beatdowns in soccer and football growing up. It didn't make me whine or complain; it made me determined to play better/harder and not let it happen again.

I managed my son's D1 travel team, and had a similar experience....most of the kids on that team were offered college scholarships of some form or fashion (only a few of them actually took them, most, my son included didn't want to play soccer in college, I get it, they wanted a social life).....

We scored at will, often and at that level never once received a complaint from opposing teams/coaches because it was well known that goals/points mattered.....

This notion that it's "classy" not to score comes from folks that either have never been close to high level competitive sports or have some warped morality that it's somehow a sin.....it's a losing mentality, and DA is a prime example of that.....I loved that about CSP as well....