My kid played DA for 3.5 years during HS. He played HS senior year. DA practiced 4 days a week and played 26-30 games a year from Sept-June. This included showcase and playoff games. After playoffs we held tryouts and early August was preseason training. We generally had a two week break for vacations. Christmas was always Disney tourney. And when the Belgian company Double Pass did their assessment each year, then the coach became really engaged. There were limited subs and 45 min. halves. And the attacking players in DA were better than the attackers on college teams from my limited college watching perspective. We paid for travel but not club fees except a small amount comparatively in last two years. The refs were typically better than the local competitive level. The refs at USL summer games seem to suck and it affects the quality of play.
DA had video of the games and one season the coach marked up the videos, but I was the only one who watched the marked up videos on my lunch hour at work. Suggested many times to have video sessions and futsal trainings, but it was always pawed off as a good idea and it never happened. A couple of the boys would do pick up futsal with adults after training and would get more in that hour and a half than they would in the training. Just like pick up bball, you had to win to stay on the court. No better motivation.