This I completely disagree with. One of the main advantages of the DAs, at least at the younger ages, is that they don't have standings or promotion / relegation. From personal experience with many "flight 1" Coast teams, the coaches are more worried about the standings than developing players. This leads to timit coaching. If you have a kid who can play center back, he plays only center back all season because the coach is worried someone else might make a mistake and let in an extra goal or two. This isn't good for that center back and it isn't good for the other kids who might benefit from playing there. Whereas, on the DA, the coach is free to play the kids at positions that benefit the kids, not the scoreline. He can take risks and not have to worry about being relegated.
Winning games at u12, 13 and 14 near the bottom of the list of importance. What's important is developing players and players develop when they are free to try things and fail - until they succeed.
If you look at the DA standings, it's true that some teams are winning more than others. Some of this comes down to recruiting, but some also has to do with the kind of soccer the teams are playing. I'd rather my kid be on a team that plays good, positive soccer and loses a lot than be on a team that wins all the time by playing... less good soccer. And I assure you, this is exactly what's happening at the younger DA levels.