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I’m disappointed too all of it.
They should all just go back to their local leagues and play in the top division. Play in the most competitive tournaments around. And if players feel they need to play for an MLS academy, they should be encouraged to tryout. Or find a European league/club to affiliate with and totally ruin US Soccer's plan.I hope he has a plan in the works to leave the DA. I hope all the non MLS clubs do.
This is a FIFA rule, not a US rule so it is unlikely to change. Here is a good breakdown of the transfer rules for minors:We need to get rid of the rule that states you cant leave the Country until your 18.. unless you have an European passport. Let it be a free system. Let a player choose. Let a youngster choose Europe if he’s that good and got teams looking at him. Right now a players only option is MLS because Europe isn’t looking at our 14 yr olds. The only option is MLS and that’s only the case if it’s in the kids neighborhood. This would also force MLS academies to develop instead of just recruiting knowing they couldn’t just swap kids out every other season. MLS academies would now have to compete like the rest of the world for talent. Idk.. it’s all dumb. We can’t run soccer like the NFL, NBA, and MLB. It’s different. It’s a different pathway. F it.
I am not sure that is true anymore. If you look at the Colorado Rapids U18/19 schedule. They only play 4 non-MLS teams. Three of those involve flights to play the away game. Real Salt Lake plays the same four non-MLS teams and has to fly to all of them. It would be very little cost difference to swap out those 4 non-MLS teams with Sounders, Timbers, Galaxy, and LAFC (and in a couple of years Austin FC).But right now the country is still too big and there are not enough teams to keep travel costs down.
Fair points. St. Louis now announced as joining in 2022 too. And, more to come.I am not sure that is true anymore. If you look at the Colorado Rapids U18/19 schedule. They only play 4 non-MLS teams. Three of those involve flights to play the away game. Real Salt Lake plays the same four non-MLS teams and has to fly to all of them. It would be very little cost difference to swap out those 4 non-MLS teams with Sounders, Timbers, Galaxy, and LAFC (and in a couple of years Austin FC).
Also, Audi is giving up to $1,000,000 in 2019 to the MLS academies through the Audi Goals program. Currently that money is supposed to go towards making it easier for players to access the academies and academy education programs, but I am sure they could pitch it to Audi for travel costs for next year. That money split evenly among the MLS DA teams could probably come close to covering the U15 and U17 travel costs to have them travel with the U18/19s.
From the press release, are not these two consecutive sentences conflicting?
The Academy is guided by the principle of increased training sessions and fewer, but more meaningful games. The DA Cup adds a number of significant matches to every club's schedule at each stage of the competition, while
Are they removing regular season games from the calendar? If not, how many games throughout the season will DA teams be playing at u15 (14/15 year old kids) now?
If a true "Academy" system is what we want and building professional level soccer players is what we want - Then all acadamies should be residential with world class facilities. And they should be fully funded - Player fees, housing, uniforms, travel, etc.
If MLS teams are the only one's that can afford this type of set up - So be it. Sure, some kids in areas that don't have an MLS club nearby might get missed. Or they may have to move to an MLS city to be part of the academy. Not much different than the way the rest of the soccer world does things.
Can you give more examples, trying to make sense of it...thxMLS teams want more meaningful games yet lose all the time to non-MLS academies. How are those games not meaningful ? Or is it just embarrassing ?
In SoCal the non-MLS DAs can be more competitive... some.Can you give more examples, trying to make sense of it...thx