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@starsnstripesfc @NERevolution Cavan assist Illoski goal

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@11Yanks Would have said Jurgen but now really the candidate I want is Pep as unrealistic as that may be…I’m sure there are other good options but you just know he would be so obsessed with doing the impossible he just might do it

[Balogun @balogun]

My debut World Cup… it hurts to wait 4 years to compete at the highest level our sport has to offer. I want to say sorry to our fans it was not good enough when it mattered most and we let you down

Soccer in America will only become bigger the belief, the talent, and the passion is continually growing and I know the best days are in front of us, the future belongs to those who never stop believing, this moment will fuel us. We will be back

Why not us?

For the nation. For the flag.
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@PRLSG2019 @danielworkman That’s the issue…clubs that develop kids from age 6-12 should be a getting a % of a transfer fees. Imaging getting 5% from a kid that goes for $10 million, 500k would cover the costs of a club for a longggg time

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@PRLSG2019 @danielworkman I promise you they aren’t unless they are MLS academies

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@PRLSG2019 @danielworkman Pretty sure USSF does not allow for solidarity payments to most youth clubs

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The bane of Colombia will be their inability to finish…Switzerland will certainly give Argentina a run for their money

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@Kyle_Molock22 @Ais2BasBis2C Top Youth players are identified and signed to professional academies, the grass root club that developed the player will get a payment of part of the transfer fee if that player is eventually sold on. That is how the grass root clubs are able to keep costs low if not free

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@qlhau @Kyle_Molock22 In soccer it absolutely can be especially when age to entry at the pro level is now at 15 for boys and 14 for girls considering recent events

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@qlhau @Kyle_Molock22 The problem is there shouldn’t be customers at 6/7/8 years old and there aren’t free alternatives. If Local clubs could sell players or earn money off future sales of players they have developed, there would be no or very few customers

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@THEChrisKessell

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@RPTXMBA @AlexiLalas There are too many options that have saturated the market. It needs and overhaul

What do you mean by let funds flow? If you mean your local grass root club gets payments after passing them to their local MLS club when players are sold then we’re on the same page.

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@USMNTZ Youth clubs here also don’t or at the very least struggle to get any form of payment for development…imagine having the next Cavan Sullivan until he’s 12 then he goes to the Union. They sell him for $10 million and you don’t see a penny as the grass root club…that’s the issue

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@Kyle_Molock22 Soccer is a school sport for those not at the academy level. One of the best players in the world debuted at 15 years old. It is so vastly different from other sports. Other countries are paying for kids to play for them, the player is the asset. Here the player is the customer

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@FavianRenkel MLS needs to provide a product worth investing in for fans…with almost no stakes in the regular season it’s a slow burn to the playoffs

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My question when it comes to people promoting MLS is why am I watching it?

They aren’t actively touting our best youth players as the product

There are no stakes regarding the regular season and other American sports leagues besides the NFL have a similar problem which is why there is typically no attendance

Roster construction rules make the product less than it should be

I want to support MLS and my locals, but without compelling storylines and true stakes it’s very tough especially when my local team (Philly Union) is absolutely horrific

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@EinSchwarzwelt 🫡

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Pay to play. Travel over training. An incentive to coddle not coach.

Youth soccer is broken in America, the USMNT keeps proving it true.

Column for @espn

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@AlexiLalas USSF and the US Gov maybe 🤷