Paul Munson

✝️ | Husband | Father to Luke | Dallas Baptist University Alumni

[Paul Munson @d2andluke]

@Topbin90 @BAMaurerMedia Curious about your opinions on any former academy collegiate prospects that CLT has the rights to? Asking for a friend. 😆

[Furman Men's Soccer @FurmanSoccer]

Tonight’s starters vs. Davidson College

[Paul Munson @d2andluke]

Thank you to the players and coaches at @DukeMSOC who have reached out to Luke. Luke had surgery at 12:45am to repair a broken tibia and fibula but was up walking later this afternoon. #warriormentality

[Duke Men's Soccer @DukeMSOC]

Our thoughts are with Luke, his @FurmanSoccer teammates and family. 🙏 Wishing him all the best in his recovery ❤️‍🩹

[Furman Paladins @FurmanPaladins]

.@FurmanSoccer's Hernandez Ranked As Top Player Nationally In @TopDrawerSoccer Preseason Top 100; Three Paladins Recognized https://t.co/hbf8L8UEU8

[3rd Degree @3rdDegreeNet]

Ten #FCDallas prospects to watch in college soccer for Fall 2026
#DTID #SomosFCD
https://t.co/Iz8nY4V8je

[TopDrawerSoccer @TopDrawerSoccer]

Furman put forth a historically dominant season, reaching the College Cup final despite fielding mostly first-year students!

That is a scary proposition for the rest of the SoCon and the country as a whole 🤯

🔗: https://t.co/Ux65PBXizM

[TopDrawerSoccer @TopDrawerSoccer]

With the season a few days away, TDS releases its preseason men's college top 25, led by defending champions Washington!

Check out the rest of the top 25 here! ➡️ https://t.co/5AoWfaNdGQ

[NCAA Soccer @NCAASoccer]

The #NCAAMSoccer @UnitedCoaches Preseason Poll has officially dropped! ⚽️👏

[Paul Munson @d2andluke]

And when we lose in the round of 32 (like Germany did), will it still be because of cost?

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

In Germany, a talented 14-year-old earns his club money. In America, his parents pay the club $15,000 a year.

That single inversion explains why "we will not" is the most accurate line ever written about US soccer.

FIFA built a global system for this. Training compensation and solidarity payments send a cut of every transfer fee back to the clubs that developed the player, from age 12 onward. Develop one future pro and your academy gets paid for a decade. Barcelona's La Masia, Ajax, every Bundesliga academy runs on this logic. The kid is the asset.

US Soccer refuses to enforce those rules. When Seattle's Crossfire Premier claimed its $60,000 share of DeAndre Yedlin's transfer to Tottenham, it got nothing. Claims on the Dempsey and Bradley transfers died partly because the federation couldn't even produce the youth training records.

So American clubs earn zero dollars when a kid turns pro. They earn when a kid enrolls. Which makes the parent the customer, and the product is whatever keeps the parent writing checks: travel tournaments, hotel weekends, $500 showcase events, private training at $100 an hour. Elite pathways run $8,000 to $20,000 a year. A comparable academy spot in Italy costs about 120 euros.

Follow the incentive one level deeper and it gets darker. A club dependent on fees can't cut its weakest paying players, so rosters optimize for retention over development. The scouting pool shrinks to families who can afford the cliff, which appears around age 11, exactly when development matters most. The country runs a talent filter sorted by household income instead of ability.

Every four years someone proposes fixing this. The proposal always requires the people profiting from the $15,000 model to vote themselves out of business.

They will not.

[Paul Munson @d2andluke]

@MarkKelkenberg Watched him last week and was really impressed with the way he just dominated guys. Was all over the pitch winning the ball, disturbing possession, and physically bullying guys. Will be fun to follow in the fall.

[Hickory FC @HickoryFC]

Taking On The Forest. We Show Them Where The Trees Really Grow

Link To Watch:
https://t.co/MirWa0V1Qk

[Tom Hindle @Tom_Hindle_]

A record 44 active MLS players have been named to World Cup rosters.

103 WC players have been in MLS at some point in their career.

19 came through MLS Next Pro. A big win for the league.

[Furman Paladins @FurmanPaladins]

Purple Reign! Furman Wins SoCon Commissoner, Germann Cups https://t.co/zkKLzXbM0P

[Paul Munson @d2andluke]

@3rdDegreeNet What other player in any league is having as much fun as this guy?

[Furman Men's Soccer @FurmanSoccer]

Earned.

#FUAllTheTime

[Furman Paladins @FurmanPaladins]

.@FurmanPaladins Men Tied For Eighth In Latest Capital One Cup Standings

https://t.co/e1voYfppy6

[Paul Munson @d2andluke]

@Topbin90 @rylees_roster Would be curious what your team's thoughts are on former CLT Academy players now in college but CLT still have their rights. Now that the CLT academy has a few years under the belt, what do you see?

[Paul Munson @d2andluke]

@901SoccerPod Memphis has 16 transfers coming in.....that's another story......

[Paul Munson @d2andluke]

@cwhall75 However, I certainly question why a 17-18 year old couldn't play semi pro here in the states and then go to college like the majority of the international players have done. How many are signing MLSNP contracts and giving up their college eligibility while internationals don't?

[Paul Munson @d2andluke]

@cwhall75 Nothing about international players in college bother me, either. Heck, my 18 year old son played against 2 29 year olds last year and a 25 year old freshman at one point last season.

The crazy thing about the MSU situation is that they run ID camps.... 🤦‍♂️