@Tesho13 If you want to take it a step further, this is normal money for a young European player as well, but the NCAA allows them to still remain eligible while they look at the same deal for an American player as making them ineligible putting more risk on the American.
@Tesho13 I think the more normal choice for the 17 year old is a Next Pro deal at $15-$40k. The choice for the exceptional 17 year old is the MLS deal or even Next Pro deal with MLS option (club option).
Staggering stats. 97% of former cat 1 academy players now aged 21 to 26 never made an EPL appearance.
70% weren't handed a pro contract at an EPL or EFL club. And only 1 in 10 went on to make more than 20 league appearances in the top four tiers of English football.
Nice self-talk from LA Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald...
Athletes can learn to take charge of their mindset through self-talk...self-talk that mediates:
-attention (focus on task)
-intensity (alert, energised, and ready)
-intent (positive execution of actions)
Tiny 🧵👇🏻
without standards, without periodization, without stricter substitution rules, without a proper game to training ratio, and without qualified coaches, our girls will not be as good at soccer as they could be https://t.co/rouuCdbGXt