The MLS gives no cares about that. Perform or leave.
The MLS superdraft is sort of a hogwash thing nowadays. It drives kids with pro-aspirations to college vs another route. I mean, look at the Dallas Cowboys kicker. Something like the #2 overall pick in the MLS superdraft and couldn't make the team, so he started kicking in the USFL and now is bombing 60 yarders for the Cowboys like they're chip shots. Most of these guys are getting relegated to the "2" sides for MLS Next Pro or loaned out to USL sides. The majority of players in MLS now are home grown young signings and int'l guys who are signed at 16, developed, and sold off for gobs of $$$ to go back in Garber's bank account.
Sweet! I hope they're both 28-years-old and named Van der Beers and Von Erich!
I watched the 2nd half of the NC game vs ND last night on an ESPN replay. Clemson was up 1-0 at half presumably. ND dominated the play in the 2nd half and pressed hard and had a ton of good chances. I pay attention to the GKs when I watch these games and there is a noticeable shift in the NCAA moving away from the big lumbering shot stoppers in the back to smaller, more agile, really good with the ball at their feet types. See Alex Lopez. Clemson's GK looked tiny so we looked him up. He's listed at 6', 160 lbs to which my wife and I both "joked" that he's a true 5'10 and about 145-150. He had a remarkably similar build and profile as my son. In the time I was watching the game, he touched the ball 2-3 times, all on passbacks. He didn't record a single save while I was watching. ND hit a cross bar, a post, and on a 1 v 1 chance, forward hit it outside the near post into the side netting.
Ah, OK. So basically, start in the back, left to right when looking from behind the GK. The wonkiness gets when you play a non-traditional formation.
I know. I love the traditional starters wear the number corresponding to their primary position. And youth teams should really hold to that convention...hate seeing CBs and MFs wearing #1 when it is a GK number and indicative of the starter.
He was part of their youth academy before he came to TU. He costs them only what they're paying him and nothing towards their cap since he's probably still considered a homegrown player. It's also why they don't have to wait around for the Super Draft. TU has had a couple of "pro" players come to them. There is a kid that FC Tulsa signed, Miereles(?) who should be a + for the lineup at TU next season. These are good relationships, especially if the pro teams understand Tom's coaching and style and can see positive results in their academy players, encouraging them to go to college, get experience and develop more physically, with a promise to bring them back to the pro club rosters (1st or 2nd team or MLS Next Pro). I wonder what the restrictions are on NIL for those guys. Like, could FC Dallas pay their homegrown kids to do a few TV commercials and promote youth nights, etc. or even appear as spokespeople to get people to come to their various youth clubs? Seems like that would be 100% legit use of NIL...heck they could even offer to pay the athlete's remaining tuition, room and board and that wouldn't take away scholarship $. Just a thought
I think he was 2nd round last year. I know in hockey if you get drafted you can return to college as long as you don't sign your contract. Team that drafted you retains your rights. Not sure if MLS follows that same convention.
Can you give a brief explanation on the structure of MLS and MLS Next? Specifically territories, 14-15 year olds signing MLS N contracts, etc.? The girls side is so much simpler.
Thanks. The brother of one of my daughter’s teammates plays for Austin FC MLS Next Academy. Austin had to pay FC Dallas a fee before they were allowed to sign him due to the boy living in Dallas prior to the signing. He’s 16.
I don't know anything about territoriality for the MLS Next stuff. My guess is the kid may have been part of the FC Dallas program at one point and Austin basically had to buy him to release him and to also be able to claim him as homegrown if he should make the MLS roster at some point. MLS clubs have a lot more freedom in terms of contracts and roster spaces when it comes to homegrown vs transfer vs int'l or designated player. I don't know all the intricacies there though.
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They should do anything they can to identify the best players they can from anywhere and bring themMLS will loosen rules regarding homegrown player territories
The changes could make it easier for MLS clubs to scout and recruit prospects from outside their home territory
Agreed. The whole thing is designed to screw the players. At some point soon, I think there will be a strike. The American system is designed to enrich owners as massively as possible. It is that simple. I am not sure why people think that is great for the game. Building "cool" stadiums does not make the product better.
Those stadiums are usually financed by the poor people in the ghettos rather than the owners. Just look at what the owners in OKC are doing. They are fronting one year of an SGA contract for the arena. It is a hell of a deal for them. Meanwhile, your average retail clerk living in Midwest City who has never attended a game gets to finance the whole thing for them. It is a bizarre system we have designed.
Wynda called out MLS owners and Garber the other day about the whole US Open Cup thing and MLS has decided to not participate because they can't enter their MLS Next Pro teams as their entries. Wynalda went off about how MLS and Garber are not about growing the game and building a better product in the US. It's all about how much $ they can make.
Once municipalities pass a “temporary” sales tax they are seldom temporary as they typically get extended and extended. The people overwhelmingly voted for the extension. Disagree with the OKC arena being financed by the poor people in the ghetto. Those people pay a very small fraction of that sales tax.
Yeah, because they can't afford to buy as much. Looking at the ratio between what they pay, and what they earn, it equals out at minimum.
Facts. Not arguing that sales tax in general has a disparate impact on the poor. Only pointing out they pay a very small portion of capital projects financed through a penny sales tax. Maybe a better analysis is how many poor have jobs which are created (directly or indirectly) by having an NBA team in the city? Don’t really have a strong opinion either way here.
