How is no one talking about this on here???
US Soccer is ugly. Give me their funding i will win 16 consecutive world cups.The DA was a joke to begin with. That's why. What really needs to be talked about?
MLS will try to get their own thing going, it'll flounder. Something else will pop up in place. It's not like USSF or MLS has made right decisions along the way for many years.
The DA was a joke to begin with. That's why. What really needs to be talked about?
MLS will try to get their own thing going, it'll flounder. Something else will pop up in place. It's not like USSF or MLS has made right decisions along the way for many years.
I would like to think if it was just MLS clubs it could have helped with the money aspect that waters it all down and ultimately ruins it. MLS clubs don't have to necessarily rely on revenue being generated by their youth academy, while private clubs need as many teams as they can get in order to keep generating money. But as I say that the new "DA" is basically recreated with this new MLS Elite Youth Development Program, which on its face just looks like the DA under new management lol.Not to belabor things to death, but if you're a professional track player or a high-D1 player, playing at the DA level is of benefit. If you're below that, you should be playing at a club or below level. However, the politics, egos, and money side of soccer turned what is a necessary and good idea into the train-wreck it ended up being.
You are correct on your first statement and it pretty much goes for all sports. If like PC said that only MLS clubs were involved, it would be in their best interest to only recruit and develop the best players with the intent that those guys would play for them one day. Money would not be an issue and the BS would be kept to a minimum. I wish baseball did something like this.Not to belabor things to death, but if you're a professional track player or a high-D1 player, playing at the DA level is of benefit. If you're below that, you should be playing at a club or below level. However, the politics, egos, and money side of soccer turned what is a necessary and good idea into the train-wreck it ended up being.
My thoughts exactly. Would love to see the differences between "MLS Elite" and DA... Seems like it's the same thing with a new name... Even the clubs involved appear almost identical...I would like to think if it was just MLS clubs it could have helped with the money aspect that waters it all down and ultimately ruins it. MLS clubs don't have to necessarily rely on revenue being generated by their youth academy, while private clubs need as many teams as they can get in order to keep generating money. But as I say that the new "DA" is basically recreated with this new MLS Elite Youth Development Program, which on its face just looks like the DA under new management lol.