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Message: [QUOTE="upstater, post: 4074908, member: 153"] The MLS academies are free. That's what I was referring to. Not the clubs in their league. And our club in western NY has 4 European coaches alone on the boys side who all grew up and played in Europe (Premier, Eredivisie, Serie A and Greek league), and who hold UEFA Pro licenses. I don't think we're unusual. Look at who is actually employed at the youth club level at these clubs. Just checked the Red Bulls and it's a mix of home grown coaches and mostly guys from the UK. The 3 top guys are all UK coming out of being academy coaches at Rangers (Scotland) and Leeds United. I believe US Soccer is now devolving from the heights it reached in the last decade when the USSF had its act together and subsidized the clubs--which it no longer does. This will hurt us going forward. We're so young right now, and talented, and this is largely because of how things developed up until 2019-20. [/QUOTE]