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[QUOTE="djct1999, post: 3518898, member: 2281"]
Yes, I meant 18/19.

Did you conveniently leave out the u15 standings?  Because you start to see a dramatic shift towards MLS academies on top.  My whole argument is that this is the first age group when you saw a shift in landscape.  Going forward, from that age group and younger, you would see more of this where the academies will be on top and the  non-mls clubs becoming less competitive.  Of course the past will support your argument, some of the mls academies didnt even exist.  I am more concerned about the future.  By the time this age group moves up the ranks, my prediction is that almost the entire roster will come from mls academies. I also will argue that some of these other clubs won't even exist.  It no longer will make any sense for those who do pay full fee at these clubs to even participate.

For the record, I totally agree with your points on the future of youth development.  I am just reporting what I see locally at the younger levels and the emphasis on the MLS academies vs the other clubs is already enormous.  In fact, if you saw some of the decisions these clubs have made the past few years with league participation and fielding more teams, its easy to argue the writing for all of this was on the wall.
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