Sounders Event

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Where did these players develop at? Those places deserve some credit, unfortunately all credit falls on Sounders lol, Last one to the game but gets all the rewards.

Absolutely, This isnt an argument about who should get development credit. Should everyone send their kid to Eastside since Jordan Morris is currently the most successful player to come out of the region since 2013?

The point is, Sounders Homegrown program has been successful FOR THE SOUNDERS and the Sounders are one of the best at utilizing the homegrown program.

i have never said going to college was a bad option.

THE SOUNDERS ACADEMY PROVIDES THE MOST DIRECT ROUTE TO TGE SOUNDERS FIRST TEAM. THAT IS A FACT.

There are additional benefits, but those additional benefits can be reached in alternative ways. Its not for everyone. Don't participate if its not for you.

Stop being a victim

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Yedlin and Morris spent ONE year at SA!!!!! I understand completely, I have just been around longer than you and have seen many of these 16 year old stars cut after a couple of seasons and out of soccer at 20-21. I am rooting for all of the kids, just open your eyes a little bit.

You've been around longer, brilliant

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The Sounders problem isn’t BINGY it’s the low cost coaches they employe. It is true if you want to make the Sounders one must go to SU. Just think how good those players would become if they stayed with Chursky. It’s a shame they lose ground for the sake of a very few.

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The Sounders are cheap! They don't want a residential model, they prefer host families where parents pay each month. They already get the benefit of kids being there all day, why house them as well.

This whole thread is funny, everyone knows who the top 2-3 players are per age group, it's not a secret. EVERYONE else is a team filler and will be cut, prepare yourself for it. If you are not the top 2-3 player of your age group the Sounders are a terrible idea. The notion that their training is so much better is comical, they have dead average club coaches that are same as everywhere else. The level is higher, but you will be lucky to play 10-15 games a year, nowhere near enough, not even close.

Not commenting on most of this post. Will just say that this is not like DA where you get only a few matches. The boys have 22 regular season matches + they got 12 matches at events. Playoffs they will get at least 3 more games, more if they advance. This doesn’t include scrimmages within club, with local clubs and against Reign or college teams. There are a good amount of games in MLSNEXT.

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Has any good players come from SU?

Right now a few are pros at sounders I can think of

first team:
Reed baker-Whiting
Jackson ragan
ethan dobbelaire
sota kitahara

tacoma
Paul rothrock
sebastien Gomez

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Right now a few are pros at sounders I can think of

first team:
Reed baker-Whiting
Jackson ragan
ethan dobbelaire
sota kitahara

tacoma
Paul rothrock
sebastien Gomez

Ragen and Rothrock barely played for SA and both played four years of college.

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this is a FACT. This why American academy soccer isn’t producing world class talent. People are still getting rich though

Soccer parents are deluded about their kids

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Has any good players come from SU?

Corbin Carroll. He plays OF for the Diamondbacks.

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So sounders academy did another showcase/event. Does anybody know the teams involved? And what are the point of these? With 20+ kids already rostered are they looking for more players?

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So sounders academy did another showcase/event. Does anybody know the teams involved? And what are the point of these? With 20+ kids already rostered are they looking for more players?

You mean a scrimmage?

They are always looking for better players. Nature of the beast.

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So sounders academy did another showcase/event. Does anybody know the teams involved? And what are the point of these? With 20+ kids already rostered are they looking for more players?

Whoops, looks like somebody just learned the dirty little secret of Sounders Academy. There are maybe 2-3 kids per age group tops that they care about whatsoever - everybody else is just cannon fodder that they’ll happily drop at the first moment it’s convenient to them.

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LOL it's not a dirty little secret, it's not pay to play like your club. If you don't make the cut you don't make the cut. That's how competitive soccer works, and how it works at every academy in the world.

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LOL it's not a dirty little secret, it's not pay to play like your club. If you don't make the cut you don't make the cut. That's how competitive soccer works, and how it works at every academy in the world.

Correct, but the rest of the world has a real pathway to Pro soccer. Here you are cut at 16 or offered a bogus minor league contract. The teams have U-19 and U-23 programs and on and on.

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LOL it's not a dirty little secret, it's not pay to play like your club. If you don't make the cut you don't make the cut. That's how competitive soccer works, and how it works at every academy in the world.

Bingy is pay to play

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Bingy is pay to play

hahahahaha! That makes total sense. I assume all of the other academy coaches are also on the take too? How deep does this conspiracy go??