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    MLS to announce new youth league involving 95 clubs

    All 30 MLS clubs — the 26 current and four incoming expansion teams — will participate in the league, which will also include five USL Championship teams and 60 non-professional clubs, for a first season total of 95 teams.

    The sources said that the new league will include Under-13, -14, -15, -17 and -19 age groups. MLS teams will be required to field U-15 and U-17 squads, but it will be up to individual clubs if they want to field teams in the other four age groups. The league is also considering an Under-16 division, though there are no current plans for it to be included in the first season.

    Exact details of the competition structure are being worked out, but the sources expect that the platform will be divided into separate MLS and non-MLS divisions. Multiple sources said that it’s likely that MLS academies will primarily play other MLS academies, and non-MLS clubs will primarily play against each other in their own circuit.

    The full list of the 65 non-MLS clubs, known as “founding members,” is below:

    Phoenix Rising FC (USL)
    RGV FC Toros Academy (USL)
    Saint Louis FC (USL)
    San Antonio FC (USL)
    Tampa Bay United Rowdies (USL)
    Barca Residency Academy
    IMG Academy
    Shattuck-St. Mary’s
    NEFC
    SF Glens
    Albion SC
    Ballistic United
    Baltimore Armour
    Bayside Futebol Club
    Beachside of Connecticut
    Bethesda FC
    Blau Weiss Gottschee
    Breakers
    Cedar Stars Academy Bergen
    Cedar Stars Academy Monmouth
    Chargers Soccer Club
    Chicago FC United
    Chula Vista FC
    Cincinnati Premier Soccer Club
    City SC
    De Anza Force
    Empire United Soccer Academy
    FC Delco
    FC Greater Boston Bolts
    FC Westchester
    Florida Rush Soccer Club
    Indiana Fire Academy
    Internationals
    Jacksonville FC
    L.A. United Football Academy
    LA Surf Soccer Club
    Lanier Soccer Academy
    Metropolitan Oval
    Miami Rush Kendall SC
    Michigan Wolves
    Murrieta Surf Soccer Club
    New York Soccer Club
    Nomads
    Oakwood Soccer Club
    PA Classics
    Player Development Academy
    Real Colorado
    RISE Soccer Club
    RSL Arizona
    Santa Barbara Soccer Club
    SC Del Sol
    Seacoast United
    SF Elite
    Silicon Valley SA
    Sockers FC Chicago
    Solar Soccer Club
    South Florida Football Academy
    Southern Soccer Academy
    Total Futbol Academy
    TSF Academy
    Valeo Futbol Club
    VARDAR Soccer Club
    Ventura County Fusion
    West Florida Flames
    Weston FC

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