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Originally posted by Unregistered View Posthttps://www.usl-academy.com/about
Once this develops further, a merger with MLS clubs makes the most sense. If you take MLS clubs (30), USL Championship (34 and growing) and USL League One (10 and growing) - you end up with a league of 75+ professional clubs with academies.
Some of these academies will be free to play, some will be partially subsidized, and some will be pay to play - most importantly all academies will be part of professional soccer organizations that will be incentivized to develop players (remember they now have access to solidarity payments and training compensation).This structure will resemble much of the rest of the world.
Once this is off the ground, ECNL and others will remain pay to play and serve primarily as feeder systems for college bound players.
show me the financials of these rich USL owners that will fund free academies and i'll have rocco commissio give 'em a call to tell 'em what fcuking idiots they are...
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oh and i'll just add that bethlehem just announced a name change to philly union II. so 3 of the 4 USL clubs in NE are just B teams for MLS clubs. not sure they will support 2 academies versus having just more options to send players but hey man you seem to know this secret MLS/USL "pro" academy plan better than anyone so please enlighten.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View Postu can link to hopes and dreams but ain't no way there's enough dough in these clubs to do what u think they can do. training compensation? haha, MLS clubs *maybe* will be cat 2 and get $40k/yr, but USL? will be lucky to get $10k/yr. So for that one kid that goes pro u get like $60k? and meanwhile you've trained 16 kids for 6 years for free? great biz model and good luck with financing. oh, but you say, what about solidarity payments? ok sure, let's go there. let's assume some enterprising USL club develops Christian Pulisic. I think we all agree that the best pros will get to Europe by their 16th birthday. But the lucky Pittsburgh Riverhounds get payments for years 12-15 -- 5% of 5% per year (0.25%), for a total of 1% of the $73mm transfer fee, or $730,000. Hey, not bad! BUT THAT'S FOR THE BEST AMERICAN PROSPECT TO PLAY IN EUROPE IN A DECADE! And, oh, it comes over 5 years after he left the program.
show me the financials of these rich USL owners that will fund free academies and i'll have rocco commissio give 'em a call to tell 'em what fcuking idiots they are...
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostNo one said usl would be free, probably just MLS. But USL could charge a price where they break even and it would still be less than what some of these clubs charge now.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View Postu can link to hopes and dreams but ain't no way there's enough dough in these clubs to do what u think they can do. training compensation? haha, MLS clubs *maybe* will be cat 2 and get $40k/yr, but USL? will be lucky to get $10k/yr. So for that one kid that goes pro u get like $60k? and meanwhile you've trained 16 kids for 6 years for free? great biz model and good luck with financing. oh, but you say, what about solidarity payments? ok sure, let's go there. let's assume some enterprising USL club develops Christian Pulisic. I think we all agree that the best pros will get to Europe by their 16th birthday. But the lucky Pittsburgh Riverhounds get payments for years 12-15 -- 5% of 5% per year (0.25%), for a total of 1% of the $73mm transfer fee, or $730,000. Hey, not bad! BUT THAT'S FOR THE BEST AMERICAN PROSPECT TO PLAY IN EUROPE IN A DECADE! And, oh, it comes over 5 years after he left the program.
show me the financials of these rich USL owners that will fund free academies and i'll have rocco commissio give 'em a call to tell 'em what fcuking idiots they are...
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostIt would probably strengthen the DA system if you dropped all non-pro DA clubs and replaced them with the USL clubs. USL is growing big time.
BWG, MO, Continental FC Delco, PDA, TSF, BSC, FCW, NEFC, NYSC, Oakwood, World Class, Bolts*, Seacoast*, Cedar Stars*
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hartford athletic
cool. cool. sounds competitive.
(*I am assuming USL-2 clubs aren't invited to your pro superleague party unless you want the westchester flames to join too)
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Originally posted by Unregistered View Postright, so in our area we drop:
BWG, MO, Continental FC Delco, PDA, TSF, BSC, FCW, NEFC, NYSC, Oakwood, World Class, Bolts*, Seacoast*, Cedar Stars*
and add:
hartford athletic
cool. cool. sounds competitive.
(*I am assuming USL-2 clubs aren't invited to your pro superleague party unless you want the westchester flames to join too)
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostNo one said usl would be free, probably just MLS. But USL could charge a price where they break even and it would still be less than what some of these clubs charge now.
every kid in DA knows who has the capability to play MLS DA, and over time, it becomes pretty clear who has the capacity to go pro. MLS DA successfully created a parallel DA system with the Fall Cup competition - do they really want to go further? maybe, but i think they'll cut the U13 program first and then in 5-7 years if USL is actually not bankrupt, move to make more changes.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View Postright, so in our area we drop:
BWG, MO, Continental FC Delco, PDA, TSF, BSC, FCW, NEFC, NYSC, Oakwood, World Class, Bolts*, Seacoast*, Cedar Stars*
and add:
hartford athletic
cool. cool. sounds competitive.
(*I am assuming USL-2 clubs aren't invited to your pro superleague party unless you want the westchester flames to join too)
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Originally posted by Unregistered View Postu can link to hopes and dreams but ain't no way there's enough dough in these clubs to do what u think they can do. training compensation? haha, MLS clubs *maybe* will be cat 2 and get $40k/yr, but USL? will be lucky to get $10k/yr. So for that one kid that goes pro u get like $60k? and meanwhile you've trained 16 kids for 6 years for free? great biz model and good luck with financing. oh, but you say, what about solidarity payments? ok sure, let's go there. let's assume some enterprising USL club develops Christian Pulisic. I think we all agree that the best pros will get to Europe by their 16th birthday. But the lucky Pittsburgh Riverhounds get payments for years 12-15 -- 5% of 5% per year (0.25%), for a total of 1% of the $73mm transfer fee, or $730,000. Hey, not bad! BUT THAT'S FOR THE BEST AMERICAN PROSPECT TO PLAY IN EUROPE IN A DECADE! And, oh, it comes over 5 years after he left the program.
show me the financials of these rich USL owners that will fund free academies and i'll have rocco commissio give 'em a call to tell 'em what fcuking idiots they are...
The article above gives a good summary of where things are headed.....
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThe writing is on the wall for non MLS DA programs.....they are slowly getting pushed out. This year it was U18/19 and next year it will be the year younger. Where do you think this is headed? The gap between MLS and rest is growing too large....
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Originally posted by Unregistered View Posthttps://www.si.com/soccer/2019/01/14...ion-relegation
The article above gives a good summary of where things are headed.....
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Saw a mention of HA open tryouts on the local news this weekend. Are they that desperate for talent?
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