MLS And Player Development: The Local Clubs

By L.E. Eisenmenger - BOSTON, MA (Sep 2, 2009) USSoccerPlayers -- In a move towards Major League Soccer developing its own talent, the League now requires clubs to create youth programs. That includes fully subsidized Under-16 and Under-18 Developmental Academy teams for each club. How the individual clubs choose to implement that system is up to them.