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Trials and tribulations that go with being a young pro


It is obviously challenging for a player to move from the youth ranks to the professional level, and where there are more examples of this happening now in Major League Soccer than ever before, there is certainly ups and downs with this process.

Steven Goff of the Washington Post writes of the challenges that young phenom Andy Najar is facing in his second season with DC United.

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MIKE JACOBS @ Apr 27, 2011 10:12 AM EDT | Blog Profile

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