Portland Timbers To Launch Academy, Already Fighting High Schools
The Seattle Sounders relative easy access to Clark County, Washington talents (Nick Paludichuk, Mikhail Doholis) will shortly be coming to an end as the Portland Timbers will be selecting their U-16 and U-18 players come spring 2012. While some criticized that the Sounders took over a top level Academy program to springboard their launch, the Timbers are even more aggressive taking over the whole of the Oregon Olympic Development Program (though still have catchment limits on HGP signings).
Sounder at Heart - Soccer From the Heart of the Sound @ Sep 26, 2011 11:45 AM EDT | Blog Profile
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