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U.S. Soccer Development Academy

U.S. Soccer Development Academy

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Nov 2, 2026

Sasho CirovskiGUEST
16:13
Well, really good question.
Sasho CirovskiGUEST
16:14
So MLS Next and before that, U.S. Soccer Development Academy came in and really created an academic year model for kids playing.
Sasho CirovskiGUEST
16:25
Unfortunately, some of that I don't agree with where kids stopped playing high school, but nonetheless.
Sasho CirovskiGUEST
16:30
So if you look at what the kids are doing before they come to college, they're playing from August until June in many cases, right? I mean, that's what they're playing, you know, and the ECNL kids are playing, you know, high school and then they're playing club the rest of the time.
JamesHOST
29:38
You've got all these kids.
JamesHOST
29:39
Do you play high school soccer? Do you not? The US Development Academy goes away.
JamesHOST
29:42
MLS comes around.
JamesHOST
29:43
ECNL evolves.
Rich NassifHOST
15:57
No, love that.
Rich NassifHOST
15:57
And I remember going to Bryant Park probably what feels like 20 years ago for U.S. Development Academy June Showcase or something like that.
Rich NassifHOST
16:06
It's a very impressive facility.
Rich NassifHOST
16:10
Board members, the board in general, you brought that up.

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