U.S. Soccer Development Academy
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Nov 2, 2026
NCAA 2 Season Special | Sasho Cirovski - Maryland
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16:13Sasho CirovskiGUEST
Well, really good question.
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16:14Sasho CirovskiGUEST
So MLS Next and before that, U.S. Soccer Development Academy came in and really created an academic year model for kids playing.
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16:25Sasho CirovskiGUEST
Unfortunately, some of that I don't agree with where kids stopped playing high school, but nonetheless.
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16:30Sasho CirovskiGUEST
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.
The Final 3rd Podcast Episode #5
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29:38JamesHOST
You've got all these kids.
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29:39JamesHOST
Do you play high school soccer? Do you not? The US Development Academy goes away.
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29:42JamesHOST
MLS comes around.
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29:43JamesHOST
ECNL evolves.
Scott Wollaston - NC Fusion
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15:57Rich NassifHOST
No, love that.
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15:57Rich NassifHOST
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.
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16:06Rich NassifHOST
It's a very impressive facility.
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16:10Rich NassifHOST
Board members, the board in general, you brought that up.