Major League Soccer

Why did the MLS academy become so important to European football?

By Fredi Roman

There are more and more players from the United States under 22 years of age playing in the best clubs in Europe.

There are more and more players from the United States under 22 years of age playing in the best clubs in Europe.

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Bayer Munich, Juventus, Borussia Dortmund and Chelsea are some of the clubs that have US national team players playing on their teams. More and more clubs are looking for young players and the MLS academy has become a great attraction for all clubs in the world.

Many players worth millions of dollars in Europe today have emerged from MLS academies. For example Chris Richards and Mckennie started at the FC Dallas academy, Gio Reyna at the NYCFC academy or Alphonso Davies from the Whitecaps Homegrown academy. Clubs buy these players for less than $ 10 million and then can sell them up to 10 times their value.

The growth of the infrastructure of the MLS academies has been very important for the emergence of several world soccer stars. FIFA has praised the way MLS works and everyone sees it today as an example to follow. Clubs are increasingly interested in young players.

Today young players have become very important for clubs in Europe, not only because they are a great investment financially but also because they are key to the functioning of the teams. Coaches nowadays have a lot of trust in young players so the scouts are very attentive to each player that may emerge from the MLS academy.


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