Agree. As I understand it, currently only MLS team affiliated clubs have academies that are “free”. All the other academies are pay-to-play and I mean PAY.  

There are drawbacks to having 16-18 year olds focusing on soccer and not school. Since most will never succeed professionally, what then? Now you have a bunch uneducated kids that have very little chance at life.

What about the system is so flawed?

I am not saying he shouldn’t have been fired but it is not fair to say that JK failed in producing better players. He wasn’t here long enough to actually see fruition of any changes. These things take time and some of the things he implemented should yield results in the coming years. I would predict that in about…

I think it is a valid question that it might not mean as much to some. This goes for both duel-nationals as well as domestic guys. Problem is, the duel-nationals are easier to point to.

Recruiting duel-nationals was a band-aid. We currently lack that level of talent at the senior level but not necessarily at the younger ages. I think in the near future, we will see some domestically developed talent emerge.