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The US soccer league MLS is weakening itself: its transfer rules follow a logic that has nothing to do with sport. The local offspring suffers from this in particular.
In the unofficial table with all teams and their youth work you will find the training department of Sporting Kansas City on one of the last places. The evaluation of the online platform “US Soccer Collective”, which specializes in scouting young players, is subjective. But she gives reasons for the bad grade. The team, one of ten founding affiliates of Major League Soccer (MLS), has had an easy time finding promising teenagers for years. Because there was no competition either in the Midwest or on the Atlantic coast 1,500 kilometers south of Washington.
As the map gradually fills up due to the expansion of MLS – with branches such as Nashville, Atlanta, Charlotte and most recently in St. Louis – kickers with potential have significantly more options, and Kansas City no longer has the selection as it used to. Maybe that’s why you occasionally show your unpleasant side. For example, when dealing with a 15-year-old midfielder from Oklahoma City, whose case became known last week. The incident sparked outrage among North American professional football aficionados and critics after the player’s mother sounded the alarm.
