While MLS owners are pumping millions of dollars into player development (academies, USL teams, facilities), their clubs still rely heavily on imports. And action picked up in December as MLS clubssigned 17 imports, Americans and foreigners who played on foreign clubs in 2016. That number equals the number of December imports in 2014 and 2015 combined. What’s behind the flurry of activity?
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