The advent of the U.S. Soccer Development Academy program has put high school teams at odds with clubs teams in Southern California. The Los Angeles Galaxy, Chivas USA and Pateadores OC all haveDevelopment Academy teams with South Bay teenagers who are no longer playing high school ball. “Academies have expanded their pool of players and […]
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Tension mounts as CBA deadline nears
[MLS] He isn’t calling it a boycott, but Galaxy player representative Chris Klein says he has no plans to be inNew York Monday when Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiations between MLS and the players’ union are scheduled to resume. Players are not obligated to attend, but several havebeen present during past meetings, along with MLSPU general […]
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Beckham Academy closure is surprise to Canadian kids
Fallout from the closure of the David Beckham Academy in Carson, Calif., continued. A Canadian under-12 team — 10 boys and seven relatives from Calgary’s Foothills Soccer Club — booked aweek-long trip to Southern California in April only to learn by chance recently in a Daily Breeze story online that the camp had beenclosed last […]