Most open MLS academy?

[Anonymous]

Which MLS academy is most open to taking in players from outside their area?

I imagine the ones that aren’t in as urbanized areas?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Which MLS academy is most open to taking in players from outside their area?

I imagine the ones that aren’t in as urbanized areas?

What do you mean by most open? Philly has a lot of outside players because they vacuum up national team squad members.

Easiest to land a spot at? That's hard to say - just because a team looks outside its area for talent doesn't necessarily mean that it's any easier to get into by the time its finished recruiting.

Quite a lot of kids from this area have got offers from Columbus, Cincinnati, and Nashville. Not all of them did/would have got offers from DCU, although many did.

[Anonymous]

Depends if they have a boarding/homestay program and if your kid is good/lucky enough to land that limited spot.

If they don't have a program, is your family ready to move into that outside academys territory if your kid is good enough.

I guess it just depends on how good your kid is lol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Depends if they have a boarding/homestay program and if your kid is good/lucky enough to land that limited spot.

If they don't have a program, is your family ready to move into that outside academys territory if your kid is good enough.

I guess it just depends on how good your kid is lol.

Which ones have boarding/home stay programs?

[Anonymous]

Only a couple have full residential facilities. Philadelphia definitely does and I think maybe RSL although I’m not certain of that. Many have home stay programs.

[Anonymous]

Red Bulls has a very limited homestay program. They're building their new facility which should be ready 2025. I believe they will have residential facilities starting 2026.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Red Bulls has a very limited homestay program. They're building their new facility which should be ready 2025. I believe they will have residential facilities starting 2026.

I’m assuming that if a kid has a dual citizenship and an EU passport, it would still be better to try to get into an academy in Europe? Especially since there’s sooo many more options there?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m assuming that if a kid has a dual citizenship and an EU passport, it would still be better to try to get into an academy in Europe? Especially since there’s sooo many more options there?

I would say so lol. It would be really hard to turn down a chance in Europe...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Red Bulls has a very limited homestay program. They're building their new facility which should be ready 2025. I believe they will have residential facilities starting 2026.

I’m assuming that if a kid has a dual citizenship and an EU passport, it would still be better to try to get into an academy in Europe? Especially since there’s sooo many more options there?

Most European academies have residency requirements, meaning you must actually LIVE within a certain radius (around 50 miles) from that academy to be eligible to be accepted. Just because you have an EU passport but live in DMV doesn’t necessarily mean you can just send your kid to an EU academy. And using the grandparents address won’t work either.

We’ve looked into it as we fall into this category.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Red Bulls has a very limited homestay program. They're building their new facility which should be ready 2025. I believe they will have residential facilities starting 2026.

I’m assuming that if a kid has a dual citizenship and an EU passport, it would still be better to try to get into an academy in Europe? Especially since there’s sooo many more options there?

Most European academies have residency requirements, meaning you must actually LIVE within a certain radius (around 50 miles) from that academy to be eligible to be accepted. Just because you have an EU passport but live in DMV doesn’t necessarily mean you can just send your kid to an EU academy. And using the grandparents address won’t work either.

We’ve looked into it as we fall into this category.

Yeah, I’m somewhat familiar with some of the restrictions.

This chart tries to be helpful but it’s still quite confusing!

https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/10de6a1df35cb583/original/uof9ezgxs7tyyoffen0f-pdf.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Red Bulls has a very limited homestay program. They're building their new facility which should be ready 2025. I believe they will have residential facilities starting 2026.

I’m assuming that if a kid has a dual citizenship and an EU passport, it would still be better to try to get into an academy in Europe? Especially since there’s sooo many more options there?

Most European academies have residency requirements, meaning you must actually LIVE within a certain radius (around 50 miles) from that academy to be eligible to be accepted. Just because you have an EU passport but live in DMV doesn’t necessarily mean you can just send your kid to an EU academy. And using the grandparents address won’t work either.

We’ve looked into it as we fall into this category.

So what have you decided?

[Anonymous]

The Barça residential academy in AZ has MLS next teams. But if your kid is still in high school and strong academically I would NOT recommend it. I’d find a way to have the commute from the Chandler school district.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Red Bulls has a very limited homestay program. They're building their new facility which should be ready 2025. I believe they will have residential facilities starting 2026.

I’m assuming that if a kid has a dual citizenship and an EU passport, it would still be better to try to get into an academy in Europe? Especially since there’s sooo many more options there?

Most European academies have residency requirements, meaning you must actually LIVE within a certain radius (around 50 miles) from that academy to be eligible to be accepted. Just because you have an EU passport but live in DMV doesn’t necessarily mean you can just send your kid to an EU academy. And using the grandparents address won’t work either.

We’ve looked into it as we fall into this category.

We’ve also looked into and the plan is to move the year prior to establish residency, and hopefully get into a full board youth academy. I don’t think sending a minor kid abroad without family support nearby is going to be beneficial mentally for the kid anyway.

Isn’t that what Pulisic and his dad did?