MLSNext Schedule

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MLS Next is secretive about schedules and results. You should already have schedule information if your son is on of the MLS Next teams.

The results from last year are online and visible for anybody to see, assuming you have minimal competence, which seems doubtful.

Last year they had schedules available, but they didn't display the results. We'll see if that changes this year.

They had the results if you wanted to see or if you played in the League. Clubs also posted their results.

[Anonymous]

Quick follow-up to this thread... The MLS Next schedules were posted last week. Here's a link to the U17 schedule; you can switch to the other age groups or pick a specific club from there.

https://www.mlssoccer.com/mlsnext/schedule/2021-2022/u17_mls-next-schedule

You'll notice that this looks much more like the schedule that was discussed with they formed the league -- unbalanced, where the MLS teams play lots of other MLS teams, and the non-MLS teams play lots of other non-MLS teams. Last season that didn't happen due to covid travel restrictions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Quick follow-up to this thread... The MLS Next schedules were posted last week. Here's a link to the U17 schedule; you can switch to the other age groups or pick a specific club from there.

https://www.mlssoccer.com/mlsnext/schedule/2021-2022/u17_mls-next-schedule

You'll notice that this looks much more like the schedule that was discussed with they formed the league -- unbalanced, where the MLS teams play lots of other MLS teams, and the non-MLS teams play lots of other non-MLS teams. Last season that didn't happen due to covid travel restrictions.

Makes sense. With territory rights, MLS already has rights to players within 75-100 miles of their club. Having 4 or 5 pay to play clubs in their territory doing the training and filtering allows them to spend less on their academy/scouting efforts. MLS academies don’t want their local pay to play clubs getting too much exposure to other academies in case another MLS team tries to get a player to move to a different their academy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Quick follow-up to this thread... The MLS Next schedules were posted last week. Here's a link to the U17 schedule; you can switch to the other age groups or pick a specific club from there.

https://www.mlssoccer.com/mlsnext/schedule/2021-2022/u17_mls-next-schedule

You'll notice that this looks much more like the schedule that was discussed with they formed the league -- unbalanced, where the MLS teams play lots of other MLS teams, and the non-MLS teams play lots of other non-MLS teams. Last season that didn't happen due to covid travel restrictions.

Makes sense. With territory rights, MLS already has rights to players within 75-100 miles of their club. Having 4 or 5 pay to play clubs in their territory doing the training and filtering allows them to spend less on their academy/scouting efforts. MLS academies don’t want their local pay to play clubs getting too much exposure to other academies in case another MLS team tries to get a player to move to a different their academy.

Also the travel. MLS teams cover travel costs for their players. At pay-to-play clubs it falls on the parents. DCU is traveling to Atlanta, NJ 2x, NYC, Orlando, PA 2x, and Toronto, just in the Fall. The NY & NJ trips probably require hotel stays, and the Atlanta, Orlando, and Toronto trips will all require airfare + hotels. That would be cost prohibitive for many/most families in SYC, Bethesda, Alexandria.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Quick follow-up to this thread... The MLS Next schedules were posted last week. Here's a link to the U17 schedule; you can switch to the other age groups or pick a specific club from there.

https://www.mlssoccer.com/mlsnext/schedule/2021-2022/u17_mls-next-schedule

You'll notice that this looks much more like the schedule that was discussed with they formed the league -- unbalanced, where the MLS teams play lots of other MLS teams, and the non-MLS teams play lots of other non-MLS teams. Last season that didn't happen due to covid travel restrictions.

Makes sense. With territory rights, MLS already has rights to players within 75-100 miles of their club. Having 4 or 5 pay to play clubs in their territory doing the training and filtering allows them to spend less on their academy/scouting efforts. MLS academies don’t want their local pay to play clubs getting too much exposure to other academies in case another MLS team tries to get a player to move to a different their academy.

I don't think this is the issue. The MLS clubs can just say no, and the kid can't go to the other club in any case.