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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Nova2Euro][quote=Anonymous]

If you're serious with goals of being a soccer professional, there is no way you stay at Philadelphia Union over the clubs it's rumored Cavan Sullivan is looking at in Europe. 
[b]Young Kids in Europe cross borders to different countries/languages all the time for development opportunities[/b].[/quote]

I don't think the bolded part is true. I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but it doesn't happen all the time. It happens if an opportunity at their local professional academy or at one in their country is not available. And I think it's vanishingly rare for 16-year-olds. Cristiano Ronaldo, Erling Haaland, Gio Reyna, and 99% of players come up to the first team in their club. I'm willing to be corrected on this if you have data or examples, but I've seen lots of kids move to professional academies in-country. A few trials out of country, but no one actually moved.

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I don’t disagree with this. It make sense for kids to move in-country to an academy where the competition is lighter perhaps.

For a dual passport holder, there would seem to be more opportunities in Europe, for example, than the USA where so many more kids around the country are vying for spots on just about two dozen MLS academies. [/quote]

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