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[quote=DCUdad][quote=anonimouswon]MLSNext is mainly for players looking to go pro especially with MLS creating the MLSNext Pro league which provides a full path to MLS.  This doesn't mean colleges don't recruit from MLS Next teams, they do, but traditionally Academy (now MLS Next) is where you want to be to play at the highest level.
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This is not really true. Non-MLS academies that play in the MLS Next youth league (think Bethesda or Armour) don't put you any closer to playing in the new MLS Next Pro league, which is essentially a league made up of the reserve teams of full MLS teams. The similar names of the leagues, and their marketing, make it seem this way; but it is not so. If you want to make the reserve team of an MLS side, you need to be on the MLS team's academy (think DC United or Phil Union), not a different academy in the same league. There may be a tiny handful of exceptions, but they are just that.

If you want to play at a D1 school, play for a club that sends a lot of boys to D1 schools, and be one of the better players on that team. Some of these are in MLS Next (again, Bethesda or Armour) and some are in ECNL (Arlington, Celtic). Other clubs in each league don't have the same track record of sending kids to D1 programs. Look at their web sites or social media. It's more about the clubs than the league.[/quote]

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