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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One major difference between England and the US is the accessibility of professional academies. In England, it's much easier to join a professional academy, and if selected, participation is free. These academies offer a comprehensive 4-5 day-a-week schedule of training and matches, with the added benefit of playing against equally skilled or even stronger opponents. For example, London alone is home to over 10 professional academies.[/quote]

You get signed to professional academies at 8 and 9 years old in England after being scouted.
You don't just join

It is hard as hell to get in at U8 and only gets harder each above age group to join/stay.[/quote]

That's correct about the terminology. Initially, players are invited by a club to development centers or centreof excellence, known as the pre-academy, from ages U6 to U8. A select few are then signed to the U9 level. While it's true that many aspire to join, only around 18 players per club are signed at U9 each season, making it a highly competitive process. [/quote]

That's why it wouldn't work here. All of those parents with kids not chosen aren't just going to tell their kids soccer is over, they'll find private clubs who will organize leagues (i.e. exactly what we have now). I'm also not sure MLS teams desperately trying to grow fanbases want a kid's first association with the club to be getting cut as a 9 year old. [/quote]

Kids get cut from MLS Club Academies here.
Albeit not as young as 9 because those age group teams don't exist.

Kids who get cut go elsewhere. 
What does the Inter Miami fan base care about a 13 year old getting cut from the academy?[/quote]

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