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[quote=Anonymous]I don't disagree that Thomas Rongen lacks intelligence (Messi, Subotic) and integrity (Subotic,, Gonzalez).  However, he was hired as the chief scout for USMNT by Bruce Arena and USMNT.  If they hired him as the top scout, one can only imagine the quality of the lower level scouts/talent ID staff.  Even if they have 10 full time scouts, it is totally inadequate for a country of 350 million people.

I seems that you agree that the current system is broken and needs to be aligned with the world standards.  There is no real pressure and incentives for MLS franchises to prioritize youth development under the current system.  DCU's academy is pay to play, which says it all about how serious the ownership is about attracting and developing young players.

Yohannes may not be the best example (he was not a regular starter at DCU before he moved to Europe so we can only speculate what could have happened if he did not move out of the country).  However, there are plenty of others who either did not get enough attention from the current system or were rejected as not being good enough, e.g., Neven Subotic (dropped from youth national team because he was not good enough), Efrain Alvarez (joined Mexico after he was dropped from youth national team), Jonathan Gonzalez (you must know his story since you've mentioned him).    [/quote]

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