Yep, I was wrong.

How many "free" MLS academies are there? 20 or so?

Anonymous wrote:

Nova2Euro wrote:I don't think that any youth clubs/academies, even the MLS Academies, in the US are entitled to solidarity payments. Although it's a pain to register US kids in Europe even without the money involved. Took us about 4 months.

That’s not true: https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/37585465/why-mls-clubs-getting-paid-us-talent-going-europe-not-youth-teams-played-part-their-development

But it’s pretty new, a 2019 change I think.

And only applies to free MLS academies

Nova2Euro wrote:I don't think that any youth clubs/academies, even the MLS Academies, in the US are entitled to solidarity payments. Although it's a pain to register US kids in Europe even without the money involved. Took us about 4 months.

That’s not true: https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/37585465/why-mls-clubs-getting-paid-us-talent-going-europe-not-youth-teams-played-part-their-development

But it’s pretty new, a 2019 change I think.

Anonymous wrote:If a child moves from a local club, let’s say Bethesda, to a youth academy abroad say U14 or U15, does the taking youth academy have to pay some transfer fee?

Or is that only applicable if it was like an MLS academy to another youth academy abroad? Or if the MLS club has signed the kid to a contract?

I remember reading some where that because it is a pay to play model the clubs do not get anything-ie the club was already paid.

I don't think that any youth clubs/academies, even the MLS Academies, in the US are entitled to solidarity payments. Although it's a pain to register US kids in Europe even without the money involved. Took us about 4 months.

I think if an MLS academy kid is signed on by the MLS academy, when that kid signs a pro contract abroad, training compensation is paid to the MLS academy by the receiving club.

For example, if fletcher signs a pro contract with a club abroad, DCU gets training compensation. However, unlike other countries, only MLS academies get compensation, so BSC where fletcher was for his entire soccer development gets nothing.

If Fletcher went abroad without joining the DCU academy, no training compensation is due since non-MLS academies don’t get this compensation.

I don’t know if MLS academies get compensation if the player was just in their youth academy or whether they only get it if they first sign the player to a pro contract.

In the United States, kids don't have the ability to enter contracts and no one is signing a deal like that on behalf of their kid to play for Bethesda. The national teams give some money to clubs when the produce players, but that's completely at their own behest

If a child moves from a local club, let’s say Bethesda, to a youth academy abroad say U14 or U15, does the taking youth academy have to pay some transfer fee?

Or is that only applicable if it was like an MLS academy to another youth academy abroad? Or if the MLS club has signed the kid to a contract?