I'm hearing that Garber, and the owners, are looking at possibly eliminating Homegrown territories (where every MLS academy/team has a specific/protected territory to recruit from). If eliminated, it will be head-to-head competition for youth talent, all over the U.S. & Canada.......Some teams are already preparing for this - DC United is expanding the number of their affiliate youth teams, in the Washington Metropolitan Area & Baltimore, and NYCFC just announced that they are starting a youth league (U9 to U12), with over 20 affiliate youth clubs from New Jersey, Connecticut and all over New York state.
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