Home-Grown Players

MLS Pressbox website lists MF Kyle Hyland, from Bay Village OH and IUPUI, as a home-grown signing for Columbus, effective today.

— Jonathan Yardley (@jtyardley) February 27, 2013

Hyland will give #crew96 six homegrown players on 2013 roster. That's 20 percent.

— Adam Jardy (@AdamJardy) February 27, 2013

Made official today.

http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/artic...elder-ramon-nunez-homegrown-keeper-jesse-gonz

FCD signs its 10th homegrown player in goalkeeper Jesse Gonzalez.

8 now................

Richard Sanchez, Moises Hernandez, London Woodberry, Kellyn Acosta, Victor Ulloa, Jonathan Top, Bradlee Baladez, Jesse Gonzalez.

It's an interesting roster dance I think. FCD didn't have any more developmental roster slots. But with Hernandez out on loan to Saprissa, they had one available.

Ruben Luna was cut, and has been signed by the Atlanta Silverbacks.

Bryan Leyva was cut and is still looking for work.

The next year should be interesting. FCD had two members on the US U20's WCQing team in Daniel Garcia and Boyd Okwuono. Both should be signings soon. They also have the reigning conference USA player of the year in Jaime Ibarra, as well as US U20 fullback Mikey Ambrose.

Chivas Guadalajara?
http://www.laschivasrayadas.com.mx/...ticias_de_chivas_guadalajara-ispyp-717441.htm

Could be.

Leyva is 21, so I don't know if he could be playing for Chivas U20's. Maybe they allow a couple of overage players............................

To confirm, Leyva is now with Chivas U20s. The way Mexico defines the age cutoff is based on who was a U20 in the fall season, so all 92s are still age-eligible. (They do allow a few over-age players, too, but Leyva doesn't count as one.)

... and scored his first goal today - steps from where he watched games as a fan.

EDIT: Osorio, that is.

Standing in the front row of 113 and watching Osorio sprint past pointing at u-Sector and RBP -- sections he stood in at times LAST YEAR -- while celebrating was easily one of the best things I have ever seen at a MLS game.

Question: As LA's tying goal was also scored by an academy graduate it got me wondering. How many times have two different academy players scored in the same game? Was Saturday the first time both teams got a goal from an academy graduate?

One might suspect its happened in a game with Juan Agudelo.....................................