Gr1ngo
06 Jul 2004, 02:17 PM
The best US youth players are either on the youth national team and/or regional team via ODP, or play for top clubs like Nomads in CA, Delco in PA, Texans in TX which travel to Europe to play tournies. Some of the very best play in the PDL (Premier Development League) as amatuers (like Jonathon Spector of ManU prior to his ManU days). Of course there are some who play pro in Europe or MLS too.
The top youth clubs in each state end up competing against each other at top domestic tournies, of which there are many, so many top players spend their time doing these. From my experience, there isn't really a league that these teams are in because the travel is too much just for one game at a time. Rather, these teams go to the best tournies where they can play multiple games against quality competition while minimizing travel problems.so cal united!haa