YNT-eligible NASL/USL players -- 2017 In-season thread

Great news- Los Dos started three 00s against Reno 1868 FC, Jake Arteaga, Zico Bailey, and Jorge Hernandez. However, there was a slight problem- Reno 1868- 9 LAG II - 0.

 

Saw this. Not good at all especially being that they are defenders

 

Listen man, the only players who know how to play football on Galaxy II are the 16 year olds + choco. Everyone else .. no clue.
Cheers! pic.twitter.com/1IhxUQd0VC

— 3four3 (@3four3) July 4, 2017

Obviously they're not your guys.

Though I believe only Zico is a defender.

 

Arteaga is also a defender.

 

Arteaga was actually playing as a CM.

Here are the highlights. None of the three looked that bad in these highlights.

📽️ Highlights: Watch all the goals in @Reno1868FC's​ HISTORIC 9-0 win over #LosDos #RNOvLA pic.twitter.com/cMS9pZoQrk

— USL Championship (@USLChampionship) July 4, 2017

 

"....I have good news and bad news..."

 

Full match:

 

So wait what? Kleiban is propping up the 16 year olds but bashing the older kids who came through that same academy that his brother coaches at. So if the older kids can't hack it whose fault is that? What a backhanded "compliment." But I guess I shouldn't be surprised given who made the comment in the first place.

 

Some of the older former Galaxy academy players like Vera, Dhillon, Amaya, Zubak never were coached by Brian Kleiban. So that's where that pathetic tweet is coming from.

 

I may have to go to a store and see if he has his own line of douches. He actually makes me want those kids he brags about so much to fail and I'm disgusted with myself for feeling that way about kids I don't even know but that guy brings it out of everyone.

 

I'm an American. I want the American kids to do well but beyond that I want the academies to do well. Those kids, whether they play for the US, in the MLS, or elsewhere are a reflection of our development programs. As they gain success, more kids succeed and get opportunities wherever. So you eventually get more teams, more players, better competition, better results and future national team players.

Playing politics with kids, propping up some, bashing others, and basically saying to them that there's only one way to go is absolutely wrong. Using 16 year olds to further your agenda is pathetic. I wish the kids well but personally hope Kleiban and his brother fail. What a sad state of affairs this entire shitshow is.

 

I think its important that we don't confuse Gary Kleiban and Brian Kleiban. Brian has done nothing to deserve our ire. He chose to join the Galaxy and change the system from the inside. Gary just sits on the sidelines and bashes everything everybody else is actually trying to do. He's also one of the folks that tweets religiously about the lack of pro/rel holding US soccer back. I'm so enormously tired of that crowd. They just wail endlessly and have no actual evidence to support any of their claims..................other than its just the way the rest of the world does it.

 

I wouldn't say Brian is innocent. I have no actual proof, but I think he pushes players away from the US program. I don't think Gary has any influence on the players, I think Brian does, so if Gary's saying something on twitter, I think Brian's probably saying it in private.

I don't believe that Gary's just some crazy guy that his brother has no similar opinions to. Maybe he's more controlled, might even be more controlled with his opinions in private than his brother is with opinions in public, but I still am not convinced this guy is innocent here.

 

If nothing else Brian either isn't telling Gary to shut up on twitter, agrees with him, or is being ignored. Of those three there's no evidence of an issue between the two and that Gary is saying whatever the hell he wants despite Brian's preference.

There's a circumstantial case to be made that Brian feels the same way, even if he doesn't say that out loud publicly.

 

Brian could tweet from time to time that he doesn't share the views of his brother but doesn't control him. By staying on the sidelines he's sort of giving consent. Yes, siblings don't agree but if one of my sisters was constantly saying crap about my job that I didn't agree with I'd make sure everyone knew I didn't agree.

 

They run a business together so they're not estranged. On the other hand, Brian could be telling everyone in the development world that he believes in MLS and he and his brother agree to disagree. I'd just as soon Brian didn't go on twitter and talk about youth development. Too many people talking too much on twitter as it is.

 

Big news:

I follow North Carolina FC because they're the close team to my school, and then they drop this. It was the Pulisic name drop that caught my eye, but that's not even the good part:

http://www.northcarolinafc.com/news...olina-fc-u23-signs-george-acosta-will-pulisic

 

This doesn't really help Acosta circumvent the signing in Europe at 18 rule, given that he's a January birthday, and can already sign when he turns 18. This would've helped someone like Sargent. Maybe Acosta just wanted to get some more games ahead of the U-17 WC?

 

Gotta be, right? It's the new situation where without Bradenton, players need to play high quality soccer the rest of the year. It's like Watts with Portland: he doesn't even necessarily want to play in MLS, he just wants to play/train at a high level.

I really like that this is a by-product. It will push our good players at low-end academies, like Pulisic was, to train with, say, the Union, which is really interesting.

 

The pair signed an deals with their U23 PDL team for the rest of the season, which is onl 3 games.

Pusilic will go onto Duke. Acosta will do what he is going to do.

 

I wonder if NCFC have some sort of unofficial relationship with an agent or club in Germany.

Taitague was able to register at Schalke immediately after turning 18 last year, Carranza visited Germany during the NASL season this year, Will was "the other Pulisic" at Dortmund for a while, Acosta spent some time training at RB Leipzig last year.

Wouldn't mind seeing a pipeline develop. Perhaps an enterprising journalist could explore the connections!