Is MLS producing better talent?

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I agree with your point that change was needed, but I also think it's important to judge the DA on whether it has delivered on its promises. In particular, one of its most important deliverables was to provide its players with regular exposure to meaningful competitive games. Eight years in, schedules are wildly irregular, many games are lop-sided, and at least in my region, the environment in which they're played is sterile and passionless. It's a college recruiting circuit, not a developmental league.
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Sorry to hear that. I voluntarily stepped away from the inner circles about 5 or 6 years ago.

I knew/know there is no quick fix. The process will take decades, but I at least applaud the attempt.
If you have never been in the quagmire of big time youth soccer, it is really hard to understand how incredibly complex it is.

My hope has always been an MLS academy system that finally usurps much of what is going on.

Of course, again, I realize that process will take decades.

There is no easy fix and one could argue every side of it legitimately.

Let me just say, it seems that segments that had little respect for MLS in general seem to have it now. That alone is a big step forward in the US.