I didn't know FC Malaga City existed until I heard local match commentary on my car radio last night. They're associated with the Malaga residential academy team, owned by the the La Liga club that have chosen to play in USL League Two. If they called themselves "Poughkeepsie" there would be a great opportunity to start a rivalry with Kingston Stockade, even though they're in different leagues.
Chicago House AC Announces Solidarity Payment to Steel City FC https://www.chicagohouseac.com/news...nnounces-solidarity-payment-to-steel-city-fc-
As far as I know, they're just an amateur club. Or - rather - they may have a p2p academy (no idea), but this player was just a member of the amateur club roster.
Wow, this kid has been around: A team called Juventus Trained with Flamenco academy Trialed with Tigres UANL but turned down a contract Chicago Magic Wisconsin Red Star Prep4Pro Turned down a Gibraltan team Purdue Fort Wayne (NCAA) Steel City (which his Dad owns) Chicago House
Yeah this isn't a solidarity payment, merely just a regular transfer fee. Solidarity payments occur when a professional player is transferred from a club in one FIFA member federation to a club in another federation during the course of their contract, up to five percent of the transfer fee is to be withheld and paid by the club receiving the player to the club or clubs involved in that player’s training from ages 12-23. Steel City FC, an amateur side in the United States neither has an academy program, so they didn't develop this player, and this player did not transfer from one club in a FIFA member federation to another, since both teams are under US Soccer Federation.
"Well, actually", you're wrong. https://resources.fifa.com/image/up...2018-2925437.pdf?cloudid=c83ynehmkp62h5vgwg9g Training compensation is due when: i. a player is registered for the first time as a professional; or ii. a professional is transferred between clubs of two different associations (whether during or at the end of his contract)
He's right, in fact you both are and you're both wrong. Under the FIFA scheme Steel City are owed Training Compensation, not a Solidarity Payment, although Peter Wilt can call it what he wants. "Training compensation will be payable when a player signs his first professional contract with a club that is different from the club(s) that contributed to his training; By contrast, solidarity payments will only be payable upon the international transfer of a playerwho is already a professional;" "solidarity payments will only be payable if a player is transferred for a fee, between clubs belonging to different national associations, prior to the expiry of his employment contract" https://www.lawinsport.com/topics/i...pensation-and-solidarity-payments-in-football
Hmphmm, good point. Wouldn't the right term be training comp then? That's not what the press release said, so I guess it was a misunderstanding, or that solidarity payment in the title would sell more coverage and misinformation. An example of solidarity payment is FC Dallas received a solidarity payment in due to Weston McKennie transferred from different FIFA member federations Germany (Schalke) to Italy (Juventus) and that FC Dallas trained him under their academy system. Sources: FC Dallas to receive solidarity payment from Weston McKennie transfer to Juventus | Tom Bogert | MLSSoccer.com Although, @Paul Berry provided the teams he previously trained/developed before spending a year on an amateur team. If I was Chicago Magic or Wisconsin Red Star, I would be livid as to why an amateur team owned by his father would receive training compensation from a professional team. Depends if Magic or Red Star are pay-to-play, but still worth a discussion. Feel like you're just projecting here, don't you have a NISA game to catch or whatever?
Doesn't Canadian laws defer from American laws? TC/SP payments can be legally ambiguous under American labor laws due to possible restraint of trade and child labor.
As you have 14 year-olds signing professional MLS contracts I believe that was just an excuse. The real controversy is whether pay to play academies should be compensated as the payments were devised to cover the cost of training.
how much 'development' do you suppose that player did with steel city fc when....steel city fc didn't actually play any games in 2020? their league canceled its schedule in late march. feels like another attempt by the nisa to play to the 'authentic' base.
Right, like the Yedlin case. But unlike Crossfire's ruling, which is a pay-to-play youth club, Steel City is an amateur side. I find it suspect that Chicago compensated an amateur club that supposedly this player played in 2020 even though the season was cancelled due to the pandemic. How did they exactly "train" him? Midwest Premier League cancels 2020 soccer season
Yes, you are technically correct (the best kind of correct). There isn’t much functional difference between the two, though, which I figure is why they get conflated. The distinction is a grand total of about 4 paragraphs in a 40 page set of rules about them collectively.
Notts County played for two seasons before meeting an actual opponent. Ok, it was 160 years ago but still.
FFS @NISALeague, we have ball boys at high school matches.Public fieldNo ball kidsLooks like tents for locker roomsOh, of course no stream: if this is all that @LosAngelesForce can manage, then they don’t deserve to host home matches.Unacceptable— usl delenda est (@ChattaGooner) June 10, 2021 Yeah...have fun with that!
And to think USL used to be given shit by USSF for their "substandard" fields. And you know they're not the only one playing in far below standard facilities like this...
So you don't think they're investing the $10 million expansion fee they didn't have to pay on the stadium?
No worries, instead of paying a $5 million expansion fee, less ambitious teams like Los Angeles Force already allocated that money to build a suitable place to play, like with using tents as locker rooms or no streaming options!
I mean hell I might just launch my own NISA team if all I need is a public park and some tents. I've got 3 tents in the garage right now and park rental fees aren't bad, I looked into them last month for my kid's birthday party.