They can play professionals, they can't play alongside professionals as team mates. The main source of players for USL League 2 are college players. In the PDL teams, some of the teams were pro but those teams were not allowed to have college players on their squads.
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Liam Manning was the previous Academy Director, appointed last year, and I found no news of him leaving. Odd.
New York City FC Names Morten Grahn as Academy Director | New York City FC
NEW YORK, N.Y., July 13, 2021 - New York City FC is pleased to announce that Morten Grahn has been named Academy Director, pending receipt of his work visa. Grahn joins NYCFC from FC Copenhagen where he has been in the club’s academy setup since 2011, most recently serving as
Maybe there was not much going on in the Academy for the last year, so it was less urgent?
I think the DOC is a longer-term vision/direction of the Academy guy, more so than a coach on the field guy, so you can get through a season pretty easily without one, but you need one eventually.
Maxime Chanot as assistant. I need to see this!!!! He's still a good 2-3 years off of retirement so it looks like this will be a player/manager type of roll. I wonder what we'll see from him after retirement or if he'll go somewhere else
We’ve lost a good number of kids back to local premier clubs. The Belson Commute is turning into an issue for our academy
