NYCFC Training Facility Thread

Kjbert said:
Here's the other thing to consider. We are going to draw kids for our Academy from at least 6 counties - maybe more. You are looking at a population of probably 15 Million people that are in our target area. We will have Academy kids from as far away as Fairfield, CT, Staten Island, NY and Middletown, NY. You are probably never going to have one singular Academy. You may have 5 satellite Academy sites around the metro area. It's just too much of an area to cover.
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true, keep in mind RB have access to some of that area too so its not as plentiful as one would think....still a good amount though.

i do want them to look at kids from every economic level not just pay to play. this way we know we are really trying to get the best of our region.
 
Fantazma said:
i do want them to look at kids from every economic level not just pay to play. this way we know we are really trying to get the best of our region.
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I have no idea if MLS rules place any limits on it, but, in my opinion, that would be a worthy use of CFG's financial power from both a team building and a social perspective.
 
Fantazma said:
does colorado have a good academy system? thats massive amount of fields etc. i assume local community teams etc all use it not just the rapids
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I think their academy is pretty good.

You know who does have a really good academy and also has a mammoth training center? FC Dallas

They also have 17 soccer fields around their stadium (many of which appear to need water here):
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BossNYC said:
I think their academy is pretty good.

You know who does have a really good academy and also has a mammoth training center? FC Dallas

They also have 17 soccer fields around their stadium (many of which appear to need water here):
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lol every field has a model type for toyota
 
I think its funny that Europeans will apparently hate it if they sell the naming rights to their stadium but have no problem with sponsers right on their jerseys.

One you will take with you and wear yourself. The other you just sitin once or twice a week...
 
BossNYC said:
I think its funny that Europeans will apparently hate it if they sell the naming rights to their stadium but have no problem with sponsers right on their jerseys.

One you will take with you and wear yourself. The other you just sitin once or twice a week...
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depends on the stadium i think....if its fairly new then i dont hear much about it. if its the same ground from last century when the club opened then yes you hear about it.
 
Could they be keeping some of the land they bought undeveloped if it's been a long, long time and we don't have a stadium in the five boroughs, they'll build it out there until we get one in the city even if it takes 50 years?
 
BossNYC said:
I think their academy is pretty good.

You know who does have a really good academy and also has a mammoth training center? FC Dallas

They also have 17 soccer fields around their stadium (many of which appear to need water here):
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Yeah but no one shows up to their games in Frisco and they are one of the best, young, exciting teams in MLS. I can understand the arguement for wanting a super amazing academy/stadium complex but downtown arenas are so much more important IMHO.
 
Viewfrom226 said:
I have no idea if MLS rules place any limits on it, but, in my opinion, that would be a worthy use of CFG's financial power from both a team building and a social perspective.
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I think eventually some type of boarding school/academy is a really good idea. There was an article posted on r/mls a couple days ago about the finanicial aid fc dallas gives its youth club players.
 
derek_villa said:
I think eventually some type of boarding school/academy is a really good idea. There was an article posted on r/mls a couple days ago about the finanicial aid fc dallas gives its youth club players.
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Totally agree!

If CFG was smart, they'd definitely have a boarding school. I don't know how MLS would view kids from outside of our HomeGrown zone joining or if it'd even be allowed from a HG perspective - they couldn't stop it from a non-HG perspective and the best that we couldn't call dibs on could graduate to MCFC's academy (or even Melbourne's) to keep them from the draft and get them into the club's extended pipeline. But for those in our sphere, especially the ones that are from poorer families and underperforming schools, the Academy would be an oasis and a means to climb up and they'd have every reason to succeed either academically and/or athletically. That would be the big difference maker with a kid in the overlapping RB/NYCFC HG map, prep school education & top coaching vs just coaching.
 
Fantazma said:
true, keep in mind RB have access to some of that area too so its not as plentiful as one would think....still a good amount though.

i do want them to look at kids from every economic level not just pay to play. this way we know we are really trying to get the best of our region.
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Viewfrom226 said:
I have no idea if MLS rules place any limits on it, but, in my opinion, that would be a worthy use of CFG's financial power from both a team building and a social perspective.
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There are tremendous benefits to a good academy - you get first dibs on homegrown players, they don't count against the salary cap for some time, and if you sell them on, you keep more of the transfer fee. Given all of this, a strong academy is one of the few ways to really get a competitive advantage in this league.
 
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