I don't see how MLS makes the DA any worse. Isn't the

I don't see how MLS makes the DA any worse. Isn't the
by Irish Tool (2018-01-10 12:39:43)
Edited on 2018-01-10 15:28:04

In reply to: The post wcnitz linked to below is a good start posted by Irishlawyer

root problem still simply pay to play?

If the MLS teams were merely using DAs as cash cows, wouldn't the unaffiliated DAs routinely kick their asses and eventually be considered more elite? Is that actually the case?

My impression has been that MLS DAs are a net positive because they have expanded the player pool and raised the profile of the DAs. I'm a pretty casual observer, so I could be wrong.

Not the case in Georgia

Atl United mostly dominates unaffliliated DA's and during the summer re-stocks with the best from the other DA's. Then again most MLS clubs probably don't have Arthur Blank bankrolling them.

I've heard similar anecdotally in Philly.

Friend of my brother has a son in an unaffiliated DA, and he said that the Union Academy team is a cut above.

Not the case in Denver.

Rapids have more teams in U8 and below but by U10 all the better players have moved elsewhere.