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You can now mark the Columbus Crew off the short list of clubs that have yet to sign a Home Grown Player. The Crew announced Tuesday that they have signed forward Aaron Horton to a multi-year deal. “We are excited to welcome Aaron to our first team,” said Crew head coach Robert Warzycha. “He is a…[continue reading]

  I’ve been meaning to talk about the wave of the future in Major League Soccer since the first week of the season. Of course I am talking about the Home Grown players that are currently in MLS. So far 10 HGP have played in league games this season, with plenty more seeing quality time…[continue reading]

  I mentioned earlier in my Western Conference preview how I loved the way Real Salt Lake handles their business. Today, they took one step further in that as they signed their first Home Grown player, 18-year old Donny Toia. The left-footed midfielder will have to battle his way into the first team discussion considering…[continue reading]

As Major League Soccer grows, so does it’s academies. We’ve seen some solid early returns out of the various academies so far with the likes of D.C. United’s Andy Najar, New York’s Juan Agudelo, and even guys like FC Dallas’s Ruben Luna. I felt it was important to take a look at potential Home Grown…[continue reading]

Maybe it is because I’m blinded by the fact that I live in Dallas and I know about the youth soccer development that is going on here but it seems others outside of town are starting to take notice. As they should really. FC Dallas has been producing talent left and right here lately. The club leads…[continue reading]

We’ve all been saying for a long time that once teams start getting talent into their academy systems that things will take off. Well here in Dallas it certainly looks like things are beginning to take off for the club. FC Dallas has signed academy forward Jonathan Top to a professional contract, the club announced…[continue reading]

I heard some talk that a possible roster increase could happen a couple weeks ago and today the league did just that. A press release just went out stating the league has increased club roster sizes in an effort to allow clubs to sign more youth players from their academies. As part of Major League…[continue reading]