Griffin Yow turned 16 in September, but after a promising performance competing with professionals the past few months, the precocious attacker is joining the adult soccer world.
Yow — from Clifton, Va., and until recently Centreville High School — signed a homegrown contract Tuesday with D.C. United, becoming the 12th player in 8½ years to jump from the organization’s youth academy to the MLS operation.
He will begin his career with Loudoun United, D.C.'s new second-division team, and is likely to receive top-tier playing time this year in D.C. friendlies and nonleague matches.
New of Yow’s imminent signing appeared on the Insider on Monday night.