For once, MLS didn't make up a new rule all willy-nilly to benefit a team in a major media market.
Maybe they would have done it if this was Los Angeles.
Jack Harrison, the English-born midfielder widely expected to be a top pick in the upcoming MLS SuperDraft, is officially not going to be New York City's first Homegrown Player. The franchise's claim was denied under league rules. As widely reported recently by SBI Soccer and others, the attempt was mightily dubious, having been based on just a scattered series of appearances for Manhattan Soccer Club during his prep days.