I wrote an article a while back about how Orlando City was making a mistake with its priorities regarding the soccer pyramid. They club has sent the academy over to Monteverde, effectively offloading that responsibility to an organization that isn’t going to create MLS talent. I could (and did) write a whole article on how that isn’t the correct move, but that isn’t the direct point about what I’m going to talk about.
Recently, the Vancouver Whitecaps made the most lucrative transfer in MLS history with the $22 million transfer of 17-year-old Alphonso Davies.