Adjusting to a new team in a new place, especially when joining that team requires you to leave home at 15, can be a challenge for young soccer players chasing their dreams with the Philadelphia Union Academy.
For Caden Stafford, a now 16-year-old forward who starred at Syracuse Development Academy before joining the Union over the summer, the adjustment to the different level of play has gone pretty well. He’s been sharp in the early going in the Development Academy, scoring a couple goals while putting in work defending and doing a notable job in hold-up play in his first five games.