Pendrith Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 Does anybody know how many youth teams TFC will field, what age groups and where will they be playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VPjr Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 no announcements have been made as yet but the guy coach they hired from Chicago will be the man heading up the academy. I'm sure that priority #1 is getting through training camp and then they will focus on the academy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 I would suggest that the youth academy should have been set up a long time ago, and should have been the priority. A club is only as succesful as the players that it can develop, and doing so sooner rather than later will make the club more sustainable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAS Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 I thought I heard somewhere that there would be five age groups, including a very baffling U-25! Let's face it, nobody considers a 25yr old to be a youth. If you are not ready by then, you never will be. I would like to see four groups, based on FIFA and the Olympics (U14, U17, U20, and U23), but five groups that includes U25 is what I read somewhere a long time ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VPjr Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 A U-25 squad would certainly be odd. But, then again, there might be a belief that there is a lot of untapped talent in Ontario who are playing semi-pro soccer or not playing much at all. TFC might feel that they can find 1 diamond in the rough. At worst, an U-25 team could just be an attempt to help the CSL by adding a non-ethnic Toronto-based team to that league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM2 Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 quote:Originally posted by Pendrith Does anybody know how many youth teams TFC will field, what age groups and where will they be playing. For 2007, TFC is only required to field U-15 and U-18 squads, they will probably play an exibition, tournament schedule the first year. Next year they have to field U14,U15,U16,U18,U20 and U25 teams. the Red bulls and DC united who already have established youth programs will be playing in the USL Y-League with a full complement of teams. (except U25) http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20061110&content_id=78269&vkey=pr_mls&fext=.jsp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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