LA Galaxy to remove alliance program

I understand announcement was made to membership. Why is it not public yet?
 

Oh so basically...

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Anyone familiar with how competitive the other US Liverpool affiliates are? For instance, Liverpool IA Norcal - anyone know anything about their reputation? I realize it's mostly branding, etc, but if they're all pretty good, then maybe there's significant value in teaching "the Liverpool way". My guess is probably just a mixed bag of results, and dependent on local coaches...
 
To me it makes LA Galaxy look like they don't really have any idea what they are doing.

Actually- It looks to me like the LA Galaxy MLS team does have a plan. That plan is to get out of the business of Youth Soccer and to work on their professional team and academy.
Why put the effort towards youth leagues when you should be focusing on the pro side of things?
Why alienate some fans who might have had a bad experience playing with or against a LA Galaxy Youth affiliate team?
Why alienate some coaches who aren't part of the "LA Galaxy Youth Franchise" family.

If they were smart, they'd be reaching out to all clubs across So Cal and offering up programs to grow their brand and to give all players and coaches a taste of what a professional soccer organization is like. They can run camps and clinics all the time. And now there isn't the "threat" to competing youth clubs that the Galaxy affiliates will be trying to gobble up teams/players/coaches.
 
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