MLS Next Alliances

[Grace T.]

Does anyone have any stats on the distribution of players that come from which mls next clubs? Genuinely curious if the bottom mls next teams are still consistently producing a couple players per age group. I know of non mls next clubs that I would guess produce more, but I really don’t know. It seems like the top mls next clubs are able to produce the most academy players and still remain competitive when those top players leave.

Don't have stats other than anecdotally we know quite a few people from certain clubs that got tapped from academies and only really have visibility into the West Coast (LA, Salt Lake, Texas, Portland, Seattle...which BTW last I checked the pacific NW does not have MLS Next....they are ECNL). It seems though in LA quite a few come from Strikers. Strikers is then able to rebuild teams because it has the connections, a deep bench (even their E64 teams are good and can and have beaten EA teams), and others are hoping to get a look too from those coaches with connections. Laufa also used to be similar...not sure anymore if Albion is the same. Again anecdotally, it seems like players on periphery teams (like Murrieta, Santa Barbara, Ventura or Nomads) who are capable of driving are looking to get a tradeup to the marquee teams and academies.