pwip wrote:big changes over the summer.

http://www.examiner.com/soccer-in-national/ncaa-relaxes-rules-on-professional-development-fc-dallas-tech-director-gorman-explains

if you want to kill some time. L.E. does a good job of capturing it all

http://www.examiner.com/soccer-in-national/the-future-of-u-s-soccer-development-2011-interviews-with-top-u-s-coaches

soccergrinder wrote:

THE NEEDLE wrote:
The academy teams are not High School teams anyway so that is irrelevant.

While I agree it doesn't sound right to most of us. It could be another small step toward the way soccer clubs are operated in the rest of the world.

Just some food for thought.

The point is that they are made up of high school players. Not College players. Not Pro players.