Assessing prospects is not science. It may not even be art+science. Formerly top-rated talents can go from the top 10 of a 22 under 22 list to getting also mentions in a “short list” of 34 in just a year’s time.
Development is never linear.
But even as individuals stagnate, the organization is in a stronger place in general. They have more prospects than ever, playing the numbers game. These players are across the spectrum from teenagers already plying their trade on an MLS roster to “elder” prospects that are on the cusp of breaking in.