A youth coach on Twitter recently offered the following player development maxim with regard to goal-scorers:
Beware of a youth player that can only score one way. The player that scores all their goals only on breakaways at 12-years-old won’t score many at 15-years-old. Develop players that can score multiple ways in different scenarios.
That interested me because (1) it’s a simple, useful screen to pass young strikers through as an indicator of potential, and (2) a lot of people think the addition of Franco Jara could be transformative for FC Dallas’ striker prospect Ricardo Pepi.