Out with the Development Academy, in with MLS Next.
MLS Commissioner Don Garber unveiled the branding of the league’s new youth development platform Monday afternoon as part of an online presentation for coaches, players and the families of those participating in the new league.
“We recognize that the future of our sport, the future of the sport of soccer in our country and really the future strength of our league really depends on the improved and growing quality of our future players, as well as our future coaches,” Garber said in the online stream Monday afternoon.
The new league has been formed out of the ashes of the Development Academy that U.