Soccer Study: A look at the Sounders youth academy — including its U-17 title — and why it matters | The Seattle Times
The Sounders Academy has about 150 hand-selected players between its three part-time and three full-time teams. Here's why the homegrown system matters.

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Colorado Rapids have fired Head Coach Anthony Hudson - Burgundy Wave
Conor Casey has been named interim head coach.

Armchair Analyst: One move for each team before the transfer window closes | MLSsoccer.com
Seattle were probably somewhere around the 12th-best academy in MLS four years ago.