LA Times · May 13, 2020
MLS to fill youth soccer void with Youth Development Platform
LAFC forward Carlos Vela (10) takes a penalty kick to score a goal during the first half of a match against the Galaxy on July 19, 2019 in Carson.(Patrick T. Fallon / For The Times) LAFC forward Carlos Vela (10) takes a penalty kick to score a goal during the first half of a match against the Galaxy on July 19, 2019 in Carson.When U.S. Soccer pulled the plug on its nationwide Development Academy last month, Major League Soccer announced within hours that it would fill that youth soccer void. On Wednesday the league revealed how it would do so, bringing 65 teams under its existing club academy umbrella to create the MLS Youth Development Platform.