Vice Sports reported on Friday that a class-action lawsuit had been filed on the behalf of American youth soccer teams looking to receive a percentage of the transfers of players they had developed. The clubs that developed DeAndre Yedlin; Clint Dempsey; and Michael Bradley, Crossfire Premiere of Redmond (WA); Dallas Texans (TX); and Sockers FC (IL) respectively, are suing MLS. They argue that MLS needs to follow a FIFA rule that stipulates that developmental clubs receive a portion of the transfer fee if a player they developed is sold during their first contract. As a process of the lawsuit, the clubs have also named Yedlin, Dempsey, and Bradley to the suit.
U.S. Youth Teams File Lawsuit for Player Development Fees
