(April 18, 2019) – Major League Soccer club academies were launched in 2007 with the primary objective of producing top homegrown talent to contribute meaningfully to MLS first teams. During the past ...

Talks have continued among concerned parties over the role of training compensation and solidarity payments in American soccer since a meeting at U.S. Soccer headquarters on Oct. 16, 2015. As key FIFA ...

LEIRIA, PORTUGAL - NOVEMBER 14: Weston McKennie in action during the International Friendly match between Portugal and USA at Estadio Municipal Leiria on November 14, 2017 in Leiria, Portugal. (Photo ...

Training programs conducted during regular working hours constitute work time and must be compensated as such, according to the Fair Labor Standards Act. (Work time includes all time an employee must ...

Major League Soccer clubs will seek training compensation and solidarity payments when academy players are signed by teams outside of the United States and Canada. Training compensation applies to ...

MLS is taking another step toward integrating itself with the rest of the football world, in large part to avoid being taking advantage of by it. The league’s academies, which started out as little ...