In January , Chicago Fire general manager Nelson Rodriguez met with Academy product Cam Lindley about the prospect of leaving college after just one year. The University of North Carolina midfielder was coming off a standout freshman season — 21 starts, seven assists and ACC Freshman of the Year honors, among other awards — but said he wanted to stay with the Tar Heels for another year.
Orlando City subsequently signed Lindley to a four-year contract with club options. His passion, ability and tactical awareness will allow him to fit in very well in our squad. Our view of signing homegrown players always begins with what do they want to do.
We do not believe in pressuring guys, trying to get them to sign for us. So we were able to fulfill that wish for him, but in the process we thought we did very well for ourselves in acquiring a very talented young player with professional experience and then on top of that getting allocation money which can serve us. U20 team. Pineda has officially graduated from the Fire U18 Academy but he just left with the U. U20 team for the Milk Cup in Northern Ireland. Fire fans will unfortunately not get to see Pineda appear in the exhibition game against Aston Villa this weekend like he did against Chivas Guadalajara last year.
Onto PDL MLS rules grant teams the ability to sign players who played two years with a team's academy. PDL playing time on its own did not help a player's eligibility. That became irrelevant this year when the Fire academy had been around long enough to produce enough graduates to fully stock a competitive PDL side.
Some of the players that got major time this year? Chicago's PDL team finished a historically disappointing but they mirrored a true development like that of a Major League Baseball minor league team. The PDL teams of past were essentially a group of college all-stars. The Fire PDL team won the season series vs. With the victory, the players earned the inaugural 'Chicago Classic Cup'. You can see the Fire are making long-term player development the main issue instead of great short-term results.
U16s of Present If you had to wager a significant amount of money on the U16s or the U18s advancing to academy playoffs finals week, the wise decision would have been to make the bet on the U18s.
This was the same core that won that U16s championship two years ago and had added Chicago Fire homegrown player Kellen Gulley. The U18s were the team that was ranked No. Just before the playoffs began, the U16s best player, Louis Bennett, broke his leg. What's the latest news regarding the Fire Academy? Mar 30, west burbs Club: Chicago Fire. I believe the tale might be even larger since the club now owns West , South and North. My question remains If I were to guess he is making a profit just like with rec soccer even after the cost of the academy and scholarships.
That is what Grant Wahl needs to be investigating. It is purely a revenue stream to offset the academy especially the girls program. FrenFan Member. Jul 16, Club: Chicago Fire. Sep 28, Batavia Club: Chicago Fire. Some club from Europe is going to infringe on the Fire's academy territory. Jun 23, Illinois.
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