What was missing for the Caps and every other mls team, was a pyramid for development. It doesn't matter how many great 18 year olds you have if you cant get them playing time in order to develop because the coach will get fired if the first team doesn't win.
That all changes this year with USL PRO. I'd go so far to argue that without a proper pyramid, based on development results, MLS teams were throwing money away by having academies.
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