RE: [nas] NEW RULES AND Chivas news

This is a hugely important point (reserve squads).  
That alone will do wonders for American players.  Most 
of the "lost" Americans will go to the USL Second 
Division (I'm glad they went to that, much as I 
respected the history and name of the "A-League").  
And those "lost" players will probably get better 
salaries as they are the middle-level players.

Please don't underestimate the importance of the 
reserve teams to the development of the average soccer 
player.  It is a great chance to find players who 
slipped through the ODP cracks.  Will it generate Fast 
Eddies?  Probably not.  We probably won't see the next 
Landon Donovan or DMB out of a reserve squad.

But it could find and develop that next tier of player 
a lot faster than the USL or college.

Most importantly, the kind of depth that the league 
will need to be more than a marginally sized league 
will come from this reserve side.  This alone will 
probably ensure that the league has enough talent to 
expand as needed for years to come (unless they expand 
faster than an average of one a year - or two every 
other year).

--- Original Message ---
From: "Damian Wright" <damianwright1@comcast.net>
To: "'AAA NAS'" <NAS@americakicks.com>
Subject: RE: [nas] NEW RULES AND Chivas news

>MLS had 4 foreigners when it started but later 
reduced to three. By adding
>two new teams and upping total slots to 28 from 24(?) 
total players
>increases roughly to 336 from 240. Chivas with 11 or 
so and the extra one
>per team for the other teams still means a big 
increase in American players.
>The reserve games have added importance because so 
many young players will
>not get playing time with the main team. Another 
thing is the league could
>go back to 3 per team if no new teams are added.
>
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