MLS announced last week it is creating a new competitive tier through its MLS NEXT Program. Here's what that means.

It's a new era for soccer development in North America. A total of 64 elite academy clubs which formerly participated in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy will join MLS's existing club academies ...

Major League Soccer announced the launch of a new elite youth competition platform intended to provide year-round high-level matches for MLS club academy teams and non-MLS academy teams that ...

Bader is on the right track. Last fall, she was the only Islander selected to join the Vancouver Whitecaps FC Girls Elite Academy, an official Canada Soccer National Development Centre.