MLS Youth Academies and Development

[SoccerPrime]

Soccer America does a great job detailing the new MLS Academy and Youth Development system.

I truly hope RSL is one of the leaders of this new MLS Youth movement and are not left behind.

http://www.socceramerica.com/article.asp?Art_ID=562137749

HOMEGROWN PLAYER RULES

Homegrown players are eligible to be added to a team's regular MLS roster without being subject to the league's drafts or other distribution procedures.

Players must have lived in the area (with their parents, if appropriate) for one year prior to their placement on a list as a homegrown player.

Each team can list up to 18 homegrown players on each of its developmental teams.

A player is eligible for an MLS roster two years after his name is submitted to MLS on a team's homegrown list.

Players in U.S. youth national team pools cannot be included on a team's homegrown list unless they joined the MLS team prior to being summoned for a national camp.

[Aerick]

I'm not sure how living in a place for one year can qualify a person as "Homegrown".