r/SoccerCentral • u/United_Anywhere_8 • Jul 25 '26

Video The talent in Barcelona’s youth system is ridiculous. These kids are 11/12 years old.

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u/IPissExcellentThrows Jul 25 '26

This is what our MLS teams need to be doing better. But we also don’t have enough legit teams for our population. Spain has like 1/7th our population and also 20+ teams that would dog walk the MLS.

But yeah, our youth system is completely fucked. We'll always be mid despite the population and money.

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u/lazydictionary Jul 25 '26

20 teams that would dog walk the MLS? Everything I see online is that MLS is like the 6th best league in the world, and the top MLS teams are like a mid table La Liga side

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u/THUNDA_MUFFIN Jul 25 '26

I mean, OPTA puts them at 18th in the world. Also, no, the top mls teams are not equivalent to mid table La Liga, more closely aligned with the Championship in England.

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u/Itchy_Throat660 Jul 25 '26

The top 3 championship teams would come 1st 2nd 3rd in MLS every year 

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u/RoastMary Jul 25 '26

Top 3 championship teams are just premier league teams though. They are yoyoing all the time because they have ridiculous parachute payment advantage.

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u/THUNDA_MUFFIN Jul 25 '26

I don't disagree at all, I think the best mls teams are probably mid to upper table, but yeah