Slowly but surely, MLS is becoming a legitimate talent-developmental league. Each year, we are seeing more and more players transfer to bigger leagues. FC Dallas defender George John is just the latest MLS player to be drawing interest from overseas.
FC Dallas Technical Director Addresses George John Transfer Rumors - Big D Soccer
On Sunday, Big D Soccer caught up with Dallas Technical Director Barry Gorman to discuss John’s situation. Among the topics they addressed was how MLS and its teams find that balance between developing players for bigger and better things and helping the league improve:
I think that’s a general philosophical question and something that we’ve talked about with the league especially as we develop homegrown players. The league came in last year and met with Schellas and myself and that was one of the big questions. Are we developing players to sell on or are we developing players for FC Dallas and there’s got to be a happy medium.
Obviously when an English premier League team or if it’s a Barcelona or Inter Milan you have to listen. From the players point of view, they’ve got dreams as well.
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