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Does a Young USL Championship Roster Help Teams Succeed?

Does a Young USL Championship Roster Help Teams Succeed?

In the USL Championship there is a clear distinction between teams who develop youth players for bigger stages and those who don’t. Some teams talk a big game and back it up while others focus on different player-development goals. While Orange & Black Soccercast focuses on Orange County SC, and yes there will be some conscious bias here, we do like to talk about the broader USL Championship landscape from time to time. I even asked smart-kid John Morrissey to weigh in. Here we’ll talk about some assumptions of USL Championship roster-age and how much each team focused on young player development – and how that impacted on-field success