Wouldn't it also be neat if all of the lower level professional soccer teams were affiliated with MLS teams? What if Charleston Battery was affiliated with Red Bullls? Charlotte Eagles with DC United. Etc.
Wouldn't it be nice if a kid with talent that wanted to take a hack at pro soccer instead of college....could step into a pipeline situation....where talent and work ethic and performance.....leads to the next league up? Instead, we have a bunch of independent and unaffiliated teams where playing great on one team...really means little to nothing in terms of moving up.
