FIFA Transfer Matching System – What is it and how will it affect the future of youth clubs in America?
Hopefully the same as clubs around the world. As FIFA’s new Transfer Matching System is implemented, the way in which unaffiliated American youth clubs focus their resources will undoubtedly shift. I first read this article shortly after it was published in late December but found it poignant with the recent new wave of American youth signing in Europe; Seth Moses, Sean Cunningham, Dzenan Catic, Oskar Gasecki and most notably, Villyan Bijev.