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Toronto FC enters player development partnership with Ontario SA

Q&A: April Heinrichs dishes on Girls DA, Mallory Pugh and more

When U.S. Soccer announced the new Girls Development Academy initiative last week, April Heinrichs was front and center. A few days afterward, she spoke to SoccerWire.com in a one-on-one conversation in which she expanded on a number of the leading topics in youth development today. Here are some of the highlights from that discussion.

SoccerWire Q&A: D.C. United COO Tom Hunt on his club’s new logo, search for new fans

Amid the impending opportunities and challenges of their upcoming new stadium, D.C. United have refreshed their beloved club crest, a break with tradition that was unveiled at a hip gathering of season-ticket holders and club officials at D.C.'s Union Market on Thursday. SoccerWire.com caught up with Tom Hunt, United's chief operating officer and the driving force behind the rebrand, to discuss this move and others that lie ahead as the Black-and-Red move into a new era.

ECNL Commissioner Sarah Kate Noftsinger steps down

Elite Clubs National League (ECNL) Commissioner, Sarah Kate Noftsinger will be leaving the League to pursue a new role with MLS club Atlanta United FC effective November 30.

Really real: D.C. United stadium project inches forward as city spends $25 million on land acquisition

No one has broken ground on the soccer-specific stadium that will become D.C. United's new home quite yet. But last week the District of Columbia government spent more than $25 million on its latest round of land purchases for the project, acquiring 67,436 square feet from private landowners Super Salvage Inc. and Rollingwood Real Estate LLC (the latter a property of local real-estate magnate Mark Ein), as reported by the Washington Business Journal.

Red Bulls Academy product Tyler Adams ready to lead U.S. U-17s on rugged World Cup mission

The U.S. U-17 Men's National Team kicks off their FIFA U-17 World Cup campaign on Saturday vs. Nigeria, the first of three daunting group-stage matchups in Chile. But the young Yanks can call on Tyler Adams, the New York Red Bulls Academy product who is already turning heads with his quality play and maturity beyond his years. SoccerWire caught up to Adams as he and his teammates prepared for their Chilean challenge.

SoccerWire Q&A: FC Dallas academy boss Luchi Gonzalez on FCD’s groundbreaking youth system

With a bevy of national championships and 13 products signed to the senior team since 2009, FC Dallas' youth development system ranks as one of the best in the United States, and Luchi Gonzalez has been a big part of it. The coach was recently promoted to academy director, and SoccerWire's Charles Boehm had a chance to speak with him about what's working at FCD's academy.

The best U.S. state at producing MLS players doesn’t even have a team (yet)

Major League Soccer recently pointed out that it's the most diverse major professional sports league in the United States. But rather than be impressed with the number of players in MLS who weren’t born in the United States or Canada, the news immediately prompted a question for us here at SoccerWire.com: “What regions of this massive country are best at producing players for our own top-flight professional league?”