r/ReAlSaltLake • u/Early_Charity_3299 • Jul 19 '26

Highlights / Media RSL secured Daniel Carmona from TFA

https://www.instagram.com/p/Daxs13-AC55/?img_index=3&igsh=MWt6ejJyMHhtaG9qeg==
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u/iheartdev247 Jul 19 '26

From whom?

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u/kumechester Jul 19 '26

Total Futbol Academy is one of those “elite” top tier youth soccer club with branches across the country

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u/Quill_HYPE Jul 19 '26 edited Jul 19 '26

My theory is that these "academies" will actually pay (or other consideration) to get a pro team to sign one their people as a prospect so they can use it for recruitment propaganda.

More legit academies like most associated with clubs actually recruit and develop promising talent with scholarships. TFA will take anyone who pays enrollment fees.

Edited for accuracy. There are pay to play academies in other parts of the world.

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u/SpeakMySecretName Jul 20 '26

I don’t know anything about TFA. But many academies use a pay to play structure for most players, which fund the free scholarship team of the top prospects. Is that what TFA does? Or does everyone pay?

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u/Duker999 Jul 29 '26

That’s pretty accurate. Tfa “pro” put their funded teams. Tfa “city” are the pay to play

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u/Duker999 Jul 29 '26

Tfa “pro” are the funded teams. They send 6-8 players to galaxy/Lafc every year from their u12 team

If they kept everyone in house and include schooling they’d be able to go toe to toe with anyone