The Homegrown Player Rule is a Major League Soccer program that allows MLS teams to sign local players from their own development academies directly to MLS first-team rosters. From Wikipedia
The move underscores Seattle’s strategy of bolstering its roster by elevating Tacoma Defiance standouts on multi-year deals.
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