It’s draft day — and Tyler’s big date with destiny! The SDFC recruitment team braces for a whirlwind 48 hours of wheeling and dealing as they look to lock down the spine of their first-ever team via the MLS Expansion Draft.

But after weeks of careful planning, it all goes out the window when the unprotected player list finally goes live. There are some big names on there — and some big decisions for them to make.

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In this episode, we step inside the Right to Dream Academy: San Diego.

With ambitions to be the most advanced facility of its kind in North America, the clock is ticking to get it ready for their first wave of student-athletes in 2025.

We meet the club’s team of scouts — the largest in MLS — and learn what they’re doing differently in order to unearth the next generation of soccer stars… on both sides of the US–Mexico border.

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Right to Dream has landed in Southern California with a bold plan to revolutionize youth development. But is everyone happy to see them?

San Diego is known as a hotbed of soccer talent — home to some of the nation's top youth clubs, each with their own way of doing things.

We meet the SDFC staff who are out in the community, working to win hearts and minds, preparing the ground for the club’s first academy program.

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