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“Somebody needs to come up with a new acronym for MLS. It should be like ‘Making Less Sense’ because they passed on this guy.” 😳 USMNT legend Eric Wynalda is back after spending some time in Europe, and he’s called out MLS for missing out on $130 million talent Yan Diomande. He was speaking on UNLEASHED with Eric Wynalda for GOLZ TV. “This is the reality of how bad our scouting is in this country,” Wynalda began. “There’s been some very recently things released about people having opinions about if you actually join an academy in the United States, it decreases your chance to ever be a pro. “Some of the information that that's coming out that now is kind of things that we've been talking about for a while in this program. So, glad to see everybody catching up. “Is there a better story than this recent signing by Real Madrid? If you’re unaware, Yan Diomande has made the move to Real Madrid. “Now, let me tell you his story because this is one of those things that that needs to be understood. “When people talk about the United States just being too damn big, and not having the ability to just throw a net around everything, this is an interesting one. “Because Yan was right underneath their nose. And if you don't know the story, Diomande, before he went on to blowing it up in Europe, our country passed on him. Completely. “What I mean by that is the MLS dummies had their shot. He was right there in Orlando. And you know who you are, guys. “And, you know, one of you've dismissed your coach. I don't know if this had anything to do with it, but maybe that would be a good reason. “This guy scored two goals to win the UPSL championship, which is a level that they say, ‘Oh my god, we would never touch that. This isn't this isn't top level stock. We can't have a player like that. You know, that's not good enough for us because we're MLS.’ “Somebody needs to come up with a new acronym for MLS. It should be like ‘Making Less Sense’ because they passed on this guy. “Now there's four other teams that passed too. So you're not going to get exonerated from blame either. “But this is a player that was playing in subsequently our fifth division? Is that what UPSL is? Now he just went for $130 million, which is more money than every single transfer that you have made from start to finish in Major League Soccer. “We still haven't figured out the development piece of this league, and we call ourselves a developmental league? “Yay Cavan Sullivan, you might be pretty good. You got a couple of assists. Great, super fantastic. Where's the rest of them? “The rest of them are right underneath your nose. They are playing in places that you just don't look because you're too god damn arrogant to get in a car and actually talk to somebody who might know what they're talking about and find the kid.” Diomande spent time in DME Academy and played for AS Frenzi in UPSL, before moving to Spain in 2025 with Leganés. After an impressive spell there, followed by another impressive spell in RB Leipzig, he’s been signed by Real Madrid for $130 million. 💰