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    About MLS NEXT

    MLS NEXT is the elite youth development platform run by Major League Soccer. Two clubs give Western Mass players access to it: the Boston Bolts, whose Western MA region trains at the Williston Northampton School in Easthampton and the Chicopee Boys & Girls Club, and IFA New England, whose U15 and U19 sides qualified for the 2026 MLS NEXT Cup.

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    The Bolts also run MLS NEXT Homegrown and Northeast Academy (U12 and under) tracks, plus a Girls National Academy League program now based in the Western Region.

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