In his first days with the Galaxy, Te Kloese, who continually speaks of creating “opportunity” for young players, toured the academy fields at the club’s complex, watching the age-group teams train and signaling renewed interest from the front office in youth development. Then in a fence-mending effort just before Christmas he sent Galaxy jerseys to U-20 internationals Uly Llanez and Alex Mendez, former academy prospects who walked away from the team last fall, an embarrassing rebuke of the franchise’s youth-development program.
Source: “Los Angeles” – Google News