FIFA Training Compensation and Solidarity Payment System
MLS, its Clubs, and its Academies are participants in the FIFA training compensation and solidarity payment system, as codified in FIFA’s Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players.
With an investment in MLS academies totaling hundreds of millions of dollars over the past decade, the league announced that its clubs will begin to assert training compensation claims as per FIFA regulations and seek FIFA-administered solidarity payments.
Participation in these two systems allows MLS clubs to continue to invest in elite training for domestic players and provide them opportunities for soccer development free of charge. Prior to this announcement, MLS had never participated in training compensation and solidarity payments since launching in 1996.