[[FM21] USA Lower Leagues Extension v21.5.3 *Updated 05/04/2021*]

 I’ve read that past the third season of MLS there’s no players to draft?  So I have seen that Mars_Blackmon changed the feeder league to the USL2 for it to work.  I’m going to try and do that then.  

Also, Palk don’t stress out on this.  If you need someone to help, I’m sure someone would want to help you with this DB.  Worst case scenario, if the NCAA doesn’t work, scrap it and reconfigure the DB so that it works efficiently with all the other lower leagues.  
 

it does seem to work for the most part though and you’ve done a good job with it.

[[FM21] USA Lower Leagues Extension v21.5.3 *Updated 05/04/2021*]

1 hour ago, Palk said:

Update 21.5.3
 

- Added youth teams to each NCAA team (you can consider this as closest high school)
- Adjusted transfer rules in NCAA

I think this is far I can go, if someone knows how to tell FM IA to buy younger players let me know

With some tests the MLS draft has enough players in further seasons and some colleges buy some players other doesn't buy anything at all.

Thank you for this!  I will try this later after I get off of work.  I’m sure the system will be much better now. 

 

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6 hours ago, Palk said:

Yes, I did some changes in database with transfer rules and also added youth academy to every NCAA team (you can think this as closest high school if possible)

However I didn't relesed yet because in 2022 no matter what the superdraft always only have 7 players. And other thing is that seems difficult for NCAA teams to focus on u21 players even by setting selection rules and club vision to focus on youth and buy only u21 players.

 

Also trying to figure out the difference with Is Institute or not

Okay, thanks for your response.  I’m not that familiar with databases or the MLS rules so I’m not quite understanding the first part of your “however” statement with the Superdraft.

For the second part, I don’t necessarily mind if there’s players over 21 even though it’s not realistic.  I know the FM system is a little complex when it comes to that so i’ll take what I can get. 

Just do your best is all I ask.  I’m not rushing or demanding anything.  Like I said, it’s only a minor problem, but I’d like to be able to work my way up from being a college coach to the MLS.

[[FM21] USA 10 Tier Pro/Rel Database]

Looks like a pretty good database.  I’ve always wondered what promotion and relegation would be like in the US.  
 

The only problem I’ve noticed is that it’s hard to recruit people in the lower leagues.  (Yes, I did turn on add players to playable teams)  

I recently started a save where my club is in either the US Lower Leagues or the National Lower Leagues.  There are players on my team, but not enough depth in every position so I tried to recruit some players.  When i try to recruit, there’s only like 8-10 players actually interested in joining my team.  
 

Is there anything to solve this/anything I’m doing wrong? 

[[FM21] USA Lower Leagues Extension v21.5.3 *Updated 05/04/2021*]

I was experimenting with the NCAA part of the database, and I’ve encountered a problem (one that I had with Uncle Sam’s database in FM20).  

There’s like very few to no interested players that want to join my NCAA team.  And yes, I did on the add missing players to my team option.  But I wanted to add some depth to my squad as there wasn’t enough people in every position.  I think I tried to get players from other random colleges, but I think some of them weren’t even interested in joining my college either.
 

Is there any kind of solution for this/something I’m doing wrong?  It’s only a minor problem, but I find the NCAA Division unplayable if it’s like this.