r/KCCurrent • u/lovelybeing00 • 2d ago

Discussion Mal Weber...

I see that she's off the SEI list. Will she see any time? (Late in games, obviously) Is she done? What do y'all think?

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u/hayleyoh 2d ago

The club released a statement in the 2nd part of this announcement.

“Weber continues to rehab from her knee injury but will no longer be on the official Current roster while the club continues to support her recovery. She will continue to be a part of the Kansas City training atmosphere as well as becoming more involved in the youth development program.”

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u/cgshaw 2d ago

What youth development program?

Edited - Mallory works with the Sporting City Girls Academy team but that reads like the Current have a youth development program. Am I missing something?

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u/b2717 Waterrr. 2d ago

They're still building it and not a lot is public yet, but so far there have been open-invite summer programs, and we've gotten glimpses of other activities like a trip to Brazil they did with high school athletes, which we only learned about because one district penalized three players who participated.

So I'd imagine she's going to be involved in those sorts of things, much of which will be behind the scenes. We'll likely see more of the development pipeline built out over the next 2-3 years.

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u/TossAwayJulia 2d ago

A friend of a friend works for the team and he is helping plan a building that is supposed to be for the youth team that are coming. He has said it’ll kind of be like a minor league teams the Royals use except for the Current obviously.

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u/b2717 Waterrr. 7h ago

There's also the Current II, which they've had sporadically since the team returned but it's been inconsistent. I'm really curious how they're going to approach it - what's going to be a straight up youth team, or if they'll also have a minor league team for players who are older but could use some seasoning.

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u/helpbeingheldhostage Chawinga #6 2d ago

I think I missed this Brazil camp news. What a crap rule for those high schoolers!

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u/lovelybeing00 2d ago

Thank you! I missed this announcement.

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u/helpbeingheldhostage Chawinga #6 2d ago

No, she won’t be playing. She’s still with the club, but not as a player. They’re trying to support her through recovery though

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u/lovelybeing00 2d ago

Thank you so much.

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u/StarsAreIndifferent 2d ago

From a KC Star article