As the Development Academy season draws ever nearer toward the postseason, next level talent continues to emerge. This week’s TDS Homegrown Watch takes a glimpse at a blossoming YNT forward in Philly and a pair of serious center back prospects further west.

F Sebastian Elney, Philadelphia Union

Elney is the very definition of a modern soccer prospect vagabond. When he was pictured in a Tottenham Hotspur jersey in late December after a brief training stint with the club in London, the moment fit like a glove. One thing you can’t accuse Elney of is putting himself in front of the right people.