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MANCHESTER, England - Six years into their reign and Manchester Citys ambitious Abu Dhabi owners continue to change the landscape of English soccer. Lewis Thorpe Twins Jersey .Initially, it was about short-term success, spending more than $1 billion on the squad to move a plucky, underachieving club out of the giant shadow of its city rival Manchester United to the top of the English game. With two Premier League titles and two domestic cups since 2011, that box has been ticked.Now for the next phase.On Monday, the English champions officially opened their lavish $300 million training and player-development centre — the City Football Academy. A muddy wasteland with no opportunities in a neglected area has been regenerated into a sprawling, 80-acre state-of-the-art campus.Connected to the clubs Etihad Stadium by a bridge, it houses all of Citys teams — from the under 8s to Manuel Pellegrinis senior side — has 16 1/2 pitches, a 7,000-capacity stadium for the Citys top youth team along with educational facilities and accommodation.Forget the recent signings of superstars Sergio Aguero, Yaya Toure and David Silva. City says this facility is the clubs most important investment — and unlike anything English football has ever seen.In a rare public appearance, City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak said Monday the academy aimed to be something that would truly differentiate the club as a leader in the world of football, representing the first stage of fulfilling a promise made when the Abu Dhabi United Group took over in 2008.Inspiration was taken from AC Milans Milanello training facility, Barcelonas famed La Masia academy from which Lionel Messi is the most famous graduate, the Australian Institute of Sport and NBA team New York Knicks MSG Training Center, among others. It isnt, though, a copy-and-paste job, says academy director Brian Marwood.There are some special touches. Sleep experts designed the players bedrooms, there are rooms for cryotherapy and a hypoxic chamber with treadmills where players can train in different temperatures.(You want) the club that will give you the best chance, former France midfielder Patrick Vieira, who is the head of Citys Elite Development squad, said Monday about attracting the worlds best youngsters. Because at that age, you dream about being a first-team player. I think when you look at these facilities, that will be an easy choice.United may have something to say about that.Still the biggest club in England, United has a track record of bringing youngsters through the youth teams and into the first team. Recently hired Dutch coach Louis van Gaal, despite spending $250 million pounds on top, mostly foreign players over the summer, appears intent on continuing that tradition.During Citys recent rise to the top, home-grown players have hardly had a look-in. To many, that needs to change if the new training academy is to be considered a success.We know how difficult it will be to make it, Vieira said, ... but when you have a facility like this, you give yourself the chance.Marwood pointed to the fact that City had two teenagers on the bench in the recent league match at Sunderland, and that 18-year-old Spaniard Jose Pozo played nearly an hour of Saturdays 1-0 win over Everton. Twelve players under the age of 21 are currently out on loan.Sheikh Mansour, Citys owner, said in 2008 that the clubs leaders are building a structure for the future, not just a team of all-stars. The demands of UEFAs Financial Fair Play rules make that a necessity.Understandably, Vieira didnt want to give a timeframe about when he thought the first academy product would make it into Citys top team.But given his winning mentality as a player and the ambitions of Citys owners, expect it to happen sooner rather than later. 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The teams 1-2-3 hitters -- Jose Reyes, Adam Lind and Melky Cabrera -- put together eight hits, four runs batted in and four runs scored in the series opener on Thursday. Bautista could be back for the weekend portion of the series. On the contrary, the Chicago pitching rotation has posted a 5.83 earned run average during an 11-game road stretch in which the White Sox have won just once. R.A. Dickey gets the starting call for the Blue Jays with a chance to end a two-start skid in which hes allowed just five runs in 14 1/3 innings, but had only four runs of offensive support. "I think all but one of my earned runs over my last four or five starts have come on home runs," Dickey said. Kent Hrbek Jersey. "Thats tough to overcome." Hes unbeaten in his last seven starts at home, but the White Sox pasted him for seven runs in five innings of a 10-6 Chicago victory when they last met last season. Lefty John Danks goes for the White Sox and faces the Blue Jays for the seventh time. However, hes not met them since May 2011, when he lasted just four innings and gave up nine runs in a 13-4 loss. Danks was a 6-5 loser on Sunday at Minnesota while allowing six runs on 10 hits in five innings. On Thursday, J.A. Happ tossed 7 2/3 scoreless innings as the Blue Jays blanked the White Sox, 7-0. Happ (7-4) struck out eight and scattered four hits while walking two for Toronto. Lind posted three hits and three RBI in the triumph, while Reyes had four hits, two runs scored and an RBI. Scott Carroll (2-4) yielded five runs on nine hits and two walks over five innings for the White Sox. ' ' '