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Theres something in the water at Sydney FCs academy - or it could be the nous of youth coach Rob Stanton.Since its launch in February, the academy has returned impressive results on the clubs steep investment to feed the A-League squad with home-grown talent.Key in its recruitment and execution has been Stanton, the man whos already taken his youth teams to a startling seven trophies and been named NPL 2 coach of the year for his efforts.The Sky Blues completed the remarkable feat last weekend when their first-grade and under-20s NSW NPL 2 sides won their grand finals.Its a sparkling CV for the former Marconi Stallions and Wollongong Wolves defender, headhunted from his coaching post at Sutherland Sharks.But the goal hasnt been to win everything - thats been a welcome bonus.The real end game is unearthing new stars to help lift coach Graham Arnolds side to A-League glory.At the end of the day, I get measured by how many players I get Graham to take, Stanton told AAP.Were on track to develop some really good players for Graham and the first team.Weve created smart, intelligent players who have shown a winning mentality, which Graham has pointed out hes keen to have.Down the track, hopefully, were going to find that special one.And the day a player who came in at under-13s level makes his A-League debut will be a very successful day for the academy.Most of the young talent has been cherry-picked from Sydney, with the Manly and Sutherland areas proving most fertile.A handful has come from interstate, like Canberra-born Young Socceroos defender and recent A-League signing George Timotheou and standout Queenslander Matthew Green.Geography aside, Stanton picks the players he believes will best suit Sydneys A-League philosophy, which is modelled on Arnolds coaching style.The 44-year-old has attended almost every one of Arnolds training sessions for the past year to study his methods and align his own approach.Every under-20s and first-teams charge has trained with the A-League squad at least once.Promising frontmen Charles Lokolingoy and Bai Antoniou are set to spend much of this season doing so.The aim, eventually, is a seamless transition to Australias top tier.They get to see where they want to be and they go back and work on it, Stanton said.They can see it and keep striving to reach it.WHAT STANTONS TEAMS HAVE WON:* National Youth League Conference B title* National Youth League grand final - defeated Adelaide United 5-2* NPL 2 league title* NPL 2 grand final - defeated Western Sydney 4-1* NPL 2 under-20 league title* NPL 2 under-20 grand final - defeated Western Sydney 2-1* NPL 2 club championship and promotion to NPL 1Nike Air Max 95 Australia . 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Berra made 42 saves and Kris Russell scored at 1:32 of overtime, lifting the Calgary Flames to a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday night.PITTSBURGH -- The NFLs most productive receiver over the past three years is getting a raise commensurate with his star status.A person familiar with the deal tells The Associated Press the Pittsburgh Steelers have restructured Antonio Browns current contract, giving him a $4 million advance against his 2017 salary. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the details had not been made public. ESPN first reported the reworked deal.This is the second straight year the Steelers have tweaked the details of Browns contract to give him a pay bump.The team advanced the two-time All-Pro $2 million in 2015. Brown will make $10.25 million this season. He celebrated by posting a picture of himself signing the amended contract on Wednesday next to agent Drew Rosenhaus.The 28-year-old Brown has led the NFL in receptions in each of the past two seasons, including 136 in 2015 even with quarterback Ben Roethlisberger sidelined for a significant chunk of the season because of an injury.Brown, who is the only player in league history to have consecutive seasons with at least 125 receptions, has hinted at wanting a new deal each of the past two springs but the Steelers have declined, pointing to a team policy of not opening contract talks to players with more than one season left onn their current deals.ddddddddddddBrown has two years remaining on the six-year, $42.5-million contract he signed in 2012, an agreement that coincided with Browns rise to being one of the NFLs elite players at his position.Pittsburgh has found a way to sidestep the policy by basically paying Brown early. The two sides will almost certainly begin working on a new contract next offseason, one that would likely make Brown of the leagues highest-paid wide receivers. Browns 526 receptions are the most by an NFL player in the first six seasons of their career.Brown is not expected to play during Thursday nights preseason finale at Carolina. The Steelers open the season at Washington on Monday, Sept. 12.Game notesThe Steelers claimed quarterback Zach Mettenberger off waivers from San Diego on Wednesday and placed injured backup Bruce Gradkowski on injured reserve with a significant hamstring injury. Mettenberger, who went 0-10 as a starter while playing for Tennessee in 2014 and 2015, will serve as Pittsburghs No. 3 quarterback behind Roethlisberger and Landry Jones.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: http://twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '