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One following US soccer's development (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

successor

'one following' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'us soccer's development' is the wordplay.
'development' indicates anagramming the letters.
'us'+'soccers'='ussoccers'
'ussoccers' anagrammed gives 'SUCCESSOR'.

(Other definitions for successor that I've seen before include "Person who follows next in order" , "One following another" , "One follows next in order" , "Follower (in post)" , "I follow" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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