http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/celtic/202154-juan-agudelo-on-celtic-living-up-to-the-hype-and-maurice-edus-advice/...
http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/celtic/202301-celtic-want-to-sign-juan-agudelo-after-impressing-neil-lennon-in-training/
Asking people to change is a cultural problem, not a technical problem - or in this case, a player development problem. Research has shown...
Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable. Mark Twain
Without speaking a word of Dutch, I can tell you that he is basically saying that it was a nice goal and that Jozy is a footballer. Someone who...
Center of gravity is much, much more important in soccer than height. Brek has short legs for a guy of his height and that makes him much, much...
I remember the season (half season) that he was in charge at DC United. It was four games into the season before you could distinguish any kind...
http://www.soccerphile.com/soccerphile/news/balkans-soccer/naturalized.html This has been going on since the before the first world cup and...
For me though, it is a three practices + one game cycle verses six practices without a game. I think that not having regular, meaningful games as...
There is plenty of money in youth soccer if you are determined enough to look for it. It is different from basketball, but there is always going...
I don't see the same problems for DA soccer that basketball have developed at the youth level because: 1. We require at least three practices a...
Getting an A level license isn't enough proof for me, given his background, but it sounds like it is enough for you. I know that I won't be...
He took a job, according to an interview I read (sorry, I can't remember when or where) as director of a DA because he was serious about building...
Look, I agree with those who ask who we are to judge Harkes, but there is a non-moral issue that we are dancing around that nobody is coming out...
I work for a public school system. Right now principals do Skype interviews with prospective teachers around the country and around the world,...
Above is what I posted almost five years ago on the subject. Obviously some of it is outdated. What I would like to see now in Bradenton is that...
This is a huge issue and is not overstated. Here is where the confusion lies: Coaches will ALWAYS talk to players about getting the result and...
Don't get me wrong, I am glad that they are talking to the DAs about playing good soccer, but the system of evaluation by individuals lends itself...
Look, I am familiar with your belief that we aren't going to produce the best players unless we teach them how to play before they get to the DA...
I want to mention one thing about this video. It is great that the federation is holding coaches accountable for how they play, but the advice is...
There was a video on Youtube that has since been taken down about the Ajax Academy, the Academy that the USSF curriculum is being based on. On...
I am in shock! Two people who agree with me in the same day! Life is all about enjoying those baby steps! :D
Thank you for asking this question. I think that, at the grassroots level, this problem represents a much bigger hurdle than most people think....
You know, if we measured player development, we would KNOW how good clubs are at developing players - we wouldn't have to argue about it....
YouTube - A look inside the AFC Ajax academy part three (Johan Cruijff's early academy memories)‏ Part 3 Doesn't have as much...