I can explain it to you, but your post indicates that you don’t want to understand which, by the way, is what happens when someone sees something...
It’s a giant step forward. You just aren’t seeing it yet. You will. I see these things before everyone else - I always have. Don’t worry. You’ll...
https://ussoccerplayers.com/2020/05/usl-try-their-hand-at-improving-american-youth-development-with-new-league.html/amp Old article (over a month...
This type of story is the most exciting thing that is going on in the game right now - at least in this country. We need academies with adult...
My understanding is that the MLS Academy league would start in the spring, but now, in looking at it, I cannot find confirmation online. I guess...
Both the MLS and USL DAs are scheduled to begin in the spring.
Are they going to invest big money into development? Youth clubs pay for discounts and scholarships for low income players through the club fees...
Absolutely. Another thing that I like about USL Academies is that the academies will be measured by both how many players they produce for the...
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[MEDIA] I know that Louisville is the exception rather than the rule in many ways as a USL club, but I also think that the USL Academy league...
Dave Sarachan uses his Academy coaches to help him run 1st team training. The club strikes me as the type of place where they are try to connect...
Great post. You are clearly seeing one side of the issue as clearly as it is possible to see it. You are exactly the kind of person people want to...
Wow! These last three posts are by three of my favorite posters and I definitely think that all of you are seeing a part of the picture clearly,...
Perception is everything. They think that they are close to each other out there! I listen to the Omaha Union fan podcast. They act like Boise and...
Look, bureaucracies are necessary for minimal standards and rules, but you simply can’t rely on them for leadership. That isn’t what they can do...
Fort Wayne, High Point, and Portland are the three cities that everybody has been talking about in regard to expansion and I believe those cities...
If a franchise could be guaranteed twice the money per season in a super league second tier than it could make in a Traditional National league...
I agree with what you are saying but I also believe that some players need to go through that process in order to understand their ceiling. They...
The one thing that I like about kids going over to the Bundesliga is that you get an idea of their ceiling pretty quickly. They are given chances...
Right now it isn’t the thing to do for a league 2 team to form an academy or affiliate with a youth club to run it’s academy, but it will be...
I agree,but turning to youth clubs is not the answer. It didn’t work for them before and it won’t work this time. The youth clubs have a different...
I’ve said it before. The future of our academy system is with USL. MLS will eventually just tack on to the USL system. What MLS are doing now will...
The city of San Antonio is THE perfect example of why the DA ultimately failed - they always had youth soccer people running their DA, even when...
When you lack athleticism, you have to make up for it with amazing game insight. The question then is, does Durkin have amazing game insight...
https://www.uslleagueone.com/news_article/show/1104555 USL looking to start their own academy league next spring. What will it look like? I don’t...