U.S. Soccer begins talks over building new national training center

Too hot and humid.

Need someplace that can grow bluegrass.

 

Possibly built in conjunction with an MLS expansion club?

 

LA is already home to camp cupcake, and you can play outside year around in pleasant weather. That's probably enough of a reason to build it there. I doubt that the Chargers make a difference one way or another.

 

I thought this was in place in KC?

 

If they use Carson can't they use that new facility ATL United just built.

 

I appreciate that. I meant, I thought US Soccer threw some $$$$ at that and was going to call it their own?

 

Well, for a long time the excuses on the US not keeping up with the best in youth player development revolved around money. At least those should go away. Now the questions will be whether a facility investment is the best use of funds, compared to alternatives like fully funding curriculum and coaching development.

 

MIAMI!!

 

Don't be shocked if they invest even more money in that Kansas City facility as a solution. Its centrally located.

People aren't going to like the following thought..............................

The USSF has been bending over backwards putting events, camps, youth competitions, etc. in the Toyota Park complex in Frisco, Texas They're building the Hall of Fame there right now. There's so much space and land in that part of Texas. FCD themselves owns and maintains almost 50 fields between the Toyota Park and MoneyGram park complexes. [Hence why so many youth competitions are there.]

Before people go nuts with that idea, consider what the noisy neighbors (the Dallas Cowboys) are building in Frisco..............
Its 91 acres with their corporate offices, practice facilities, a 12k seat indoor stadium, retail/restaurants, an Omni hotel, and on and on.



For a long time MLS fans have talked about Frisco being a major problem in terms of location for FCD. Guess what? The metroplex is moving to Frisco. I was just there for the first time in 4 years, and the construction that's taking place in Frisco, Texas is astonishing. The Cowboys facility is part of what they're calling the "5 billion dollar mile." People driving thru Frisco these days would say "hell, why was I whining about this? This city looks bigger than Columbus!" Its one of the fastest growing cities in the nation. This is just one section of town............................

US soccer could buy the land for nuthin' and build whatever the hell they wanted.

 

I go to every game and if I haven't been that way in two weeks a new building has popped up. In four years it would be astonishing. They need 100k more construction workers in DFW.

 

I like the East coast for our European players .Florida spots have plenty of direct flights and mild weather.

 

Mild between November and April.

 

Then we can go to California.

 

What a load of crap. This article displays an inherent moral disapproval in USSF having money, and takes the unilateral opinion a dedicated national training center isn't the best use of money, because we already have some pretty good training centers elsewhere. I guess it's always easy to tell other people how to spend their money.

The authors suggestion is to use the money to accomplish unspecified methods in increasing "diversity" and obtaining "proportional representation." I wonder if he criticizes basketball for not being proportional enough ?

 

Boehm has a point and I don't think he was disrespectful to USSF while stating it.

However, it's overstated. Mostly there are places to play. Or at least there are in my corner of urbania. There could be more it's true enough.

In general though, this money should not go to salaries since it's windfall. How do we pay these guys when the money runs out?

I would say that we need to spread it out a bit. Start up self-sustaining programs that impact development. That is no simple task and needs some thought.

 

US Soccer is again missing the point. It should all go to the women's team players because they always earn more.

 

With all the club investment in infrastructure I too don't see a specific need. Better offices for everyone? Rent free residency? Ribbon cutting and a legacy?

 

Save it to get the coach you want after the next world cup. Time for a big time contract on a big time coach.

We should also start to build our own US Soccer compounds in every central American hellhole so we have a peaceful place to sleep and train while playing qualifiers. No more 3am fire alarms.

 

Because that worked so well the last time. The second point is very intriguing though.