All about the money’: The decline of Minnesota United’s youth academy
Parents of academy players said ownership and upper management viewed the youth system as “a money suck and a waste of time.”
U.S. Soccer shuts down development academy; MLS forms new youth program
U.S. Soccer announced on Wednesday that it is closing down the development academy
Giving Girls Goals; Soweto’s Soccer Coaching Clinic
A recent soccer clinic in Soweto had former Liverpool F.C. player John Barnes coaching young girls to become the future stars of Africa.
Alphonso Davies is off to Bayern Munich. Here’s why he’s Canada’s most important soccer player
By: Cathal Kelly | The Globe & Mail | The previous time the greatest-ever Canadian soccer player left for Europe, no one noticed. Calgary’s Owen Hargreaves was 16 years old when scouts from German giant Bayern Munich hoovered him up into their youth system. They were well ahead of Canada in that regard. Few media outlets […]
Davies completes MLS record $13.5 million move to Bayern Munich
Alphonso Davies discusses transfer to Bayern Munich
Does Alphonso Davies’ move to Bayern Munich raise the standard of MLS youth development?
By: Graham Parker, U.S. soccer writer | ESPN It’s a measure of Major League Soccer’s present status that the deal sending Alphonso Davies to Bayern Munich is destined to be analyzed for its broader cultural significance as much as its relative transactional merits. On one level, why wouldn’t it be? In its third decade, MLS has made significant […]
The International Champions Cup Futures Youth Soccer Tournament Has Lofty Goals
By Jacob Feldman | SI Organizers of soccer’s newest youth tournament are not shy about their ambitions. “The Little League World Series was a huge inspiration for us,” said Daniel Sillman, the CEO of Relevent Sports, which launched the International Champions Cup Futures event taking place this week. Relevent executive chairman Charlie Stillitano was even […]
In soccer, unlike basketball, there aren’t a lot of scholarship dollars.
BY Mark W. Wright | The Undefeated | It was time to have “the talk.” We both knew it. Max’s sunken shoulders said everything his quivering lips couldn’t. We’d just gotten home from a fourth night of training, and our drive on this rainy and cold night was a bad one. They were all bad, […]
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