Capello, that heartless, prison-warden of a manager played his rigid, dogmatic 4-4-2 that he pushes down the throat of each player of every team he manages – what a cold brute.

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Happy birthday for Lletget

The 2010-11 season of the U.S. Soccer Development Academy kicked off this weekend, with 16 games in the Texas, Southeast and Atlantic Divisions. The fourth year of the program will continue to improve the overall development of more than 4,000 players, 600 coaches and 900 referees in the coming year. Click here to read more....

But as Hoddle relaxes after training at his eponymously titled academy, on the outskirts of Jerez, he reflects on how Fabio Capello has had to restore his battered reputation and how simply returning to the pitch has been a means of redemption for Wayne Rooney. Click here to read more

The United Soccer Leagues, which held a monopoly over the minor leagues of American soccer for years before a several clubs seceded and formed the new NASL late last year, has announced the merger of its two professional divisions in a move that all but cedes U.S. Soccer's "Division 2" designation to the breakaway circuit.

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Football Vision

“You can’t catch the youth development in a system. You can define in an attitude. The foundations are fun, passion, confidence and a top sports mentality. These you will need to carry a vision. For all the young Ajax players we have defined the basic skill sets, but then the question remains, how does the player execute it within the system. Jesper Gronkjaer was another type of left winger than Bryan Roy, just like Marc Overmars was different… We put a lot of time and effort in the individual analyses of the players. We basically hardly talk about tactics with the kids. What we do say is this: once we lose the ball, we need it back as quick as possible. We need to have the ball and play together to score a lot of goals. Basically, that’s our vision. In simple terms, for children. It’s our intention. Have the ball, score goals. Period. We also believe the interpretation of the system, more than the actual system. Playing 4-3-3 without allowing the backs to attack is totally different than 4-3-3 with backs trying to reach the byline and crossing the ball in…”

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