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Northern California Boys Represent U18 National Team
Category: Youth Soccer on 09 Jan 2007
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Werder Bremen - Germany's most stable professional club's structure
Category: Professional on 08 Jan 2007
It is interesting to see the structure, in English, of this German Powerhouse. They have a council of elders to insure the clubs traditions are followed....Read more - click on the structure to enlarge it.
 
Hertha BSC U18's- 2005- 2006 League Schedule
Category: Youth Soccer on 08 Jan 2007
Wow...there seems to be a common theme here.... many trainings during the week with one game on the weekend.....
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"Lalas: I tell my players, 'Don't bore me"
Category: Professional on 08 Jan 2007

ESPN interviews Alexi Lalas who thinks MLS players need to display more personality.....not develop more skill, experience, or insight... Read more

 
The Wacky World of the MLS
Category: Professional on 08 Jan 2007
Hans Westerhof, former coach of Ajax Amsterdam, Chivas Guadalajara and Chivas USA calls the MLS the communist league due to the crazy rules governing team rosters or parity....Check this out about DC United....
 
Iraq’s Escape Is Soccer, but Soccer Can’t Escape War
Category: Youth Soccer on 08 Jan 2007
This will help keep it in perspective.....
 
What coaches make in Texas......but they have to live there!
Category: Youth Soccer on 08 Jan 2007
The Dallas Texans Soccer Club, with $2.8 million in revenue, paid total coaching fees of more than $1.3 million for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, according to the organization's Form 990 filing. Read more......
 
Tournament victory lands Northern Cal Club in Guiness Book of World Records!
Category: Youth Soccer on 08 Jan 2007
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Nantes FC Youth Development Program - U14's train five times a week
Category: Youth Soccer on 07 Jan 2007
U14 boys competition schedule, school schedule and training schedule.
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What is wrong with English Football Academies?
Category: Youth Soccer on 07 Jan 2007

Two years ago, I attended a lecture given by an FA Coach with the Technical Director of Ajax America Barry Hulshoff. Barry had grown up in Ajax, played for and coached for Ajax. 

At one point, he leaned over to me and said, " Ajax would not be an Academy in England. They do not have a covered pitch, nor a child welfare officer ( both presented as something necessary to be an academy) and they would not agree to limiting their older teams to so few games - with no standings."

The FA web site tab on elite player development has not been updated since 2003...

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"Throwing money at youth development"
Category: Youth Soccer on 07 Jan 2007
" The pool is shrinking"
 
USSF forms committee to examine youth development
Category: Youth Soccer on 07 Jan 2007
Here is an interesting article from Top Drawer Soccer. Where is the political will to make the right decision? 
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Cory Gibbs Interview
Category: Professional on 07 Jan 2007
Here is a great interview with Cory Gibbs which covers his time in Holland, Germany and England..... 
 
Rongren on the U20's
Category: Professional on 07 Jan 2007
We’re an aggressive, tactical, athletic team that has the capabilities of executing out of a balanced system like a 4-3-3." Read more
 
This is inspiring? What a joke!
Category: Professional on 07 Jan 2007

You must check out the pdf's created by ADIDAS to inspire youth players in the US. Caution: Only read this if you have nothing to do for the next hour.....you may be inspired to go running, to train against a wall, or to lock yourself in a room and cry!

From the MLS web site: "adidas, MLS, and Soccer United Marketing Working Together to Create and Inspire an America Soccer Nation"

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"The 2007 class is a weak class" - MLS Combine
Category: Professional on 07 Jan 2007
"It drains the guys, but sometimes you have to challenge their character," said Greg Andrulis, head coach of the adidas Tango team, whose strategy was to strike early while the legs were still fresh." Read more
 
"There is no shortcut to success"
Category: Youth Soccer on 07 Jan 2007

Do you subscrible to Soccer Coaching International? You should! The lastest issue has an article from Lippi, Soren Akeby of Malmo FC, Leslie Gallimore of U of Washington, a few pages of training's from around the world, an interview with youth coach of NEC U19's,  and two articles about Youth Football. 

www.soccercoachinginternational.com 

Soren Akeby of Sweden quotes from the latest issue of Soccer Coaching International.

On the 1-4-3-3 versus the 1-4-4-2:  " I prefer to play 4-3-3, but I believe it demands more of every single player to play that compared to the 4-4-2. 

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To whom does this belong?
Category: Youth Soccer on 05 Jan 2007
“To Create, Develop, and Grow the best USSF sanctioned organization to foster the growth and development of club soccer programs throughout the United States. The result of which will be to improve the level of play of the competitive soccer player, and thereby the U.S. national teams and professional leagues.”
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To whom does this belong?
Category: Youth Soccer on 05 Jan 2007


Mission Statement

 “The mission of the .............. is to serve all children and our communities by providing opportunities that allow each child to grow, learn, mature and succeed by becoming productive adult members of society through the development, promotion, and offering, regardless of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin and/or ability, comprehensive community based leagues that offer a complete range of youth soccer opportunities for all children of all ages and abilities.”
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Great Interview for Coaches Education
Category: Professional on 05 Jan 2007
PSV Skills Coaches Interview
 
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