How a controversial youth soccer overhaul put the USMNT on a
Nov 15, 2022 17:20:40 GMT -5
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Post by bogan on Nov 15, 2022 17:20:40 GMT -5
“How a controversial youth soccer overhaul put the USMNT on a path toward World Cup contention”
Henry Bushnell
“On a steamy summer day in 2006, nervous energy wafted off a field in Zarephath, New Jersey, where U.S. Soccer had convened its most talented 14-year-old boys to brighten the future. They milled about the aptly named Players Development Academy, their host for a week-long training camp. They tugged on cleats, slapped on sunscreen and chugged through drills. And as they did, unknowingly, they became a case study in American soccer’s defects...”
sports.yahoo.com/usmnt-soccer-development-academy-mls-world-cup-150011102.html
Great article-a bit long , but worth the read.
Henry Bushnell
“On a steamy summer day in 2006, nervous energy wafted off a field in Zarephath, New Jersey, where U.S. Soccer had convened its most talented 14-year-old boys to brighten the future. They milled about the aptly named Players Development Academy, their host for a week-long training camp. They tugged on cleats, slapped on sunscreen and chugged through drills. And as they did, unknowingly, they became a case study in American soccer’s defects...”
sports.yahoo.com/usmnt-soccer-development-academy-mls-world-cup-150011102.html
Great article-a bit long , but worth the read.
