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'USL Widens the Net' (Tim Holt Q&A Part 1)

United Soccer Leagues (USL), best known for its expansive network of pro, semipro and amateur adult leagues, has also had a significant impact on the youth game, having launched the Super Y-League in 1999. USL also operates an Olympic Development Program, a U-20 league, and its Premier Development League (PDL) provides a bridge to pro soccer for young players. We ...
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Tab Ramos: 'We want to play in the opponent's half'

Under Coach Tab Ramos, the U.S. U-20s delivered one of the greatest tournament performances in U.S. national team history at the Concacaf U-20 Championship in Puebla, Mexico, earlier this year. The USA won four straight games, qualified for this summer's U-20 World Cup, and in the final against Mexico -- winner of the U-17 World Cup and third-place finisher at ...
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Questions to Help Parents Analyze Their Child's Team

The 10 questions found below are especially directed toward parents who have children 10 years old and above.
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Sleep well, play well (The teenager's challenge)

I'm sure anyone who's raised an adolescent or teenager can attest to the idea that teenagers don't get as much sleep as they need.
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Michael Bradley: From 'runt of the litter' to U.S. star

U.S. midfielder Michael Bradley, who on Tuesday lines up against Mexico in his 22nd World Cup qualifier and 75th game for the USA, is the subject of the Youth Soccer Insider's latest edition of "When They Were Children."
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Positive thinking pays off -- for players and refs

My college experience was studying at Parsons School of Design in Manhattan from 1980 to 1984 -- the same years as Ronald Reagan's first term in the White House. Near Parsons was a renowned positive thinker, Norman Vincent Peale, who was completing his wonderful 52-year ministry as Pastor of the Marble Collegiate Church and who had authored the best-selling "The ...
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Getting players to pay attention

It's perfectly reasonable that children who show up to soccer practice might have a difficult time paying attention when the coach has something to say. They have, after all, spent an entire day at school listening to adults. And now it's playtime.
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Keeper Questions: Dressing, and warming up, for success

Coach Tim Mulqueen answers questions about goalkeeping gear and warmups.
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'Crazier than it's ever been' (Jimmy Obleda, Fullerton Rangers, Q&A)

According to Jimmy Obleda, the 2011 NSCAA Youth National Coach of the Year, the U.S. Soccer Development Academy has made the youth soccer landscape an "absolute mess."
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The Many Benefits of Refereeing

When I was asked to lead a discussion on "The Many Benefits of Refereeing" to help recruit refs at the recent Long Island Junior Soccer League Convention, it was easy to put together many talking points, such as:
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Rondo: A simple practice game with multiple benefits

"Everything that goes on in a match, except shooting, you can do in a rondo. ..."
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10 tips for the well-organized coach: presentation matters

One area of coaching that is occasionally overlooked is how we present ourselves to our players at training.
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The Great Halftime Pep Talk

If you're watching a game on TV, and a team stages a second-half comeback, you'll likely hear the commentators speculating on what brilliance the coach imparted during halftime, on what motivational technique he used.
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Refs: In the right spot, at the right time

I have seen many soccer games when the referee made an important call -- sometimes correctly, sometimes incorrectly -- and loud dissent followed since the ref was 40 yards away from the play.
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Rachel Buehler's Advice on Injury Recovery

Rachel Buehler suffered ACL injuries, in separate incidents, in both knees, as a teenager. Now 27, she has won two Olympic gold medals, a U-20 World Cup, a WPS title (Gold Pride), and has played 99 games for the USA, including five at the last World Cup. We asked Buehler, who starred at Stanford University, to provide some advice for ...
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