Youth Soccer Insider

By Emily Cohen While talking with a reporter over Skype on a computer in his room, David Adams hears a knock on the door. “Is your room clean and your bed made?” theman asks in Spanish. He’s the father of the host family with whom David is staying for his four-month exchange program with Queretaro […]

By Mike Woitalla If being told how to play enabled children to master soccer we’d have an excess of great players and superb teams. The game, it isso obvious, is the best teacher. That’s not to say the coaches’ choice of words doesn’t have an influence. The question is how a coach can communicate with […]

Interview by Mike Woitalla Tom Howe helped found St. Louis’ Scott Gallagher SC in 1976 and coached future stars such as Tim Ream,Brad Davis and Pat Noonan. One of his alums, Cal coach Kevin Grimes, calls Howe “a legend, one of the best youth coaches ever.” Last year, afterScott Gallagher merged with Busch SC and […]

By Christian Lavers While the coach interacting with the players on a daily basis is the key influencer in their individual development, there are many structuralfactors surrounding the club that will impact the likelihood of a player reaching his or her potential. Some factors are more obvious than others, but having an understanding of how […]

Interview by Mike Woitalla Hassan Nazari, who played for Iran in the 1978 World Cup and 1976 Olympics, founded the Dallas Texans in 1993 aftercoaching youth ball in the highly competitive Metroplex for eight years. The Dallas Texans have long been ranked among the top clubs in the nation for sending players to the college, […]