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With the 2019 U-17 World Cup kicking off in Brazil, we spoke to John Hackworth, a U.S. coach at four U-17 World Cups who was at the helm at the start of the current U-17s’ cycle.Hackworth served as assistant coach, to John Ellinger, at the 2003 U-17 World Cup. He was head coach in 2005 and 2007, and in 2017 after returning to U.S. Soccer from MLS. Hackworth left U.S. Soccer in July 2018 and coached Louisville City FC to the 2018 USL title.

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Soccer America Executive Editor Mike Woitalla has written freelance articles about soccer for more than 30 media outlets in nine nations. The winner of eight United Soccer Coaches Writing Contest awards,...