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It's a perfect time to let kids play without parents on the sidelines
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Monday, October 26, 2020
Across the United States, the United Kingdom and most of the world, ...
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One sad reason why kids quit soccer: boorish adults
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Monday, October 19, 2020
Somewhere on a long interstate drive, a little girl was headed home ...
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How governing bodies define improper player-coach relationships
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Monday, October 5, 2020
Should coaches be allowed to date players? Recent policies from U.S. Soccer ...
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An easy, important task for youth coaches: Take a few minutes to explain the game
Youth Soccer Insider, Beau Dure - Friday, September 18, 2020
The U-9 kids were playing for the first time in 10 months, ...
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National Soccer Hall of Fame voting system needs a complete overhaul -- here's how
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Hall voters snubbed Hope Solo, a two-time World Cup Golden Glove winner, ...
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Youth soccer scheduling starts in various ways amid uncertainty across a pandemic-hit nation
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Wednesday, August 26, 2020
Teams are waiting for league schedules. Leagues are waiting to see how ...
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Tom Sermanni deserves some of the credit in developing back-to-back World Cup champions
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Friday, August 7, 2020
Of the 23 players on the 2019 World Cup roster, seven debuted ...
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Youth soccer tournament play resumes with some significant changes -- get in, play a couple of quick games, get out
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Sunday, July 26, 2020
EDP, the Northeastern organization that runs U.S. Youth Soccer regional conferences and ...
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Title IX compliance: Keep existing sports, add more for women, cut football spending
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Wednesday, July 15, 2020
For Title IX advocates, the best defense is a strong offense. ...
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'2012: The Year That Saved Women's Soccer' -- when the WPSL Elite League set a stage for the stars
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Saturday, July 4, 2020
Another league had folded, but this time, the U.S. women's soccer community ...
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NWSL's return: A unique chance to grow the fan base and for new stars to rise
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Is this the year women's soccer develops more hard-core fans? Not just ...
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Varsity Blues' scandal and COVID-19 force universities to rethink priorities
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Saturday, June 20, 2020
So the stereotype of athletes ignoring academics often doesn't apply. But neither ...
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Eight great women's games -- from Mia Hamm at UNC in 1990 to world championships and NWSL
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Saturday, May 30, 2020
I've been privileged to see many great games live, particularly in women's ...
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Girls soccer landscape, shaken up by COVID-19 and DA's demise in 2020, may look different again in 2021
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Sunday, May 17, 2020
In girls soccer, we once again have two leagues chasing the top ...
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The labor path ahead for WNT: the future can still be bright
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Saturday, May 2, 2020
Hints that the women were going to face a tougher time in ...
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Soccer leagues have options ... they might include turning 2019-20 seasons into 2019-21 seasons
Off The Post, Beau Dure - Saturday, April 25, 2020
Depending on who you ask, we'll all be playing soccer in empty ...
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U.S. Soccer's ride back to Earth seems anything but smooth
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Many factors are at work in the federation's finances. Only time will ...
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Sources: U.S. Soccer has fired key executives Brian Remedi and Tonya Wallach
Soccer America Daily, Beau Dure - Thursday, April 16, 2020
They were among layoffs that took place throughout the Federation on Wednesday, ...
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Backup plans: Ideas for finishing European season are imperfect but something will have to be done
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Sunday, April 5, 2020
The discussion of the fairest way to declare champions, European places, relegation, ...
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Will COVID-19 push U.S. women's lawsuit to settlement or catastrophe?
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Thursday, April 2, 2020
Officially, the U.S. women and the U.S. Soccer may still face off ...
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Will Wilson, fire chief hired to extinguish soccer's fires and build anew
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Through unhappy accident, Wilson will have some additional time to get up ...
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The Cindy Parlow Cone agenda
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Thursday, March 19, 2020
Cone has less than a year before the next presidential election but ...
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Fact- and reality-checking the latest round of U.S. women's lawsuit statements and filings
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Wednesday, March 11, 2020
A couple of court deadlines have come up in the U.S. women's ...
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U.S. women's economist proves it's all about the World Cup bonuses
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Saturday, February 29, 2020
Economists have a spotty track record when it comes to sticking their ...
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There will be no winners in current U.S. Soccer labor negotiations
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Friday, February 14, 2020
In any mudslinging battle, we reach a point at which everyone ends ...
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U.S. Soccer members gather in Nashville with vice presidential election and reform-driven proposals on agenda
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Tuesday, February 11, 2020
The tug of war between the youth soccer establishment, MLS and would-be ...
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Seth Taylor on child vs. player development, parenting perils, and athletes' anxiety
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Thursday, February 6, 2020
Seth Taylor works with players at both ends of the career spectrum, ...
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Jill Ellis' balancing act deserves more credit
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Tuesday, February 4, 2020
Singling out any one person from the U.S. women's 2019 World Cup ...
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The U.S. Open Cup has identity and scheduling problems. Here's a four-step solution.
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Monday, January 27, 2020
Like the FA Cup, the U.S. Open Cup started as a national ...
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Big Brother, robot and soccer businesswomen highlight Exhibit Hall
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Sunday, January 19, 2020
The United Soccer Coaches convention's Exhibit Hall is always an exhilarating and ...
