-
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 ...
-
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 ...
-
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, ...
-
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 ...
-
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 ...
-
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 ...
-
'The Selling of Women's Professional Soccer': Valuable insight delivered by an embedded author
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Thursday, January 2, 2020
Rachel Allison addresses balancing the traditional youth player-and-parent market with the 21st ...
-
USA building a 'Paralympic' pipeline as competition for disabled players changes
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Thursday, December 26, 2019
The national team here is the 7-a-side soccer team, also known as ...
-
Would U.S. women agree to 'equal pay' deal akin to Australia and Norway? No way
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Friday, November 15, 2019
Australia's new deal giving its women's soccer team "equal pay" with its ...
-
U.S. Soccer's problems call for a CEO from the outside
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Friday, November 1, 2019
The blame for the U.S. soccer world's woes can be spread over ...
-
What soccer can learn from cricket's transparency -- and other ways to improve VAR
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Thursday, October 24, 2019
In full earshot of the viewing audience, the "third official" walks through ...
-
The sky is falling! Making sense of U.S. men's national team fan hysteria
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Friday, October 18, 2019
Let's review what we've been told we "knew" we had to do ...
-
Coaches should learn the rules -- and here's how
Youth Soccer Insider, Beau Dure - Monday, October 7, 2019
The attacking team's coach calmly asked me what I called. I said ...
-
Can U.S. Soccer find a path to equal pay from other nations and different sports?
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Thursday, September 19, 2019
In 2018, French star Kylian Mbappe announced that he would give his ...
-
A pay raise for the U.S. men?
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Tuesday, September 3, 2019
Amid the talk of "equal pay" for the women's national team is ...
-
Alyse LaHue: Women's pro soccer is ready to ride the wave of a big cultural moment
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Saturday, August 31, 2019
Alyse LaHue has overseen Sky Blue FC's successful debut at Red Bull ...
-
How does SafeSport affect soccer coaches?
Youth Soccer Insider, Beau Dure - Monday, August 26, 2019
In April 2019, the Center for SafeSport, released a comprehensive SafeSport code ...
-
Adding up the U.S. women's strongest arguments for an improved contract
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Friday, August 23, 2019
The U.S. women's national team can make a great argument for a ...
-
U.S. Soccer: Women make more than men, except for FIFA bonuses -- and don't forget about NWSL salaries and USWNT benefits
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Tuesday, July 30, 2019
"Equal pay" is the slogan that has been shouted from France to ...
-
Tiffeny Milbrett on creating scorers, stoking individuality, and the '1v1 surprise'
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Wednesday, July 24, 2019
Tiffeny Milbrett is starting a new job as director of coach and ...
-
The absurdity of summer league playoffs -- and a proposal to replace them
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Wednesday, July 24, 2019
Every summer, college players in search of more games flock to teams ...
-
How the quest for back pay in the U.S. women's team lawsuit could play out
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Thursday, July 11, 2019
If the U.S. women's team lawsuit was simply seeking some adjustments to ...
-
Tying national team pay to revenue would exacerbate pointless gender war
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Saturday, July 6, 2019
The reality: The women's team wouldn't want to trade paychecks with the ...
-
Delving into the complexities of 'equal pay for equal play'
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Sunday, June 30, 2019
We're not talking about a man and a woman holding identical faculty ...
-
Going for goal benefits young players in many ways
Youth Soccer Insider, Beau Dure - Thursday, June 27, 2019
Let's get something straight: Defense does not win championships. ...
-
After a decade of youth coaching, I'm firing myself
Youth Soccer Insider, Beau Dure - Monday, June 17, 2019
After 28 seasons of youth coaching, I have arrived at a candid ...
-
Raw emotion of sports can produce worthwhile discussions -- just leave out the death threats
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Saturday, June 15, 2019
When women's soccer celebrations spur so much discussion, it's not a gender ...
-
A Ref's View: Playing styles clash amid the screams of coaches and parents
Youth Soccer Insider, Beau Dure - Friday, June 7, 2019
The tournament final started in pleasant conditions, a nice respite from two ...
-
Can the USA's lower-division Pro/Rel quest affect European Super League plans?
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Two seemingly unrelated forces could be on the strangest collision course in ...
-
MLS's French Connection: Fred Lipka on American strides in youth development
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Tuesday, May 21, 2019
In MLS academies, coaching education is now deeply steeped in the influence ...
