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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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A rule change for better soccer: No goal kicks or punts over the halfway line
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Here's a rule change that would reward attacking teams and make the ...
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Mark Krikorian on DA vs. ECNL, Florida State success, the NWSL and the Women's World Cup
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Saturday, May 4, 2019
Krikorian's Florida State is the women's Division I NCAA defending champion and ...
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Fans embrace teams at many levels, as demonstrated by a Dublin derby
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Thursday, April 25, 2019
Like Irish soccer itself, Dalymount Park is so close to the heart ...
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At what age should we post results?
Youth Soccer Insider, Beau Dure - Tuesday, April 9, 2019
The goal is obvious -- coaches should be focusing on development, not ...
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U.S. Soccer welcomes new Paralympics challenge
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Thursday, March 28, 2019
Imagine an entire country is trying to pick up that sport from ...
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Does the USA need yet another youth league? The USL says yes
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Monday, March 18, 2019
Another year, another youth soccer competition. As always, the competition's goals sound ...
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Have we been too harsh on direct soccer?
Youth Soccer Insider, Beau Dure - Tuesday, March 12, 2019
The other team simply blasted the ball up the field to forwards ...
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How to keep kids playing? Offer something different
Youth Soccer Insider, Beau Dure - Wednesday, February 13, 2019
It's unrealistic to think we're going to retain 100 percent or even ...
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Washington Spirit coach Richie Burke on leading a 'rebirth of the franchise'
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Thursday, February 7, 2019
While this year's Spirit team is young, as in its 2013 debut, ...
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NPSL chairman Kenny Farrell on the importance of improving adult soccer in the USA and a player-centric approach at the youth level
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Thursday, January 24, 2019
Kenny Farrell, the general manager for the New Orleans Jesters, was elected ...
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Refs impress at coaches' gathering with VAR demos and tales from the field
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Monday, January 14, 2019
Who would have guessed that an exhibit by referees would be the ...
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USSF future, such as it is
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Thursday, January 10, 2019
Hidden in each of the presentations in U.S. Soccer's "Future" series at ...
