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David Caetano on Portugal's player development, mental fitness and the importance of nurturing creativity
Soccer America Confidential, Dan Woog - Tuesday, April 13, 2021
David Caetano has spent the past few decades observing differences between play ...
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My rewarding relationship with Soccer America and reflections on its first 50 years
Soccer America Confidential, Dan Woog - Thursday, April 8, 2021
I wanted to write for the best, and truest, publication: Soccer Americ ...
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Police join the coaching crew for Arizona youth
Soccer America Confidential, Dan Woog - Tuesday, March 23, 2021
For several years, the Arizona Soccer Association has partnered with the Bo ...
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Improvised scheduling creates unique season amid the pandemic for New England high school
Soccer America Confidential, Dan Woog - Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Assured that the school was doing all it could to minimize spre ...
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Michael 'Mac' McBride on the eye-opening attractions of junior colleges
Soccer America Confidential, Dan Woog - Friday, March 12, 2021
Michael "Mac" McBride coaches the women's and men's teams at Texas' Bli ...
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Georgetown's Brian Wiese on defending a national title during the pandemic: 'Getting on the field is a win'
Soccer America Confidential, Dan Woog - Friday, February 26, 2021
"It takes a lot of mental energy" to adapt to the n ...
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Amid the pandemic, Indiana's weather-proof Grand Park becomes college soccer hub
Soccer America Confidential, Dan Woog - Wednesday, February 24, 2021
The 370,000-square foot indoor space - peaked in the middle with ...
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Bryan Turner on understanding the pressures faced by teenage athletes
Soccer America Confidential, Dan Woog - Monday, February 15, 2021
Bryan Turner loved everything about soccer. Though he was the only Bla ...
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PA Classics' Steve Klein on the post-DA landscape, the pandemic effect, and Pulisic in perspective
Soccer America Confidential, Dan Woog - Tuesday, February 9, 2021
PA Classics -- the club Christian Pulisic joined as a youngster, a ...
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Esmeralda Negron on bringing women's soccer into fans' 'hearts, minds and homes'
Soccer America Confidential, Dan Woog - Wednesday, February 3, 2021
As co-founder and general manager of Atalanta Football, Esmeralda Negron is securi ...
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Jason O'Keefe rebounds at Robert Morris after App State shuttered the program he rebuilt
Soccer America Confidential, Dan Woog - Saturday, January 30, 2021
A year ago, Jason O'Keefe was living a soccer coach's dream. ...
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Mary Harvey on the crucial connection between sports and human rights
Soccer America Confidential, Dan Woog - Wednesday, January 20, 2021
The starting goalkeeper for the U.S. team that won the first-ever Women ...
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Sam Okpodu on the joys of coaching at various levels and creating opportunities for Black players and coaches
Soccer America Confidential, Dan Woog - Monday, December 28, 2020
The age, gender - even the continent - of his players do ...
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Amanda Vandervort on women's pro soccer worldwide: the strides, setbacks and FIFPro's call to action
Soccer America Confidential, Dan Woog - Saturday, December 19, 2020
COVID's effects on soccer are well-documented. Professional, college, high school and you ...
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Ian Barker on United Soccer Coaches' evolving courses: diversity, 'soft skills,' and the benefits of virtual classrooms
Soccer America Confidential, Dan Woog - Tuesday, December 8, 2020
Even before the pandemic, United Soccer Coaches' courses were changing. "Content shou ...
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Dartmouth's Bo Oshoniyi on the Ivy League soccer shutdown's impact on players and coaches
Soccer America Confidential, Dan Woog - Wednesday, December 2, 2020
After months on hold, Dartmouth players and coaches set their sights ...
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Thanksgiving and the Beautiful Game: A difficult year spotlights the many who deserve gratitude
Soccer America Confidential, Dan Woog - Wednesday, November 25, 2020
We suffer from COVID fatigue. Familiar rituals have been canceled. Players mi ...
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Skip Gilbert on US Youth Soccer's new era: The ambitious goal of making young players part of the fabric of the game for life
Soccer America Confidential, Dan Woog - Monday, November 16, 2020
When Skip Gilbert interviewed for a new job last December, no o ...
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Coaching through COVID: An unexpectedly glorious experience
Soccer America Confidential, Dan Woog - Monday, November 9, 2020
Fewer games, no league or state tournaments. No spectators, no film session ...
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MLS players and clubs rally the vote in a variety of ways
Soccer America Confidential, Dan Woog - Monday, November 2, 2020
MLS teams conducted voter registration drives, ran social media campaigns, and us ...
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David Richardson's vision: Longtime Chicago youth coach on the 21st-century role of a coach, the MLS Next model and its next big challenge
Soccer America Confidential, Dan Woog - Friday, October 16, 2020
In the 18th century, David Richardson says, a coach was defined ...
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The unique Rose Shoen: She started coaching boys as a teen, now runs the Sacramento club she founded
Soccer America Confidential, Dan Woog - Tuesday, October 6, 2020
While earning a degree in Spanish literature at the UC Davis, Ro ...
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UConn's Ray Reid commits to diversifying the college coaching ranks
Soccer America Confidential, Dan Woog - Monday, September 28, 2020
Fewer than a dozen NCAA Division I men's soccer head coaches a ...
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Former Marine Corps drill instructor Rick Flores on mentoring coaches in New Mexico
Soccer America Confidential, Dan Woog - Monday, September 21, 2020
In his soccer posts, he firmly believes that the best way ...
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1980s star Kim Crabbe is dedicated to grassroots outreach: 'It's so important, for so many kids'
Soccer America Confidential, Dan Woog - Tuesday, September 15, 2020
In 1986 - after leading George Mason University to the NCAA tit ...
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John Ellinger on U.S. youth soccer progress since the 1999ers, the DA's big impact, and high school ball
Soccer America Confidential, Dan Woog - Tuesday, September 8, 2020
John Ellinger, now Baltimore Armour boys academy director, played a major ro ...
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Brian Tompkins on athletes fighting for social justice: 'I have more than hope. I have expectations'
Soccer America Confidential, Dan Woog - Tuesday, September 1, 2020
A coach can create "a culture of respect" but the hard wo ...
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Tiffany Weimer on valuing the player's voice, inspiring more women to get into coaching, and her off-the-field outlets
Soccer America Confidential, Dan Woog - Monday, August 24, 2020
Players know themselves better than coaches know them, believes Tiffany Weimer, w ...
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New England youth soccer requires safety strategy for pandemic that doesn't respect borders
Soccer America Confidential, Dan Woog - Monday, August 17, 2020
COVID-19 has forced every soccer league and club to adopt new protocol ...
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Julio Serrano leads Latino coaches group unified in response to COVID that has hit its members especially hard
Soccer America Confidential, Dan Woog - Monday, August 3, 2020
Though nearly every member of United Soccer Coaches was affected in so ...
