“We need a national team that performs right now. We need a federation that’s healthy and viable and people feel good about, and that’s a struggle right now.” — UnitedSoccer Coaches CEO Lynn Berling-Manuel on U.S. Soccer, in which United Soccer Coaches is an associate member. Berling-Manuel says being without a CEO is perhaps the […]
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An object lesson in how to ignore Latino soccer
You will know, I think, the medical tale — a surgical joke really — about the operation that was completely successful. Just unfortunate that the patient died. But are you aware that U.S.Soccer has recently staged a soccer version of the joke? I’m indebted to Barry Pauwels, the Belgian who is U.S. Soccer’s Director of […]
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U.S. Soccer coaching courses in Spanish? Not a big deal.
So U.S. Soccer has decided to run coaching instruction courses … in Spanish. Not all the courses, you understand. In fact, only a few of them, and those at the very lowest level, calledthe Grassroots Pathway. They are intended as an introduction that will allow beginners to progress on to the coaching ladder — the […]
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U.S. Soccer to offer Spanish-language coaching courses
The first coach-education initiatives to come out of the U.S. Soccer Youth Task Force, which was launched in late 2018, aim to “reduce barriers to coaching education courses to improve accessibilityand expand the instructor pool.” Three “pilot programs” are already underway and will be fullyimplemented by the end of the year. Two of them are […]
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U.S. Soccer's problems call for a CEO from the outside
The blame for the U.S. soccer world’s woes can be spread over many parties — players, coaches, lawyers, etc. But eventually, some of it has to go up to the top. U.S. Soccerpresident Carlos Cordeiro didn’t start the war between the Development Academy and the ECNL. Chief commercial and strategy officer JayBerhalter wasn’t responsible for the […]
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Chief Soccer Officer Asher Mendelsohn leaves U.S. Soccer
Asher Mendelsohn, who last January replaced Ryan Mooney as U.S. Soccer’s Chief Soccer Officer, has left the federation. A source told Soccer America the movehappened last week. According to U.S. Soccer’s Organizational Design chart, the Chief Soccer Officer is a senior staff member who oversees Administration, Development Academy, Coaching Education,Refereeing, Youth National Teams and Talent […]
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By the Numbers: U.S. Soccer B License coaching applicants
4 B License courses in current window 258 Applicants 14 Female applicants 5.4% Percentage of female applicants 9 Female applicants accepted 3.5% Percentage of female applicants acceptedSource: U.S. Soccer
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Sunil Gulati says thank you
Sunil Gulati‘s work in American soccer dates backmore than 40 years to his work as a teenager organizing youth soccer in the Connecticut Junior Soccer Association. He went on to help build the U.S. men’s and women’s national team programs,organize three World Cups in the United States and serve as president of U.S. Soccer for […]
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Watch: National Soccer Hall of Fame induction ceremonies
Abby Wambach and Sunil Gulati along with photographer Tony Quinn were honored on Saturday in Frisco, Texas.
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U.S. youth clubs left in dark about FIFA's Women's World Cup benefits program
It sounds like FIFA came up with a terrific idea. It’s what American youth clubs have long hoped for: some financial compensation for developing players who make it to the highest levels. To recognize the contributions of clubs at which Women’s World Cup players were developed and currently play, FIFA would after the tournament in […]