“Are you as a coach demonstrating that you value your players not just for their performance on the field?” –Danielle Slaton On-field injury recognition, coping with multiple-game weekend play, overuse injuries, and the benefits of introducing injury-prevention exercises at earlier ageswere among issues discussed during U.S. Club Soccer’s February “Health and Safety Webinar “We made […]
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Responding to a knee injury: When to immediately see a doctor or go to ER
If you’ve just had a knee injury, now what? Do you need to go see a doctor or go to the emergency room immediately, do you put a bag of ice on it, or can you keep playing? I could give you alist of all the things you should look for but instead I’d like […]
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The clique factor — how coaches can mix it up to make a stronger team
Mia: An issue for my middle daughter when she played club soccer was carpools. The problem was that she was the only person on her team from her town. There were three othercarpools based on location and then a few girls who were also the only ones from their town. It wasn’t that the girls […]
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The Accidental Ref asks: How and why did you start?
I was 15 years old when one of my soccer coaches, Gordon Barr (son of U.S. Soccer Hall of Famer George Barr), called me up and wanted to know if I would like to become an intramuralref in the soccer club I was playing for, the Syosset Soccer Club on Long Island. I declined as […]
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U-17 WWC Qualifying: USA to face Costa Rica, Bermuda and Canada
Three spots for the 2018 U-17 Women’s World Cup are up for grabs at the Concacaf U-17 Championship in Nicaragua April 19-29. The USA, coached by Mark Carr, was drawn into GroupB along with Costa Rica, Bermuda and Canada. The top two finishers in each group advance to the semifinals, whose winners along with the […]
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Do you need an MRI to diagnose an ACL tear?
Let me start this off with the short answer: a skilled sports knee surgeon has about a 90% chance of diagnosing an ACL tear based off the type of injury and the examination of the knee. So in the vastmajority of injuries to the ACL, we use MRIs to confirm what we already suspect. And […]
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College coaching trailblazer Nancy Feldman on women in soccer, Generation Z, and ECNL vs. DA
Boston University’s Nancy Feldman is one of three women among the Top 20 winningest coaches in NCAA women’s soccer, along with Aliceann Wilber (William Smith)and Becky Burleigh (Florida). Feldman, a 2017 United Soccer CoachesLong-Term Service Award recipient There has been an increase in women coaches, both head andassistant, but given there are more positions and opportunities […]
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A soccer parent for 20 years: What I'll miss most
In the pre-dawn damp and cold of a Saturday morning in the fall of 2016, as I drove on a county road south of Atlanta, with my 17-year-old son half asleep in the passenger seat, I understood how muchI would miss it. Twenty years as a soccer parent would end with his last club and […]
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Here's the best part of U.S. Soccer revamping its grassroots coaching courses
Three years after introducing a new $25 online F license course, U.S. Soccer has again revamped its coaching license pathway. It has eliminated both the F and E license, and is now offering a free20-minute online “Introduction to Grassroots” module as the first step into its coaching schools.After completing the online “Introduction to Grassroots Coaching” […]
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USA beats Jamaica to clinch semifinal spot at Concacaf Women's U-20 Championship
The USA took a big step toward qualifying for the 2018 U-20 Women’s World Cup with a 2-1 win over Jamaica. After opening with a 2-0 win over Nicaragua, Coach Jitka Klimkova‘steam, which faces Mexico in its final group game on Tuesday, is now assured of a semifinal spot at the Concacaf U-20 Championship in […]