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@prs314 16 минут бұрын
I have yet to see those “youth pipeline specialists” to provide good coaching for free. They all talk the talk but when push comes to shove, it’s yeah, please pay me $60/hour for coaching, cause they don’t work for free. What a surprise.
@drock1331 2 сағат бұрын
Good call out on the accessibility of coaching licenses. Like you, I have a USSF D license but cannot find myself to make that leap to C. Our club will reimburse us the fee over the course of 5 years though so that does mitigate it.
@KlamPakFC 2 сағат бұрын
The root of this problem is not having an open system. In an open system, every community can have a adult team. And when the clubs make $ by selling players or moving up the pyramid, their incentives switch from finding as many rich parents as possible to developing pro players.
@utbpersonal 2 сағат бұрын
Great video, Jake. Most of all, great thoughts about a genius. Fair words to what you see, because you know what you're saying, I admire your honest praise, I haven't seen or heard in no one else. Of course I'm subscribing! Thanks for your thoughts and words.
@ItsCalledSoccer 2 сағат бұрын
I appreciate that!
@E_Bailey 4 сағат бұрын
I didn’t expect a "solution" to pay-to-play, but I wish you could've pointed out some realistic sources of funding for soccer programs. Pay-to-play exists because travel soccer and coaching is expensive, and enough parents are willing to shell out a premium to get access to those services. Who is going to pay for the coaching and facilities for millions of kids, if not the parents? What revenue sources are American clubs supposed to tap into that will solve this huge gap? They are usually excluded from solidarity payments, so that's out. Which level of government would be giving the handout, local, State, or Federal? I can't imagine anyone would choose to stake their survival on government funding always being granted year after year. Getting funding from parents at least means you can always pay your bills so long as you can recruit the kids/parents each year. I think that we won't see a reduction in pay-to-play until coaching licenses are easily aquired en-masse and professional clubs proliferate and pump money into partnerships with youth clubs.
@ItsCalledSoccer 4 сағат бұрын
You know what I have to agree with you upon reflection. I'm working hard to become a better storyteller, writer, and editor. I'll keep this in mind as I make future videos. In regards to your question, I agree with you that it starts with the cost to become a coach and how few current adults have soccer experience relative to all other sports.
@vespasiancloscan7077 4 сағат бұрын
6:00 "Rest defence" implies being in possession.
@boi_mayor 8 сағат бұрын
This video brought me to your channel and I'm hooked. You've got a new subscriber. I'm a huge fan of local soccer and love to support my local club, Indy Eleven. Id love to see you do some research and talk about the weird dynamic that exists between the USL and MLS in America. Maybe even dive into the MLS habit of opening expansion teams in cities that already have USL teams and effectively killing the local club scene. Indianapolis is currently going through this with our beloved local club's stadium being axed and the city bringing in outside ownership to build a stadium for a potential new MLS team.
@boi_mayor 8 сағат бұрын
This is even more complicated because the only reason the local club was trying to build a stadium was to make a bid to join the MLS anyways.
@ItsCalledSoccer 5 сағат бұрын
Wow first of all thanks so much for your comment I really appreciate it. And 2nd I actually wrote about Indy Eleven and the MLS struggle on my newsletter here: itscalledsoccer.substack.com/p/a-shakespearean-betrayal Sometimes I don't have time to turn everything into a video, record, edit it so I write instead.
@p33erick9 10 сағат бұрын
He was speaking about the MLS itself 💀
@ervinmiracle 11 сағат бұрын
It is difficult to find good coaching EVEN IF YOU PAY FOR IT. Coaching in this country is atrocious. It is too focused on athleticism over development of skills and game IQ. So we end up with great athletes with average skill and shit decision-making.
@IanB22 10 сағат бұрын
100% true... just look at what teams do well at the college level, they almost all kick the ball down the field, so a striker can score.... creativity and decision making and scanning and moving into space are completely de-valued in all US systems... it only matters how fast, big, strong, you are..... with the VERY VERY VERY few exceptions.....the norm is big, fast, strong, kick-the-ball play.
@drock1331 2 сағат бұрын
We are trying. Where I coach we focus more on the technique and fundamentals at a very young level and keep harping to the kids how players like Messi, Modric etc aren't the biggest but they focused on skill to get to where they are. I also think one of the best changes to youth soccer recently is the build out line, which encourages building out of the back rather than just having your biggest kicker boot the ball into the midfield off a goal kick.
@robwashers 11 сағат бұрын
In the UK it costs about $70 per month for 1 child to play coached soccer. There is a thriving industry of bad coaches who rum terrible set ups.
@mattmexor2882 13 сағат бұрын
Is the cost to play soccer so much different than the cost to play other sports in the US? And if so, what is the reason for that? The Europeans subsidize their development programs for soccer. Leagues, tournaments, and travel all take money and time to operate. It's not "greed" to make money operating businesses and services. That's just engaging in the economy. It's claimed that "soccer is a suburban sport" because of "pay-to-play". But there are fees for youth baseball, basketball, and football leagues in the US as well. Why are these not "suburban sports"? Maybe soccer is a "suburban sport" for cultural reasons, not because of "pay-to-play". The local government or community in the US is not going to pay for youth soccer programs like they do in Germany. To expect or demand otherwise is spitting into the wind. Clubs can kick in more money if they think it will be a worthy investment, but it must be understood that the costs of soccer leagues in the US are likely greater than in Europe because the overall population density is lower in the US and the interest in soccer as a percentage of the population is lower, as well. Travel is likely far greater if you want to put together a league matching a comparable talent level as European youth leagues. The revenue and profits of US soccer clubs are much lower than in Europe, as well. So there will be far less money that clubs can justify for youth soccer development in the US. What am I missing here? How is youth soccer in the US so much different from other youth sports? Why is youth soccer in the US being compared to Europe instead of to other sports in the US? The problem with youth soccer development in the US is likely the paucity of soccer expertise at every level of American play except for the very top. In every small town in America you can find multiple people with decent knowledge of baseball, basketball, and football. And the same can be said for soccer in Europe. I'm sure it's as least somewhat better now, but when I was a kid in a small town many of my local U-8 and U-10 coaches didn't know a thing about soccer and learned through books or videos just before taking over as coach. It was far easier to get decent tennis coaching in my town than decent soccer coaching. The demand for competent coaching ability exceeds the supply. There's nothing to be done for that except for the sport to grow organically. If interest in the sport pervades the culture the way it does for the major American sports things will become more local and more competitive and prices will come down. But you can't magically end up with tens of thousands of competent youth coaches spread out across the US just by throwing money around. The only thing you can do, is to concentrate the best coaches at the top academies to get the best development for the youths who have developed interest in the sport and have developed their games to a promising level from whatever lower-level development background they came from. Governments and communities are not going to pay money for those elite soccer programs in the US. Clubs have less money to chip in and less to gain from doing so than in Europe. So parents are going to have to pay market prices for high level coaching and leagues. It's going to be expensive unless and until the breadth of soccer culture catches up somewhat with that of other sports in the US and with that of Europe. It's just inefficient to try to compete with the big boys when you don't have the underlying, organic interest and expertise they have in the big-boy countries.
@Poorscousertommy1892 13 сағат бұрын
Great video. I’ve been following St. Pauli all year, it’s been very fun!
@jonasrettig327 17 сағат бұрын
Nobody sees him as American.
@davidday2373 21 сағат бұрын
Is youth Baseball cheaper? Youth Hockey? Yout Football?
@ThreeRunHomer 15 сағат бұрын
High school and college football and baseball teams have always been a viable free-to-play route to the pro leagues.
@skulduggaree487 32 минут бұрын
@@ThreeRunHomerthe truth is if you are good enough soneone will pay for you to play. Also soccer is one of the cheapest sports to play.
@davidday2373 21 сағат бұрын
Why is High School Soccer not a better route for development... like Basketball, Baseball, Football, etc? And, btw, those sports aren't cheap either.
@Joseph-eh4rs 22 сағат бұрын
Thanks for making this video. It has been an eye opener when I had learned about this pay-to-play system in US youth soccer after watching few videos in this topic. It's really sad for 9yr old son who has been obsessed with soccer in last 2 years and a standout player in his local recreation team. I'm in a crossroads whether to get him to join a local traveling club and jump into this pay-to-play system bandwagon or stick to recreational sports. The college recruitment process for soccer talent seems to fueling US soccer pay-to-play system. What's the point of paying all that money over the years for a shot at small slim chance at landing a D1 scholarship where only 11 players in the roster get the free ride. Even if my son gets a free ride as a D1 player, he will be focusing most of his time and energy being a student athlete and not into his study and the end goal of land a well paying job. In the end, it's better off saving/investing all that money for future college tuition than line up someone's pocket.
@TheMasterCaster 22 сағат бұрын
But but if kids were good enough they’d get picked up by academies hurdurrr! (My least favorite argument from people who think this pay to play system isn’t a problem)
@connorclarkevideos8079 23 сағат бұрын
I’ve been a crew fan a long time and never has it ever felt this magical, I really think think we could compete against the man city’s and Real Madrid’s of this world. There really is no limit to what we could achieve as long and nancy is our coach
@Sikthkid Күн бұрын
"The little man straddles the fence He never loses never wins with confidence, Then more power to him..."
@TheManInTheRing Күн бұрын
If you got a single mom, you are not gonna play rep in any sport. unfortunately we probably missed out on hundreds of great athletes in North America for the last 30 years because of this
@k.p.8955 Күн бұрын
Great video! I'm definitely pissed about the structure of our top youth leagues (and I think it's like that in most youth sports - like lacrosse for instance). Making videos like this will help get the word out about how things really need to change. About the video, I was thinking you could do your lighting better so your face isn't so shadowy.
@ItsCalledSoccer Күн бұрын
Thanks! I’m in temporary accommodations while I get work done on my house and I don’t have my light or any other equipment with me. Had to make the best of the situation.
@k.p.8955 Күн бұрын
@@ItsCalledSoccer I had a feeling there was a good explanation. I wish you the best.
@portugueseboi1 Күн бұрын
As a current coach and former director what can help reduce the cost of club soccer is field rental. My former club was paying 250-300K a year on rentals. In the Bay Area, fields are at a premium. Not only are field rentals high but cost of living. If we want professional coaches they must coach soccer full-time. Clubs in the Bay Area do not offer health benefits and offer poor wages. Typical full-time coach in the Bay Area is making 40-60K per year. While you have club directors who are making well over 75K+. I have been apart of programs who would hire a “director” 50K a year just because he/she is a current college coach at a respectable university. And this director would have NO involvement with the soccer side. It was a marketing stunt. Being involved in soccer for many years and now moving away from this profession full-time just “removing” the pay-to-play model does not solve anything. The Federation needs to establish clear expectations for clubs and establish a clear “elite platform”. Not only that, they need to offer clubs incentives if a player is “sold” to a professional club. Where the clubs who were involved in the development of the player receive a percentage of the sale… In the US you cannot have a European Model of municipalities subsidizing youth soccer. Soccer is not apart of the American identity like in Europe, South America, and other parts of the world.
@mrjgilbert Күн бұрын
I like the school-sports model in the US where I am. Yes, the European model pays for kids to develop in the club and this is a great environment. This opens opportunity for a select group that may include some economically disadvantaged kids BUT school sports already do this in my area. And my issue is the Euro club model eliminates 99% of kids who might want to get into the sport. The club only wants to develop kids who show tons of talent around age 9-11. But what about the rest? School sports are inclusive. Anyone can try out, the school provides transportation, and at least at my school we did fundraisers and such so if you couldn’t afford the sports fee or equipment like cleats, you didn’t have to pay. Maybe schools won’t churn out the world class talent this channel wants, but I’m honestly ok with this and hope the model of professional athlete children doesn’t take over.
@ronwhitefan1921 Күн бұрын
Google total football. This is what this "tactic" is. Admittedly, it's not often used in the modern era, but saying you've never seen anything like it in 20 years means that you haven't been paying attention.
@ItsCalledSoccer Күн бұрын
I think total football is not quite right. It’s a mix of that and a more modern interpretation called relationism. When I said I hadn’t seen a more connected team in 20 years I wasn’t talking about the tactic, I was talking about the team chemistry.
@Andrew-bd8dc Күн бұрын
Another thing that would really help is having easier access to watch soccer. Soccer was never on tv when I was a kid in the 2000s. Basketball, football, and baseball all were on tv which led to me growing up loving and playing those sports. Same went for everyone I knew. We didn’t know anyone aside from Ronaldo and David Beckham. We didn’t care, it was all about the sports stars we had access to watch. We all spent hours a day replicating LeBron, Kobe, and even Tim Duncan trying to be like the stars we idolized. I want to see a generation of American kids who can turn on an MLS game any given night and find new players to love and show them the game. There shouldn’t be a need to pay even more to watch our own domestic league on “Apple TV”. People who fall in love with a sport at a young age will never abandon it; even if they’re not good players it’ll grow the fanbase and support for the game. Then they’ll show their kid all the games and take them to see their local teams just like past generations have done with the more traditionally popular sports here. Idek if I’m making any sense anymore this turned into quite a little rant. oh well, I think enough of my point got across. good video 👍
@richardrole2654 Күн бұрын
Soccer is a rich kids sport in my area. Who can pay $2200 club fee, $700 kit( new kit every year), three out of town tournaments in the summer, and staying in a hotel 4 times a season for league games? It's looking more like the early 90s when only a couple kids on the high school team played club. The coaching is so bad for both club and high school that its comical the way they do practices. The EA and ECNL teams here in Spokane WA are for the owners to get rich, and the parents get to brag at cocktail parties that their kid plays premier soccer lol
@ItsCalledSoccer Күн бұрын
You’re absolutely right, the costs of competitive soccer can be outrageous. Not everyone can afford those club fees, kits, and travel expenses, making it tough for not just the lowest income families but the 99%. It’s frustrating to see soccer become so exclusive, and the quality of coaching can definitely vary.
@davidday2373 21 сағат бұрын
$2000 for what, exactly?
@richardrole2654 21 сағат бұрын
@davidday2373 club fees. Basically field rental and most of it goes to the owner of the club and club director. Coach gets a little bit
@celebrim1 14 сағат бұрын
There is grass roots soccer among the immigrant communities, you just have to really be in the community to see it. They deal with the problem with volunteer coaches who played as kids and by forming larger teams so they can defray the costs of competing amongst more families. And/or they form their own rec leagues and just play each other. But I still insist, the best way to support everyone is reform soccer at the high school level. There are only a few things that are needed for that. First, athletic directors in the USA almost never have any soccer experience and they have dictatorial control over the hiring process. Unlike any other government job, coaches in the USA don't require a hiring process with any oversight. There is no penalty for refusing to hire the best candidate without cause and giving the job to a friend. The sort of hiring processes used with high school soccer coaches would be class five felonies on any contractual work. I've literally seen a guy with no coaching experience hired over a guy with Barcelona youth training in Spain purely because of the buddy system. Second, there are very weak standards for coaching ability to enforce any of this or to prove one hire better than another to an athletic director who has no knowledge of the sport, and there are very weak programs for teaching youth soccer to high school coaches. You end up with too many coaches that thing "Remember the Titans" is the best guide to how to coach. Third, we need to push states to go to two seasons a year for soccer - fall and spring. This would remove the need for club seasons to a large extent and basically end pay to play as it exists today. The only reason parents pay for that crap is they don't want their kid falling behind. The kids don't even want it, they just don't want to fall behind. Instead of club soccer being the default, coaches could offer tutoring and skills programs in off seasons and kids could actually play with their friends competitively. Club and travel soccer could be confined to kids that are standing out at the high school level, preferably backed by USL and MLS scholarship programs and not as the default for basically everyone that plays. If the rich still want to pay for it, then fine - advantages of wealth. But the pressure to go that route would be off.
@MrZen08 Күн бұрын
To help me understand this better, can you compare this to how kids learn the other 4 major team sports in the US? (not just compare to how England does it with soccer) Like, how much did a pro football player spend in their youth leagues? Baseball, basketball & hockey too? I'd imagine hockey is fairly expensive- needing all the gear and renting ice time, on top of coaching. Whereas basketball is probably less, because a young kid can develop a lot just by playing friends/siblings in the driveway - because a team just has 5 players, it's easier to assimilate real-game scenarios with fewer people. But that's a guess. Does anyone know more about how all 5 sports compare in that respect? And can anything be learned from the other sports?
@ItsCalledSoccer Күн бұрын
I'm not an expert but some resources online suggest that competitive hockey and soccer are the most expensive averaging $2,000+ per year per child. Baseball is around $1100 a year, with basketball and American football around $600. This video is about the soccer part, but there is likely a wider issue of youth sports becoming maximized for profit.
@kevbk6222 Күн бұрын
Hockey is easily the most expensive. It is a rich kid's sport. It is also very local, huge swaths of the country don't have youth hockey at all. Basketball/Baseball/Football all have kids participating through local youth programs and schools. Basketball and Baseball have parallel systems similar to youth soccer academies in travel baseball and the AAU circuit for basketball. Those systems also favor kids that have families willing to pay for better coaching, but there is generally more quality of coaching across the board, so there can be a (more narrow) path for poorer kids. Football is exclusively through local youth programs and schools. Families with money can move their kids to better programs for better coaching, but again, there is generally more quality coaching across the board. Soccer should be a sport that is easily accessible for kids. You just need a ball to play. But, to really develop quality professionals you have to be giving kids quality coaching at a young age. The challenge with the US is that soccer is a growing sport, there are more kids playing now than did 20 years ago. That's great, but that also creates a generational gap. How many parents have the skills to teach their own kids? How many soccer dads are equipped to coach 9/10 year olds? Those dads played baseball, or basketball, or football. They didn't play soccer. That coaching gap creates a market inefficiency that pay-to-play fills.
@MrZen08 Күн бұрын
@@ItsCalledSoccer Thanks for the follow-up. I think part of my curiosity is: how much do kids learn by playing pick-up (and in their backyards, driveways or parks) vs being in organized leagues right away? I mean, didn't Pele start with a sock full of newspaper? Or Beckham perfecting his kick in his backyard? I seem to see American kids playing organized, coached soccer on regulation-size fields at a very early age. I just wonder if, as the popularity grows, and MLS salaries increase, if there will be a more organic path to excellence. Of course good coaching will be a huge part of that as they get older, but then they'll know... i.e. a kid can play basketball in the neighborhood day after day, and when it occurs to that kid & parents that there's some real talent a cut-above, then paying for coaching & such makes sense. The other thing is that the other 4 sports are more likely to lead to college scholarships, which gives kids incentives to play for hours in the backyard (well, that and the glory of being pro). Here, the path to pro soccer is only recently transitioning away from college. College sports can pay for scholarships because of the revenue they make, because there's a built-in audience with the student-body & alumni. Though soccer academies receive money when a player turns pro. I'm kind of rambling, but trying to find the money trail in each sport to try to find a possible solution for soccer...
@MrZen08 Күн бұрын
@@kevbk6222 Great points. -thanks
@playedout148 23 сағат бұрын
@@kevbk6222maintaining an ice hockey rink is a massive cost.
@noting7678 Күн бұрын
Solving the issue with Pay to Play and PR/Rel goes into the same line. Those two issues can be fixed in a dense population city like LA or NY. Once we start talking about places where people need to drive 30 minutes to a city that has a soccer field that's the issue. The reality is that pay-to-play in the USA is not an easy thing to fix. Everything has to be done in school.
@ItsCalledSoccer Күн бұрын
That's fair. I agree that pay-to-play and accessibility are challenging issues, especially in less densely populated areas. While fixing everything through schools would help, we also need community and local initiatives to make soccer more accessible for everyone, no matter where they live.
@tobesleroney8696 Күн бұрын
Excellent video as always!
@ItsCalledSoccer Күн бұрын
Thank you! Cheers Tobes!
@Othis-Morf Күн бұрын
Messi and Ronaldo breaks any and every league.
@playedout148 Күн бұрын
Lots of European coaches making big money in the US youth pay to play system. All about the 💵.
@ItsCalledSoccer Күн бұрын
Having a british accent is worth an extra 50%
@playedout148 Күн бұрын
This and no Futsal are the worst. I guess it's becoming "more fair" because kids are increasingly having to pay to play other sports like US football, baseball, etc, as funding is cut. 😂
@ItsCalledSoccer Күн бұрын
It is taking over everything not just soccer at this point
@j.f1692 Күн бұрын
I’m actually inspired by this video. As someone with a 15-year-old daughter who’s black, and yes did start soccer late two years ago , to go to tryouts with new and old players and see a ratio of 97 to 99% young white girl players, out of about 59-150 prospects, and no one see a problem with this. It’s kind of disgusting. I’ve actually decided to start my own Academy, and this was my first research video confirming my thoughts. I’m glad to see that there are people, particularly white ,who understand something is off. Thank you for the start of a long journey.
@ItsCalledSoccer Күн бұрын
Wow thanks for this comment. Good luck on your journey. Let me know in the future if I can help get the word out or connect you with someone that can help.
@j.f1692 Күн бұрын
@@ItsCalledSoccer Will do , Thank you! Shout out from Long Island, NY.
@Joseph-eh4rs 21 сағат бұрын
This pay-to-play system effects everyone regardless of race or socioeconomic status. All the children who wants to soccer should given a chance to develop and few talented players, regardless of race or socioeconomic status, should be given a shot to further develop their skill without paying the exorbitant amount of money. It must be exhausting to constantly thinking about the race and what % are white and black.
@coletripp4814 Күн бұрын
Great Vid. Although at it's premise it's utterly wrong, it does show passion and a ton of work. Any time some says "pay-to-play". What they really mean is, "someone else needs to pay for my children". Seriously, how is it that every other major sport in America can find the "best players" under a similar system and soccer (one of if not the cheapest sports)) can't do the same thing? Yet every "privileged" American needs to be outraged at a system that has worked extremely well for 50ish or 60ish years.
@ItsCalledSoccer Күн бұрын
Thank you for your thoughtful comment! The point is to highlight that the pay-to-play system in soccer can disproportionately affect lower-income families and limit the sport's talent pool. Other major sports often have more community and school-based support, making them more accessible. Trying to address these barriers in soccer specifically aims to ensure that all players, regardless of financial background, have the opportunity to succeed. This isn't outrage, this is a tangible impact on our society that the system disproportionately excludes kids from lower incomes.
@playedout148 Күн бұрын
Other sports don't have a similar system.
@richardrole2654 Күн бұрын
@ItsCalledSoccer affect lower income? I have a household income of 120,000 a year and my twin boys quit their last year of club due to it being too expensive and shitty coaching. The club parents were doctors, dentists and producers lol its getting out if control.
@ItsCalledSoccer Күн бұрын
@@richardrole2654 I don't mean this to sound snidey, but $120,000 a year is not middle class anymore. Lower-income in this case yes I'm usually talking about $60,000 or less per household, but in reality depending on where you are that can be any households making less than $200k. That's not a dig at you, that's a dig at America.
@richardrole2654 Күн бұрын
@ItsCalledSoccer, you are not snidey at all. Like you said it's too expensive for more ansmd more families. You and I are just asking the questions of how more kids can get to play the beautiful game with atleast somewhat qualified coaches. Keep the videos coming!
@celebrim1 Күн бұрын
We could have tried to reform high school soccer with better coaching training, moving for states to adopt two seasons a year, and generally working up from the grass roots. But we had idiots in charge that wanted to recreate the European academies despite the complete lack of infrastructure to replicate them and so the parents paid for their stupidity.
@ItsCalledSoccer Күн бұрын
I do think that historically that created part of the problem. That we tried to replicate a European club system without any of the top-level support.
@celebrim1 Күн бұрын
@@ItsCalledSoccer We have developed top level support since the great disaster of 2006, with an MLS program that provides something like a top level academy for the most obvious and promising stars. But we will never be able to replicate Europe because our local communities feel no loyalty to professional teams. Our sporting loyalty is given to scholastic athletics - college and high school football for example. You cheer for a high school or a college, not a group of semi-pros representing some local gymnasium and I don't see that changing any time soon. So since you have no local club providing the entertainment, you also have no local fans partially funding the youth development through ticket sales. And the government has no interest in funding clubs, because it's already funding schools that serve the same purpose and more with greater equity. I honestly don't want to replicate the European system, because I don't want every youth player signing pro contracts at 11 like in South America. I've seen that system implemented in the community, and kids coming out of those clubs have chronic sports injuries by age 15. I have no interest in replicating gymnastics with soccer. Ultimately, if you want to get rid of "pay to play" you have to ask "Who is going to pay for it and why?" We created pay to play when we didn't ask who was going to pay for it. Club programs are succeeding only because the quality of high school coaching is correctly perceived as dreadful. That's now a fixable problem but it requires legislation and work with government. There are enough legislators now who have kids who have seen the problem that we could solve this at a State by State level, but USSF has it's eyes elsewhere.
@ThreeRunHomer 15 сағат бұрын
High school, junior high, and college programs could be the US’ secret development weapon. Free to play. Professional coaches. 20,000 high schools covering every community in the nation. 4,000 universities that can be a development league for players who don’t catch on with one of the few pro teams in the US.
@celebrim1 14 сағат бұрын
@@ThreeRunHomer That was the way we were headed I think until Gulati pivoted with the support of the US fan base in 2006, using fan anger about the WC results to give him carte blanch to reinvent US soccer. We lost a whole generation of players to that mess and by 2018 had almost completely left Europe. We were only saved by MLS academies after Seattle, Portland, and Atlanta joining the league made it profitable. Now we have strong academies in Dallas, Philly, NYRB and increasingly Columbus and top flight teaching in most major cities. But the high school scene is a mess and doesn't have to be that way. The problem is about 40% of the US fan base is so busy envying Europe they are deaf to having another way to do things, even though it's obvious that due to the vastly different sporting landscape in the USA versus Europe we have to find a different way to do things.
@michealharrison2977 Күн бұрын
Great video on a big problem in American soccer
@ItsCalledSoccer Күн бұрын
Thanks so much Michael
@gustavovz8431 Күн бұрын
Jake. Fantastic topic. Great guests. Great discussion. Thanks for your efforts!!
@ItsCalledSoccer Күн бұрын
Cheers thanks so much!
@nerychristian Күн бұрын
I have to disagree with you. Los Angeles is beautiful
@ItsCalledSoccer Күн бұрын
haha wut?
@douglasharley2440 Күн бұрын
i remember 15 years ago when my son was playing soccer in montgomery county, md and the cost for him to play on that team was $700/month + $1000 at the start of the season...lol, the coach was an illegal immigrant from nigeria who drove a brand new mercedes suv. *smfh*
@nerychristian Күн бұрын
Why complain if you still chose to pay?
@douglasharley2440 Күн бұрын
@@nerychristian because the structure of the system left no options...herpderp!
@amr254 Күн бұрын
What does the ethnicity and the country of the coach has to do with this issue
@douglasharley2440 Күн бұрын
@@amr254 because they are living and working illegally in the usa, running a racket. what's so difficult to understand???
@fwtoro4 Күн бұрын
@@douglasharley2440so it’s okay if you’re swindled by a white man?
@elizabethmendy595 Күн бұрын
😂😂 lionel messi is not normal
@ItsCalledSoccer Күн бұрын
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@gandalfgreyhame3425 Күн бұрын
Hire him as USMNT Coach!! This guy is the exact opposite of everything that is wrong about Gregg Berhalter! Maximizes player potential! Fluid structure to maximize both offensive AND defensive phases! Teaches awareness and use of space! Teaches set pieces - scoring and defending! Wow, this guy makes so much sense USSF will never hire him! More likely he'll be the next hottest young coach to hire after Xabi Alonso, and get snapped up by Bayern or BvB, or somebody in the EPL
@Leo_messia 2 күн бұрын
No one recognizes MLS without a platform
@evolancer211 2 күн бұрын
It's 2010/11 all over again...
@ConnieCooper-lk5hm 2 күн бұрын
Thank the good Lord God for Messi.
@Mike-px8rc 2 күн бұрын
CAN MESSI PLAY LEFT BACK?
@user-hy9ly4nx2b 2 күн бұрын
He is German
@Lloyd2VD 2 күн бұрын
I'm from germany and grew up with football/soccer (as most of us do) but also became a huge american football fan ( my Dad shared a room in a residantiel school with an us citizen who taught him the rules etc etc). It's kinda cool seeing that european football is also catching on in the US to a point that people are interested in what is happening with the 2. Bundeslige :D Really liked your video btw ^^
@ItsCalledSoccer 2 күн бұрын
Cheers thank you! As much as some don’t like it, we are one people and I enjoy how “small” the world is getting.
@Kollektivable 2 күн бұрын
St. Pauli forever ❤ Oh and fck the HSV...
@maxiluke9140 2 күн бұрын
Except he‘s German