U.S. SOCCER FEDERATION OVERVIEW

U.S. Soccer overhauls its youth programs

January 29, 2009
CarlisleBy Jeff Carlisle, ESPNsoccernet
(Archive)
Editor's note: This is Part 1 of a five-part series examining the structure and organization of the U.S. Soccer Federation and its youth programs. Coming in Part 2 on Sunday is a look at the coaching set-up of the Development Academy.

After watching his U.S. U-17 side lose 3-0 to Brazil in a December exhibition game, head coach Wilmer Cabrera was a man of mixed emotions. On the plus side, his team had just been exposed by the South Americans, giving him plenty of information on his team's ...

Read more

ESPN Conversations


To comment, you must be a registered user. Please Sign In or Register

You are fully responsible for the content you post. Content that includes profanity, personal attacks or antisocial behavior (such as "spamming" or "trolling"), or other inappropriate content or material will be removed. We reserve the right to block any user who violates our terms of use, including removing all content posted by that user.

Related Teams

USSF Overview

Rongen
A five-part series examining the structure and organization of the U.S. Soccer Federation and its youth programs.

Features

• Part 1: U.S. Soccer overhauls its youth programs

• Part 2: Development Academy also a tool for coaches

• Part 3: Contrasting U.S. youth set-up with other countries

• Part 4: Examining the costs of the U.S. youth program

• Part 5: The challenges that lay ahead for U.S. player development

ESPN FC Top Headlines