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[quote=Anonymous]We just moved back to the USA from a rather small country last year and into the abyss that is US youth soccer.

In our country, all youth soccer is run through one organization, the Football Association (FA). The league is set up with Premiership, Championship, Development, and Community (Rec) soccer teams and there is promotion and relegation in the regional divisions.

After 13, a new league forms including the professional clubs and they compete with one another and some of the top teams that are left from the old structure.

Is it a mess? For some parents, yes, but by and large, those that are really serious about football leave for bigger countries  (like England, Spain, Netherlands, and France) often going through boarding school to get into the systems over there. Those that remain can generally get to the level of playing in a US university if that's what they want or for the local pro side which isn't really a full-time job.

There was a good story posted here awhile ago about Norway's youth system for all sports. Might be informative for you

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/28/sports/norway-youth-sports-model.html[/quote]

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