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While the A and B license may take time to get, there is no evidence anywhere that they make a coach a better coach. US Soccer doesn't offer enough courses and gives preference to coaches from DA clubs making the licensing system more useful for protecting the status quo than for improving coaching. Acceptance into A/B license courses is not based on the merit of the individual coach. Saying DA coaching and the DA system is better is one person's opinion and can't be backed up by any evidence. Since the DA was created to support the USMNT, the quality of the USMNT should be a pretty good indicator of the quality of the DA--a country of over 300 million that can't qualify for the world cup. If anything the evidence suggests DA coaching is subpar, not "consistently good." 
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OK, many have [i]UEFA[/i] A or B Licenses. Does that satisfy you? UEFA sent 14 teams to the last World Cup, including all four semifinalists.

What is the evidence you use to judge the competency and professionalism of a youth soccer coach? More importantly, what evidence do you use to judge the competency and professionalism of coaching at [i]an entire club[/i], since individual coaches come and go? My guess is that your answer is some version of "you know it when you see it". But people--like the OP--need something they can look at from outside, before they join a club. So you need something objective.

Licenses are objective. Who has good facilities is objective. Who retains their top players is objective. Who sends players to college soccer is objective. To some degree who wins big competitions is objective. It is possible to assess a club and their system fairly accurately without having to experience it first. You seem to imply that it isn't actually possible--or at least don't give any alternatives about how you'd suggest doing it.[/quote]

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