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[quote=dcu13][quote=OrangeSlicez]Which leads to the broader question USYS v US Club Soccer.  What is the difference? The point of having two youth soccer associations sanctioned by USSF?  I tried looking but couldn’t find anything helpful.[/quote]
USYS is the original youth soccer association in the US dating back (I think) to the 1930s. It started organizing a national championship at some point. Things were simpler in those days. Teams played in a local league, league winners played in a state tournament, state winners played in a regional tournament, regional winners played in a national tournament.

In the 70s 2 other national associations were started - AYSO and SAY. They are most/only focused on rec soccer and I'm not sure either have a presence in this area.

In the 70s and 80s soccer camps and huge soccer tournaments took off and some of the biggest clubs started having full-time coaches and administrators.

Sometime around the late 90s/early 2000s some of those biggest clubs decided they weren't getting what they wanted out of USYS so they formed a new organization called US Club Soccer. It was more focused on elite/travel soccer while USYS was/is more of a big tent organization.

I think that's the basic history, I'm sure others know.

Personally I think it's ***crazy*** and counterproductive to have rival national youth soccer associations. [/quote]

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