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[quote=Anonymous]USSF and US Soccer are 95% to blame for where the game is. They have done little to provide intelligent guidance, player development framework, real coaching education, or much else. They do a great job of collecting fees though.

The pay to play model sucks, leaving all the work to be done by nonprofit neighborhood clubs and it’s made worse by the disorganization of various states and the explosion of “elite” leagues and ridiculous travel distances.

A nationwide structure would be a start - with structured movement from recreation to local travel, to regional travel, to national level. Mandatory coach training - not 700 courses that are basically a worthless couple of tests - actual training in how they want the game taught and played, how they want players developed.

Until we get beyond the obsession with team success at every level we will not truly develop players the way we should. Abroad the focus is developing players (so they can sell them). Here it is on developing teams, so they can get people to pay, attract better players from other clubs. To expect great player development from our system is like getting mad that you ordered a sandwich at a deli and you didn’t get a pizza.

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