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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This could be done via accreditation by USSF. Lack of accreditation would be a death knell for the orgs not falling in line. Enjoining the US coaching orgs into this and coordinating between pro clubs at all levels and colleges would be the final step. Then “qualifying / certifying ” the coaches and the clubs based on competition level with standard ussf guidelines for development across age groups would come next. Standardizing formal game to training ratios and aged based development guidelines (with ample flexibility but a consistent framework) along with minimum coaching quals at each competition level.  [/quote]

Congrats, you’ve just described the current implementation of DA.

We’re finding that lack of US Soccer support isn’t a “death knell” but actually a call to arms.  There are too many opinions and egos in this space to ever come to the kind of utopian solution you outline, with one league and one pathway.   That sort of philosophy might work in an autocratic society where individualism has been discouraged and ignored for generations, but there are deep roots against it in this country.   For better or worse.   If one does support that vision, though, supporting the DA would show it.  That’s the de facto centralized league that sets all of the criteria you mention above.  That means giving DA clubs preference over the other options and leading the other clubs to the same conclusion you reached.

All this through choice, not edict. [/quote]

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