Being a coach, administrator, trainer, or educator in youth soccer is a job like any other. Why should anyone be expected to do it for free, or for minimum wage, or for less than minimum wage? That’s the expectation in American youth soccer, though. Those who make money in youth soccer are often unnecessarily demonized. […]

The biggest misunderstanding of the rondo is that it’s been perceived as just circle keep away. Where you have some number of players on the perimeter and some defenders in the middle. The classic circle keep away warm-up. That’s what most coaches think a rondo is. As you’ll hear us say, rondos, especially foundational rondos, […]

The language used throughout American soccer is weak, and ugly. Using words like “pace” and phrases like “whip in a cross” instead of words like elegance or skipping by a player. Depending on your particular vocabulary, it can expand or limit your judgement of the sport as a whole. Today, we’re going to discuss the […]