Money

January 19, 2018January 30, 2018 Video

The pitfalls of chasing the elite player dream

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Coaching, College, Creativity, ECNL, Good of the Game, Money, Parents, Player Development, Skills, Soccer IQ, U.S. Development Academy, U.S. Soccer, Women's Soccer, World Soccer, Youth Soccer 4 Comments

October 12, 2017October 12, 2017

Disgraceful – time to cut the BS!

This is my first post in many months – I’ve simply been too busy at work and with family. But

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Coaching, Creativity, ECNL, Entertainment, European Soccer, Money, NorCal, Parents, Player Development, Skills, Soccer IQ, U.S. Development Academy, Women's Soccer, World Soccer, Youth Soccer 5 Comments

March 14, 2017March 14, 2017

Comparing Girls’ Development Academy with ECNL and High School Soccer

The launch of U.S. Soccer’s Girls’ Development Academy (GDA) this August is probably the single most discussed topic in girls’

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Coaching, Entertainment, Money, Player Development, Soccer IQ, U.S. Development Academy, U.S. Soccer, World Soccer, Youth Soccer 2 Comments

September 28, 2016September 28, 2016

The American Soccer Culture Problem (3Four3)

Some of you might be familiar with the Kleiban brothers already. Brian is a coach at LA Galaxy’s youth academy

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Coaching, Money, Parents, Player Development, World Soccer, Youth Soccer 8 Comments

September 16, 2016September 20, 2016

Pitfalls of affiliation with European pro soccer clubs?

You might have read this blog post about the many changes in our Bay Area youth soccer landscape and also

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Good of the Game, Money, Parents, Refereeing, Youth Soccer 6 Comments

August 12, 2016August 12, 2016

One club’s view on parent refereeing: “a paid job”

First off, to avoid any misunderstand, this post is NOT meant to point a finger at a specific club or

July 29, 2016July 28, 2016 Video

U.S. Soccer’s Gender Wage Gap

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Coaching, College, Creativity, Entertainment, Money, Parents, Player Development, Skills, Soccer IQ, U.S. Soccer, Youth Soccer 12 Comments

June 28, 2016July 2, 2016

Massive waste of talent because of pay-to-play

This is probably one of the most important blog posts I’ve written, triggered by an excellent article in The Guardian

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Coaching, ECNL, Money, Parents, U.S. Development Academy, U.S. Soccer, Youth Soccer 7 Comments

June 3, 2016June 3, 2016

Let’s talk about money – lots of it!

It’s the end of the Spring season and some clubs are already asking for commitments for the Fall season. So

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Money, Player Development, Youth Soccer 4 Comments

March 25, 2016March 25, 2016

Recorded calls: two clubs’ experiences affiliating with English pro team.

Following up from my recent post on big changes in the Bay Area youth soccer landscape, here are two recorded

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College, Money, Parents, Player Development, World Soccer, Youth Soccer 1 Comment

December 16, 2015December 14, 2015

The very very very low odds of making it big in soccer

Now that the fall soccer season is over it’s time for some of us ‘crazy’ soccer parents to take a

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Money, Parents, Youth Soccer 1 Comment

December 4, 2015

Questions to ask when choosing a soccer club

It’s the end of another soccer season so tryouts are upon us once again. And this time we are going

December 3, 2015December 1, 2015

NorCal Soccer Dad

Perspectives on youth soccer and the NorCal soccer landscape. Lifelong player and student of the beautiful game in Germany, England, and USA. USSF referee and volunteer futsal coach.