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World Soccer
Breathtaking: Happy Birthday, Messi!
Stop whatever you are doing and watch this Icelandic commentator react to their historic win today. Got passion?
The story continues: tiny Iceland, with roughly one-third the population of San Jose (!), qualified today in dramatic fashion for the knockout stage of the European Championship.
NOBODY expected this. Sit back and enjoy. This is futbol!
We’re not developing risk-averse robots, right?
We have no excuse! Tiny Iceland’s soccer miracle.
Iceland, with only around one-third the population of San Jose (!), played Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal to a stunning 1:1 draw
You MUST watch this movie
If you have any interest in soccer and want to understand the essence of the beautiful game then you ABSOLUTELYÂ have
RIP Johan Cruyff. Legend, Visionary, Superstar. And a good human being.
The myth of the athlete deficit in U.S. soccer
One of the most common explanations for why we cannot compete on the international stage is that our ‘best’ athletes
Why have our women dominated internationally and might that change soon?
Our women’s national team has an impressive record. According to this Wikipedia page, the U.S. WNT has three World Cup titles,
read more Why have our women dominated internationally and might that change soon?
Biggest changes to the Laws of the Game in 135 years starting June 1
The 22,000 word Laws of the Game (LOTG) and their interpretations have been reduced to 12,000 words and a lot
read more Biggest changes to the Laws of the Game in 135 years starting June 1
Big investment in futsal
Mark Cuban has jumped into futsal here in the United States. And, according to the Dallas Morning News, FC Barcelona,
FC Barcelona’s Technical Director: “No magic at our youth academy.”
Futsal Euro Championship now underway until Feb 13. Watch live at www.uefa.tv.
24 hours at Barca’s youth academy
THIS is world-class young talent. Pirlo surely would agree. How do we get to this in our country?
Quality of college players according to superstar Andrea Pirlo
“Young players arrive in MLS from colleges. They don’t know tactics and very little technically. Physically, a lot.” -Andrea Pirlo, one
read more Quality of college players according to superstar Andrea Pirlo
Around 1am on Sep 3, 2003 – the moment FC Barcelona started believing again
Discipline
Here’s another topic from a very interesting brief article superstar Thierry Henry wrote about Pep Guardiola’s key coaching principles. Henry played
Bay Area youngster at Real Madrid youth academy
I came across this recent article in the San Jose Mercury News courtesy a tweet from @24x7soccerus that describes one
Training intensity
Here’s what is expected at FC Barcelona according to an article written by superstar Thierry Henry: Training sessions were never
Learn more about the world’s best soccer coach: Pep Guardiola – Another Way of Winning
Soccer opens a window to the world for youngsters
There is no other sport that gives our youngsters as much exposure to the many different nationalities on this planet
Trust your teammates and hold your position – Pep Guardiola
This clip nicely explains a couple of fundamental principles of quality soccer as taught by arguably the top soccer coach
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Iconic Photo – Messi @Camp Nou
Big changes for Bay Area youth soccer clubs
These last eighteen months have seen considerable changes in our Bay Area youth soccer landscape. Clubs have merged, affiliated, and franchised. This
Spanish street soccer culture
I came across this futsal court wandering through a neighborhood in central Barcelona this morning. This is soccer culture. Easy
Big push by overseas pro clubs into U.S. youth soccer
International professional clubs have been very active recently here in the U.S. An increasing number of them are setting up official affiliations with youth soccer clubs across the country to identify talent as early as possible and then develop them in the right way, including at their home academies in Europe. Here’s a very interesting ‘must-read’ article on this topic just published by the LA Times: Other Countries Are Scouting Young U.S. Soccer Talent. Quoting from this article to set the scene: When Brad Friedel was growing up in suburban Cleveland a generation ago, youth soccer was more an afterthought than an organized activity. “There was nothing there,” he remembers. So he was a bit surprised when he moved back to the U.S. after spending most of the last 20 years playing in the English Premier League. “The entire landscape and scope of what soccer is today doesn’t compare, doesn’t even look remotely similar, to the landscape that I left,” he
read more Big push by overseas pro clubs into U.S. youth soccer
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
read more The very very very low odds of making it big in soccer
Behavior of visiting North American parents during youth game in Barcelona
I came across an interesting blog post about behavior of visiting North American parents during a couple of youth games in Barcelona. Most of us probably recognize this kind of behavior from our games? Do the ‘instructions’ sound familiar? I’m pasting it here with some edits for clarity and brevity: About three weeks ago we had some visiting teams from North America in the Barcelona area. Two of my sons (2003, 2004) had the opportunity to play a game each against their North American opponents. English is also not very common in these parts so when we had these visiting teams from North America it was a good excuse to practice my English just in case I am forgetting it. I quickly got in some conversations with visiting parents. Many had questions as to how we like it here, how is the soccer, how is the coaching, schools and many other questions about Catalonia and Spain and general. The conversation
read more Behavior of visiting North American parents during youth game in Barcelona
Very good post on what is holding us back. Read the comments also!
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