Selected youth soccer pieces:

January 2015: I made a presentation on Single-Digit Soccer (U10s and below) at the NSCAA convention. See my notes and the slideshow.

• Feb. 23, 2016: Is U.S. Soccer trying to fix what isn’t broken?(SoccerWire)
• Jan. 22, 2016: Should young soccer players be banned from heading the ball? (The Guardian)
• Jan. 15, 2016: NSCAA Convention shows soccer still needs to work on sales pitch (SoccerWire)
• Dec. 11, 2015: U.S. Soccer coaching curriculum leaves parent coaches in a jam (SoccerWire)
• Nov. 16, 2015: The bond of a rec team (SportsMyriad)
• Oct. 29, 2015: Time for parents to raise their voices(SportsMyriad)
• Oct. 15, 2015: A fully legal way to set up youth soccer leagues not strictly by birth year (SoccerWire)
• Aug. 27, 2015: U.S. Soccer’s birth-year plan is shortsighted, helping coaches, not kids (SoccerWire)
• May 21, 2015: Young players must learn to pass the dadgum ball(SoccerWire)
• May 14, 2015: Youth soccer’s vanishing (non-financial) middle class (SoccerWire)
• April 24, 2015: If you must cut players, consider the options(SoccerWire)
• March 26, 2015: Machiavelli’s guide to winning in youth soccer(SoccerWire)
• March 5, 2015: Time to make travel soccer a part-time thing for U10 and below (SoccerWire)
• Feb. 2, 2015: NSCAA presentation slideshow (SportsMyriad; re-creation of the slides used in my presentation at the NSCAA convention)
• Jan. 28, 2015: Youth sports: For everyone or for elites?(Huffington Post)
• Jan. 15, 2015: What hath we wrought? (SportsMyriad)
• Jan. 27, 2011: For U.S. Soccer, it’s a matter of style (ESPN.com)

Also see SoccerWire index.