Youth recruitment for English clubs is highly competitive. Between the myriad of other clubs and career choices out there, it’s very difficult to find and sign the next best thing to your team, particularly when you’ve got to identify that player’s talent at a very young age. It’s one thing to find Wayne Rooney when [...]
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Untapped Resources
Posted in English Premier League, Youth Soccer, tagged Arsenal, Gediom Zelalem, Manchester City, Raul Mendiola on October 5, 2011 | 9 Comments »
“My parents have been there for me, ever since I was about 7.” — David Beckham
Posted in USMNT, Weekend Open Thread, Youth Soccer on October 1, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Georger is busy taking care of some personal matters today, so I am humbling attempting to fill his shoes. Hopefully, I’ll still have access to the site tomorrow.
Guest Post: American Youth Soccer: No Child Left Behind – Dan Levy
Posted in Guest Post, Youth Soccer, tagged Dan Levy, Guest Post, Youth Soccer in America on May 25, 2011 | 19 Comments »
Over the last five years, Dan Levy hosted a world-famous podcast and wrote at a bunch of internet sports sites. Now he likes to rant about things on Twitter at @DanLevyThinks As the European soccer season comes to a close, so too does the spring season for many youth soccer leagues here in the States. [...]
Be True to Your School
Posted in General, Homerism, Off the Pitch, Youth Soccer, tagged Chicago Bears, Danny Cruz, Houston Dynamo, Mario Sanchez, NCAA, UNLV on September 1, 2010 | 3 Comments »
As college football season begins in earnest this weekend, it will get all the hype that goes with it. However, NCAA college soccer also begins this weekend, at least for me. What follows are some of my thoughts as well as some questions that I am hoping that you, our readers can answer and share [...]
The Thursday Challenge: Awwwwwwww!
Posted in General, Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses, Youth Soccer on August 19, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Is there anything better than having somebody else do your work for you? I think not. After the jump, courtesy of stalwart Thursday Challenge participant Andrew B., a dozen footballing baby (toddler, tween, etc.) pictures of some current footballers for you to identify.
Shaping the Youth of America
Posted in Youth Soccer, tagged Youth Soccer in America on February 23, 2010 | 13 Comments »
This was always unavoidable. There was simply no way that I, having played soccer as a kid all the way through high school, would be able to dodge the inevitable bullet that was youth soccer in America. I’m from a soccer family; both of my brothers and both of my sisters played, my parents played, [...]
Henderson Cup Wrap Up
Posted in Youth Soccer, tagged Henderson Cup, Henderson Tigers on November 23, 2009 | 5 Comments »
We here at Avoiding the Drop love the game in all it’s forms, from the Champions League final seen by millions worldwide to kicking a ball against a wall in a back alley. This weekend we were fortunate enough to have one of our field correspondents Kevin at one of the biggest U-10 tournaments of [...]
The Sad, Sad Saga of The Green Death
Posted in Youth Soccer on April 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
As we’ve learned recently, subtle satire and soccer fans don’t always mix. For most of us, that’s okay; we’re not in the satire business, more often than not, so we never have to worry about that thin line between what’s tasteful and what isn’t. Fortunately for us, there are still mavericks out there who want [...]
A Christmas Message From Fuse
Posted in Commentary, First Timers, Homerism, Introductions, Matchday is for Homerism, MLS, Off the Pitch, Youth Soccer on December 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I do my very best here at ATD to keep “on message” (FITBA! FITBA! FITBA!) and to avoid being “message-y” about anything not football related- politics, religion, etc., but I’m going to break with that for this one post.
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