Understanding the Youth Soccer Culture – Playing Brackets and Winning

Playing Brackets and Winning In its purest and honest form, playing brackets are a great way to have even match ups between teams. Unfortunately, playing brackets have been swept up in the youth soccer madness. One of the advantages of having such a populous region, with multiple clubs within a close geographical area, is that […]

Understanding the Youth Soccer Culture – Tournaments and Trophies

Tournaments and Trophies One of the hot topics which I have been very passionate about for many seasons. The USA are the only soccer nation that has tournaments where kids are playing 4 – 6 games over a 2-3 day period. ‘Youth players in America are regularly required to play as many as six competitive […]