I've seen this topic a lot, in june of 2023 I was selected to go to the real madrid camp in spain, it was eye opening. A lot of people were same level or better then me. But anyway, to my suprise, every kid their played, they walked to the training grounds WALK, I don't see that in the US. And most of these kids weren't even the richest, but they have something better. A free sport. Everywhere else besides most of North America do we see soccer being free, no 2000 dollar payments, just playing. It's unfortunate that it is this way in the us. Now heading into high school, I am likely going to play for a school team(not my school)in Houston. Here there's on team that dominates, which is Albion HUrricanes, and it's really expensive. So no more club, just school. We must change this to see kids who can't afford club play get to play. Because there can be some rare gems, just like we saw with Alphonso Davies
all the U.S. has to do is turn Basketball courts and gyms into multi use courts for futsal and basketball. They can also build 5v5 courts with concrete or turf grass over old unused tennis courts or parking lots. Since they don't take that much space. This is how Brazil, Argentina, Spain, France have so many world class players every generation. It doesn't really take that much money or energy to have a good system. However the U.S. soccer system focuses on putting little kids on big old 11 a side fields and charging 100$ a season where the parents have to drive 30-50 minutes per practice or game session.. Coaches screaming and putting all unnecessary pressure on children. You think Neymar or Messi learn how to dribble with a coach screaming at him to pass as soon as he gets the ball or to do long balls instead of playing tiki taka?? Hell no
BTW, 99% of coaches are not "qualified" to speak on this. All I can say is the US does not do an adequate job of development (see the demise of the USNWT). For the size of our country we should have many more top players.
Hello from New Zealand! What a great video, can't believe you don't have more subscribers, this is so well made and you speak so well for someone so young. Got a bright future ahead 😁
Thanks for the information. It has been 25 years since I served on USSF's National council, so I haven't kept up with the latest developments. When I was part of the National Council, we sanctioned MLS. (I am coming to regret whatever part I may have played in this.) I do believe that the concept of MLS developing academies to develop younger players is a good one and fully consistent with how everyone else in the world develops players. The USL also encourages clubs to develop academies, and the local USL club has one. The USL specifically offers professional soccer teams for both men and women, and thus encourages clubs to offer academies for both sexes. My local NWSL club also offers Academy teams for girls. I believe that this is a good thing. The local club has earned millions of dollars in transfer fees for developing academy players. This is the way the world works and it is good for the game and good for US Soccer. I know that this may be antithetical to the suburban values of the old USYS, but their model was never sustainable in the long run.
WOW! Genuinely such a great video bro and everything was spot on, keep working bro, and get posting! Also, any chance that you watch a RU-vidr by the name of Maqwell??
@@lucaskicks09 YESSS I watch both of them and I could tell that you watched Maqwell and can see ALOT of similarities with Vizeh as well! Keep it up bro!
Great video man! Im 16 and i play club soccer in NJ in the EDP League (Elite/Eastern Development Program), you got any tips for improving overall gameplay?
I appreciate it! I’m not too familiar with the EDP but in terms for improving overall gameplay I would simply say to pick something you can do at home almost everyday. For me, since I’m not super technical, I try to do a wall session almost everyday where I pass and juggle the ball back and forth between a wall to get some touches in. Obviously we both have our different strengths and weaknesses, but it really is good to do something at home almost everyday. Not only is this relatively easy, but it will be more consistent than burning yourself out with an intense 3 hour session and then not training for a week. That has helped me and hopefully it helps you. Feel free to check out @Become Elite on RU-vid for some training vids!
@@lucaskicks09 Thanks bro, im mainly more of a player who is better technically and decent when ot comes to passing. I appreciate the advise, keep up the good stuff!
Play way more Idoor small sided games.. 4v4,5v5, 6v6, 7v7. Indoor or outdoor as long as they are small sided games. You can play on tennis or basketball courts. You just need 10 players.. You can buy small goals 4x6 feet or 6x10 feet goals and play like crazy.. This is how Brazilian, Argentine, Spanish and French player get so good... You can even look it up.
This kid knows what he’s talking about ! What do you think about kids trying to play high school and national league at the same time ? Did your coaches allow you to play both ?
Thank you for the compliment! However, last year when I was playing in the E64 national league I was an 8th grader, and was not playing any school soccer. This fall I am playing ECNL, and in the spring I will play for my high school. Because I never played national league in high school I can’t answer this question unfortunately. However, some of my teammates played middle school soccer in the national league, and were allowed to play both by our coach. However, I cannot guarantee this will be the case for you. Usually club and HS soccer do not overlap and depend on the state.
As long youth development is managed and controlled by privately owned clubs run like regular businesses with focus on revenue generation and US Soccer allows that independent leagues are competing against each other claiming they're the best league (again for revenue generation), they're not going to be any real youth development and players only are going to be seen if parents are wealthy enough to afford the clubs. All talents with not sufficient fundings, will never have a chance to be developed, because they're not financially attractive market. The youth soccer association should target a minimum cost participation with fundings from companies willing to pay some money for advertisement and who plays in what level of the only one existing league should be determined by the scouts of the US youth soccer association and not depend on how much money mommy or daddy is paying for his "awesome" kid.
While a nice attempt it is incredibly misleading and conspiratorial. The DA failed financially because USSF couldn't fund post pandemic, MLS immediately picked up the slack and you blame them for some reason instead of praising them!? All worldwide clubs are private and lead development but you're trying to blame MLS teams for doing that? Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atletico and all LaLiga teams try to develop professional players and just like MLS they are free, have the best facilities, coaches, travel to play foreign tournaments and play the best competition within the US and vs foreign competition with Adidas MLS Next tournaments who invite top teams like Man U, PSG, Flamengo. All the other leagues are rightfully lower leagues for obvious reasons. Just tryout for an MLS academy if you think you are better than those players instead of falsely claiming they are doing something wrong when they aren't. Please reach out to me if you want to know the history of soccer development in this country.
First of all I never said I was better than those players. I literally start the video out by saying I am not 100% qualified for this and that I played in E-64 last year which is not in the slightest a top division. I was not saying that MLS was doing a bad thing by picking up the role of the DA but instead pointing out the failure of the DA and USSF during the pandemic. I do believe that MLS Next has some flaws but have never said that it is “evil”. The title of this video says “Failure in U.S Youth Soccer” not “MLS Next is evil”. I did imply that MLS Next may have had some contact with USSF or had known about the collapse before it actually happening but never said it was bad. The only other thing I may have been said that was negative was that they did not add a girls division. However, I understand your opinion. I’m not necessarily telling you that I’m 100% right. Your opinion is understandable, I just don’t want you to misinterpret what I said. Thanks for watching!
@@lucaskicks09 My apologies for any misunderstanding. Your context does imply and state that professional clubs leading the MLS Next to develop professional players do exclude clubs based on politics and exclusion rather than the obvious reason that they are inferior in developing truly top players because of resources. Your title says 'Failure of USSoccer' as opposed to 'Success of US Soccer Development' and the comments supporting your content with words like corruption, not qualified. It seems like there is a subtext of the changes being a negative and not the positive continuation of development with more stable funding and infrastructure. You do good work but just want to provide feedback on objectivity and not pushing narratives through the guise of being truthful.
Yes, MLS "came to the rescue". Keep drinking the koolaid. USSF is lazy and can't be bothered with youth development (which they are responsible for but have punted on because they just want to deal with the Nats). Over 150 clubs have been killed off since MLS monopoly was created. I don't need to see a knife in Garber's hand to know who did it. San Diego Loyal? Just an inconvenient datapoint, right? Meanwhile, top prospects keep running to Europe because MLS would rather develop top talent from South American than in our own country.
Many players in the US don’t live near MLS Next teams. In addition, trying out for the team might not work out even if you’re good enough. You gotta either have good connections with the clubs or played with them since a young age. Another factor is that the US has so many youth players these MLS Next clubs don’t have the capacity to develop all of them.
@sudano9958 MLS is the Borg, and you want to praise it because MLS Next "develops" players? Almost all US coaches with useless licenses can't demonstrate techniques, and thus cannot improve player understanding or performance.
I agree with you 100%. These are unpopular things in a country that has no soccer culture, not from its fans (which undoubtedly continues to increase), but from the people who seek to design the game and the systems. I am South American and we have a historical cultural advantage but formalizing aspects of that culture in the development of players took us more time and yet it has been successful due to two factors that I consider lacking in the USA and that is the construction of our own discourse and identity adapted to the youth of North American children in multidimensional aspects of their athletic and intellectual strengths and challenges. On the other hand (understanding that there are more underlying aspects) there is the issue of the design of programs that lack not only identity but also innovation and suitable people to build with a long-term vision. Although soccer can be and is a big business, there is no doubt that without strong foundations and a structured process the results are what is seen in the MLS and the USNMT itself (at least the women have appropriated and created their own concepts).
