Maybe they're not turf wars. Maybe it's just healthy competition.
Christian Lavers is fully immersed in the complicated landscape of U.S. youth soccer. He's a technical director with FC Wisconsin and an executive with the ECNL and U.S. Club Soccer. And miraculously, he still sounds optimistic. Even "nice." If you're looking for mud-slinging, you're not going to find it here. Instead, you're going to hear a candid but polite take on why we have multiple national championships and other stuff that those of us who cover youth soccer complain about.
He's aware of the travel requirements these days -- "not every game should require a hotel stay or flight," he says. But he sees different organizations filling different legitimate needs.
Leading
Intro: Why the US Men Will Never Win the World Cup
RSD 2-7-19: Dan Loney drops by and doesn't talk about pro/rel
RSD short: A meditation on losing and coaching
RSD 10-9-18: We need refs! Not just me!
RSD short: Funny youth stories, USSF arrogance and NASL spin
RSD short Aug 10 2018: On Twitter and Cordeiro
RSD Short: New US Youth chairman, WoSo and aspirations
RSD38: A productive promotion/relegation chat
RSD37 (pt 2): Shoeless Soccer's Nathan Richardson
RSD37 (pt 1): Drills? Travel? PLAY! Guest: Nathan Richardson
RSD36: Player pathways, college and elite leagues, with Lesle Gallimore
RSD35: Dennis Crowley on putting together a soccer pyramid
RSD34: The USL/youth hybrid Richmond Kickers, with Daryl Grove
RSD33: Soccer played in Germany, with Ian Plenderleith
RSD31: Grassroots and futsal, with Leslie Hamer and Jason Longshore
RSD30: Announcement time
RSD29: A random but interesting coach/parent, Mike Davitt
RSD28: SAY Soccer’s Doug Wood
RSD27: Julie Foudy finds reasons to be optimistic about youth soccer
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