About this episode

This episode discusses the debate between winning and development in American youth soccer, critiquing the notion that prioritizing development is often a cover for incompetence.

This episode cuts straight to the heart of the endless American youth soccer argument: winning versus development. The tired line that “it’s all about development, not winning” gets dissected here as what it so often is—a convenient shield for coaches who can’t deliver and clubs that have no real accountability in our closed, MLS-and-US-Soccer-controlled monopoly. […]

People in this episode

Host: 3four3

Topics covered

• youth soccer
• winning vs development
• coaching accountability
• American soccer
• MLS
• US Soccer

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Organizations: MLS, US Soccer

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