Category: Youth Soccer News
Never Coach in Absolutes
Did you like what I did in the title? Total dad joke. I can hear my children groaning now.
When I was studying to be a kindergarten teacher (I know [...]
Are You Comfortable?
Are you coaching beyond your comfort zone? Be honest. You want more than anything to always deliver your best that you end up coaching the topics you [...]
Episode 11 – The 227th Merseyside Derby and San Diego’s Sports Elephant in the Room
Nate and Dike open up the show with a review of the 227th Merseyside Derby before discussion San Diego's place in the MLS Expansion hunt.
For 93 mi [...]
2016 WINTER YOUTH CAMPS
Freshen up your skills this winter! Top youth soccer clubs in San Diego are offering winter camps for soccer players -- and most are open to everyone. [...]
MLS to San Diego and The Sports Elephant In The Room
San Diego wants a top flight professional soccer team to call its own. Well, good news for San Diego, as it was confirmed this past week that the city [...]
An Ocean Will Drown a Seed
One of the most difficult tasks us coaches have is distilling our information into short lessons for our players. We have years of playing and coachin [...]
Keisuke Honda Embarks on U.S. Youth Soccer Development
Soccer's status as "the world's game" has never been more apparent.
In January of 2016, Japanese icon and A.C. Milan midfielder Keisuke Honda gave [...]
SoccerNation Sitdown: Shannon MacMillan
US Soccer Hall of Famer Shannon MacMillan has built a stable, competitive, multi-level soccer organization over the past eight years as the Executive [...]
“Sit Fido Sit. Good Dog.” And Other Things You Shouldn’t Say to Your Child
My wife and I were standing in the cleaning supply aisle of a grocery store one lazy Saturday. The kids were all with Nana and Papa and were hopefully [...]
Stanford Men Repeat As National Champions
The Stanford Men's soccer team are national champions following a 5-4 shootout victory over #2 Wake Forest on Sunday afternoon at BBVA Compass Stadium [...]