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Vekuva · Sports · Youth Soccer01 Oct 2026 · p.1/1

US soccer’s youth system is expensive, chaotic and overdue for reform

The Guardian · https://www.theguardian.com/profile/beau-dure · 8 min read at The Guardian

World Cup setbacks have renewed concern over America’s costly, fragmented youth system. The real test is whether the urgency survives the next news cycle

A few years ago, the idea that the US soccer community at large was neglecting youth soccer was met with silence or ridicule.

Excerpt. Full story at The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/oct/01/us-soccer-youth-development-pay-to-play-travel-soccer

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