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Recruiting is The Right Thing to Do

By Gary Kleiban 64 Comments

The perception and values associated with the practice of recruiting depends on who’s doing the perceiving and the act itself – be it an organization, coach, player, parent, or whoever. This post will take the position of what every interested party supposedly wants. Development and a meritocracy. Right? Recruiting If the goal is to develop […]

Filed Under: Club Soccer, Philosophy, Practical, Problems, Soccer Education, Solutions Tagged With: Club Soccer, Development, Education, Elite, Philosophy, Problems, Solutions

US Soccer Development Academy Coach Threatens Friendship

By Gary Kleiban 79 Comments

What follows was a text from the head academy coach at a US Soccer Development Academy club who we’ve known for … I don’t know … around six years. I won’t say who it is or when this happened, but it gives you insight as to the types of things that go on. Dear Brian, […]

Filed Under: Club Soccer, Problems, Soccer Education Tagged With: Club Soccer, Coach, Education, Problems

Lets Build Serious Clubs

By Gary Kleiban 55 Comments

Meaning, go well beyond being an organization that just houses soccer teams. Compliment that by offering a membership with real benefits. Here’s some things to consider: Voting rights Club hosted parties and activities A gym Field access Multiple sports Real city / neighborhood connection / outreach / integration Real business partnerships and integration Real school […]

Filed Under: Club Soccer, Solutions Tagged With: Club Soccer, Problems, Solutions

Danone Nations Cup Semifinal Match. [Coach Notes]

By Brian Kleiban 20 Comments

U11 Barcelona-USA Danone Nations Cup Semifinal

Orlando, FL – The final day of competition has arrived and no alarm clock was needed to wake up at 6am. 16 teams arrived at ESPN Wide World of Sports with the intent to win their pool play to advance to the semifinals. Only 4 remain in contention for the Danone Cup. Barcelona USA, Coral […]

Filed Under: Club Soccer, News Tagged With: Club Soccer, Education

Danone Nations Cup: Second Day of Competition. [Coach Notes]

By Brian Kleiban 25 Comments

Danone Nations Cup Barcelona-USA U11s

Orlando, FL – Today’s objective. Get back to our team identity of possession and pressure. During yesterday’s victories the standard of play left a lot to be desired. I don’t do excuses so the message is clear, refocus and get back to our bread and butter. We will be playing El Temporal Azul. A team from […]

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U11s in Danone Nations Cup Group Phase

By Brian Kleiban 17 Comments

Orlando, FL – My day began early.  Scouting the entire field was my number one objective so I was at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at 7:45 am to see group A matches.  Barcelona-USA was scheduled to play at 9:30 am and 3:30 pm.  There were games at every hour and a half […]

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Don’t Let Your Club Miss This Unique Opportunity!

By Gary Kleiban 24 Comments

Update I no longer support or endorse this thing. In fact, I’m embarrassed to have been duped by it. The past couple weeks have been crazy! With the release of our U11 video showcasing unseen before soccer in the States, and the subsequent chronicling of our younger U10s and those U11s competing in Barcelona, I’ve been […]

Filed Under: Club Soccer, Soccer Education, Solutions Tagged With: Club Soccer, Development, Education, Solutions

FC Barcelona Trip: Day 13 Notes

By Brian Kleiban 35 Comments

Woke up nice and early to eat some breakfast and prepare the boys with a tactical walk through. We centered on how we wanted to attack in possession and defend against Soccer Stars USA’s 3-4-3 formation. Boys looked ready and anxious. Got them prepped in our locker room and around 10:15 we took to the […]

Filed Under: Club Soccer, News Tagged With: Barcelona, Club Soccer, Development, Education

FC Barcelona Trip: Day 12 Notes [Video]

By Brian Kleiban 3 Comments

U11 FC Barcelona size

After a good nights sleep it was breakfast with the team at 9am to kickstart an important day. Two more group-play matches awaited us at 1pm and 5pm. Danny and I had individual meetings with several players to show them some of the good and bad things we did in our first game. Matches are […]

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FC Barcelona Trip: Day 11 Notes [Video]

By Brian Kleiban 3 Comments

U11 soccer speed of play video

By mandate the day began waaaaaay too early for us. We had arrived back in L’estartit at 2 am after our Champions League adventure and had to get up at 8 am, eat breakfast on the fly to depart to Palamos for the MIC Cup 2012 opening ceremony. Every team is present and it was […]

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