Unlike other American sports like gridiron football, school teams aren’t the most reliable source of recruitment for top tier teams in soccer. There’s exceptions to the rule of course; both Cyle Larin and Tajon Buchanan, two of Canada’s best players, got their first professional contracts through being drafted from their respective universities, and one of...
The United States Soccer Development Academy is ceasing operations, effective immediately, due to the coronavirus pandemic. U.S. Soccer announced the decision Wednesday in a joint statement from the organization's CEO Will Wilson, sporting director Earnie Stewart and president Cindy Parlow Cone. "This was an incredibly difficult decision to make," the statement said, "but the extraordinary...
When it came to choosing a college destination, Harry Bertos (Bedford, Mass.) was willing to travel as far as it takes, as long as it resulted in an opportunity to play for one of the nation’s premier soccer programs. Recently, he made his decision, choosing a school that is more than 3,000 miles from his...