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The Future of Soccer in the USA

In: Star-Spangled Soccer

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  • Gary Hopkins

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With the number of players participating, its sporting pedigree, and the financial and human resources available to anything that it puts its mind to, the USA should produce players the world demands and have a national team capable of competing for honors at the World Cup. The USA over the next ten to 15 years, should develop players worth tens of millions of dollars in transfer fees for MLS teams to underpin their finances or to elevate the leagues’ quality, and players that populate top leagues and progress in the World Cup. The ideas that follow should still allow everyone in the game to continue to “make their living” in the sport but to do so in a way that ensures that the game progresses at the pace of the global game of which it is a part. Winning a World Cup and having a top-class Division One Professional League will make the soccer pie bigger for everyone and only enhance the financial prospects for all. Once again, I am no coach but there are great USA coaches out there that can work this out if given the chance, and a 30,000-member NSCAA coaching organization that should be able to drive it to grass roots.

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  • Gary Hopkins, 2010. "The Future of Soccer in the USA," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Star-Spangled Soccer, pages 314-316, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-27804-2_16
    DOI: 10.1007/978-0-230-27804-2_16
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