Walsh University’s Andy Hoggarth shares his thoughts on the 2018 United Soccer Coaches Convention The City of Brotherly Love lived up to its reputation as once again the brotherhood of coaches from every level and every walk of life came together to learn, connect, and reconnect with the many different personalities in attendance at the United Soccer Coaches Convention. Those who are a part of the soccer world, but have not attended this event, are missing out on a massive opportunity
Billed as the “Soccer Party of the Year,” the 2014 National Soccer Coaches Association of America certainly lived up to its name. It provided many interesting learning avenues and as always a plethora of coaches who had not seen each other since the previous convention in Indianapolis or longer. Starting with the MLS SuperDraft on Wednesday, the convention got off to an exciting start with many young future professionals waiting to see where their careers would take them. A multitude of coaches and general managers could
Much excitement can be taken from Tuesday night in Columbus, not least the atmosphere in and around the stadium that has led to fans in some quarters calling for Columbus to become the home of the U.S. National Team. After a poor and lackluster performance in Jamaica just days earlier, Jurgen Klinsmann’s side turned on the style on Tuesday with a performance that puts the World Cup Qualifying bid back on track. On the field though there were many positives
Saturday’s game was definitely a game of two halves with regards to the Columbus Crew’s performance. It became apparent from the first minute of the game that too much respect was being paid to Thierry Henry and Kenny Cooper with regards to the time and space that they were being given. Within three minutes the Crew found themselves being punished for this when Henry was given time to clip a ball into Cooper who had all the time in
Once again what should have been another fascinating season in the EPL, consisting of headlines about the Manchester City millions, AVB at Chelsea and the return of the mercurial Paul Scholes, the problem of racism has reared its ugly head. Racism has been prevalent in the soccer world for many years, but had gone quiet or so some thought until recently when recognized stars such as John Terry, Luis Suarez and the game leader Sepp Blatter all fell fowl of this