07/14/2026
As an American, Do you agree or disagree?
After the USMNT was knocked out in the round of 16 by Belgium, fans began to ask: why was a country of 11.8 million people so much better at soccer than one of 340 million?
Inevitably, and often correctly, answers zeroed in on youth soccer.
How U.S. youth soccer's ‘pay-to-play’ system impacts adoption of the world’s game (read for free):
nyti.ms/3R6LA4U