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Thoughts on Youth Soccer from a Soccer Dad, Fan, Coach and Administrator

Entries Tagged ‘financial-aid’

The Costs of Youth Soccer

Talk to most parents with a child in competitive soccer, and you’re sure to hear about how much it costs. Just about every article written about the problems with youth development in the US will take about the barriers for many due to the high costs. When you participate in an activity that involves travel [...]

Teach a Man to Ref

Over at the NC Soccer Forum, LDSM posted an interesting article about a teenage referee who has founded a scholarship program to help underprivileged kids get certified to referee soccer matches:

Even at 13-years-old, David Mulcahy thought as much about others as he did himself.
When he became a soccer referee after years of playing on [...]