The NC Youth Soccer Association recently eliminated the use of promotion and relegation to form U11 through U13 divisions for the state’s top travel teams. Soccer Dad takes a look at why this decision may have been very short sighted.
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Keeping League Numbers Up
While youth soccer remains wildly popular in the US, many clubs are seeing minimal growth or even slight declines. Like any activity, you have to advertise your organization so people know about it. Youth soccer has a new crop of potential participants every year, so you need to let families know it’s an available option. What clubs do to advertise themselves and the methods they use can have a big impact on their registration numbers. Here are some ideas that may help.
24 Levels Of Football
I knew England had a number of soccer leagues in a hierarchical structure where teams could be promoted and relegated between them. But I never knew it was made up of 24 levels, 140 leagues, 480 divisions, and over 7000 clubs.
If England can manage to promote and relegate teams within 24 levels, why can’t we [...]
