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by Evan Rosenthal Claudio Reyna, the respected former player and current Youth Technical Director
of U.S. Soccer, recently presented the U.S. Soccer Curriculum to help guide coaches towards the
ultimate objective of producing professional American players capable of seriously competing for a
World Cup.
Jack Cork, a part of the Chelsea academy since he was nine, follows in the footsteps of several
of our older youth squad members in departing the Blues. He has signed a four-year deal with
newly-promoted Championship side Southampton after spending last season on loan at Burnley. He also
delivered a little parting comment about Chelsea's youth system on his Twitter account (which was
promptly deleted).
- Jason Davis I'm almost glad to see it, the smoldering heat of fiery disgust still emanating
across the American soccer community. It means people care, and with everything we've been through
in the last 25 years or so, that's a encouraging thing to note. If people didn't care, they
wouldn't rant and rave, write 800 word missives on the listing USMNT ship, spew venom in the
direction of Bob Bradley, Sunil Gulati, et al.
Last week, the new FIFA version of the Balon d'Or was handed out, and an interesting thing took
place: all three players on the podium (Lionel Messi, Xavi, and Andres Iniesta) were all Barcelona
players. But even more than that, all three had been produced by Barcelona's famous Cantera youth
system.
2010 was in many ways, the annus mirabilis of American soccer. This year saw MLS alumni demonstrate
that America can export top-level soccer talent. This year saw Landon Donovan's heroic, world-class
goals against Slovenia and Algeria, the latter being quite possibly the greatest moment in USMNT
history.
