Breaking the Line: The ECNL Podcast
A Discussion Continued: Ideas to Improve American Youth Soccer Part 2 | Ep. 143
Let us know the topics of interest to you! Following a robust discussion and an incredible response from you, the Breaking the Line listeners, ECNL President Christian Lavers and ECNL Vice President Doug Bracken continue their discussion of ideas to improve youth soccer within the United States, and expand on topics previously discussed in the Special Edition episode two weeks ago. Since the last podcast, Lavers did a deep dive into how solidarity payments and training compensation work in other parts of the world, not just for international transfers but domestic transfers as well, and brings hard data with him to showcase exactly how much other clubs are spending, and how much these clubs are also receiving. Armed with this information, Lavers examines then what those types of payments could look like in the United States, along with failed attempts to institute them previously in American soccer. The two then spend time brainstorming how training compensation would work in the US, what are the potential barriers to that system, and what are other forms of funding youth clubs could receive. It's an absolutely riveting discussion that brings a ton of research and data to the table, and paints a strong picture of the global economics of soccer. As always, make sure to submit any questions to https://ecnl.info/BTL-Questions, to subscribe to Breaking the Line on Youtube and all your favorite podcast platform, and to follow the ECNL on all social channels.
