

Is the CSA not enough?
In Canada, we have the Canadian Soccer Association(CSA), Provincial Organizations, and then District Associations. Trying to understand how the soccer system works is a job in itself for most people. We always talk about the governance we have in place and how we can improve it.When you really look at it, it is a massive undertaking and so many layers of voting before you even get down to the player that may be affected. If we start in Western Canada with British Columbia(BC


A Soccer parent-Why parent education is so important?
About three weeks ago we had some visiting teams from North America in the Barcelona area. Two of my sons(2003, 2004) had the opportunity to play a game each vs their North American opponents. In these parts where I live Catalan is the preferred choice for language and separating from Spain is always on the agenda here. Any group gathering usually includes some sort of Independence chants. English is also not very common in these parts so when we had these visiting teams f