Developing a Better Player? Do we have the wrong recipe?
There has been a lot of talk lately on how we can develop a better player and a better athlete in Canada. Many will argue that you...
Is the CSA not enough?
In Canada, we have the Canadian Soccer Association(CSA), Provincial Organizations, and then District Associations. Trying to understand...
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...
How Canada can learn from Spain's youth soccer system
Georgios Sarakinis joined Red Card host Anthony Totera to discuss the difference between youth soccer in Canada and Spain and what Canada...
2S Extra, Duane and Kevin talked about development with George Sarakinis
2S Extra #4 Development Talk with George Sarakinis
Improve the Game Experience-My pilot project for associations
This has been a pet peeve of mine for quite a while and based on some twitter posts it is a pet peeve of many. This pet peeve of mine...
Let's get to the root of the problem!
There was been some discussion the last few days on a proposal to improve game day experience. We have had some good discussions on...
Women's futbol-Time for change?
With the Women's World Cup 2015 now wrapped up in Canada, I have decided to examine the women's game in Canada and compare it to Spain...
Futbol tournaments and Culture
Kids all over the world daydream about becoming a professional footballer. Whether they dream about scoring the winning goal in an...
24000 coaches and counting!!
We talk about the many shortfalls of Canadian futbol, from the lack of culture in the game, to no professional league to aspire to, to no...
