Back to Regular Programming

I hope you enjoyed the pictures from the US Development Academy Winter Showcase. I'll probably do one more post with the best of the pics(IMO).
For now, though, back to regular programming, linking to stories that are not quite mainstream, at least in the US, along with a few of my own opinions about events in the world of soccer.

Starter Fun

• The latest episodes of Special1 TV: This one, and this one.

MLS

• Steve Davis on MLS Cup Winning Tactics: Beauty of British game 
• For all the uproar over season ticket prices in Toronto, 2011 season tickets have sold out.
• Robert Jonas: Fortune and Fame in a Salary Cap World 

Tournaments

• FIFA Club World Cup: CONCACAF bows out early again
• Digicell Cup: Jamaica Takes Title

On Development in the US

• Not sure what I make of this, but I'll offer it anyway: Winning vs Development: Really? That’s the problem?
• How The Development Academy Changed College Soccer

Around the World

• With a nod to our(US) recently completed youth Academy Showcase: The Barcelona Way
• David Hills with his always great read: Said and Done

The Business of Soccer

• On the Barça decision to accept Qatar based sponsorship money, and a lot of it: Barcelona Football is a Business

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