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The TopDrawerSoccer Show: focus on the future with Top Drawer Soccer


Dec 6, 2017

Taylor and Travis review the US U17 national team's performance at the Nike International Friendlies. The games... did not go as well as one might have hoped. So, we try to figure out what went wrong and what's to come.

10:59 - After that, it's on to our review of Stanford's dramatic 3-2 victory over UCLA in the D1 Women's Soccer Championship. Are we witnessing the birth of a dynasty? The short answer is yes.

22:00 - Travis talks to Akron Zips men's soccer head coach Jared Embick about the Final Four and their approach to tournament soccer.

35:08 - We answer three questions from digital mailbag:

- I currently live in Phoenix AZ and with no real Boys DA options that aren’t a 2 hour drive away. My son is about to turn 10 and right now is a very competitive player. I can live anywhere in the country, so would it be worth my effort to move to a city with DA or MLS academy?

- Which youngster do you see getting an increase in minutes after the MLS roster purge?

- Do the USA women have the same U16-18 development problem that Pulisic talks about for the men?  They haven't made it out of the Group Stage of the U17WWC in almost every tournament.   Is anything being done to rectify this, or do we wait for the senior team not to qualify for a World Cup or Olympics before we address it?

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