OSAtv: Long Term Player Development

LTPD means a genuine emphasis at the early ages on individual skill development, and moving away from focusing on scores and winning and losing in those early years.

May 4, 2012 at 7:21 am 0 comments

Impact Picked For Development Academy

The Montreal Impact and Portland Timbers have been selected to join the U.S. Soccer Development Academy, The Impact U18 and U16 teams will join the Academy for the start of the 2012-13 season.

April 5, 2012 at 9:50 am 0 comments

Ontario Futsal Cup 2012 Results

Durham College in Oshawa was the venue for the Under 13 and Under 15 Provincial Futsal Championships.

February 27, 2012 at 10:43 am 0 comments

Ontario Cup Indoor 2012: U13 & U18 Finals Recap

The last Ontario Indoor Cup Final weekend of 2012 was hosted at the Ontario Soccer Centre in Vaughan over the February 11-12 weekend. Four champions were crowned in the Under-13 and Under-18 Boys and Girls divisions. Click here for results from the entire weekend.

February 12, 2012 at 6:06 pm 0 comments

Canada Soccer Revamps Community Coach Education Program

This new program will provide coaches with player-centered development tools and resources.

January 24, 2012 at 10:30 am 0 comments

From The Touchline

The Winstars Soccer Consulting and Academy focuses on professionally-centered soccer development, preparing elite players for U.S.- Collegiate and worldwide pro-league competitions.

November 26, 2011 at 9:03 am 0 comments

Further Down The Slope

All of these changes – as desperately overdue as they are – will take years and years and years to bear fruit.

October 27, 2011 at 8:22 am 0 comments

House League Nation

After many long years of ineffectual stewardship, the CSA is now bringing in a sweeping blueprint for long-term player development (LTPD).

October 20, 2011 at 8:12 am 0 comments

Results Shouldn’t Be Only Goal

By recruiting players to join a club, a coach is essentially telling his current group of players that they are not good enough.

October 13, 2011 at 11:29 am 0 comments

National Champions Collect Their 2011 Titles

The 2011 edition of the Canadian Soccer Association National Championships crowned its champions on Monday.

October 11, 2011 at 1:52 pm 0 comments