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New Study Finds Limited Coronavirus Transmission During Youth Soccer Activities In San Diego

While the CDC warns that children are at risk for COVID-19, new study offers path forward for San Diego County to safely reopen outdoor youth sports. Out of 143,000 soccer sessions analyzed, the rate was .01% with all new confined cases traced to transmission outside the youth soccer group.

Today Surf Cup Sports has released the results of an eight-week study analyzing the safety of outdoor youth soccer in San Diego County.

We want the data and the science to drive safe decision for our kids.

Brian Enge, CEO, Surf Cup Sports

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The county’s top youth soccer clubs, led by Surf Cup Sports,...

You Are My “Giants”

SoccerToday takes great pleasure in welcoming Kristi Beckman as a new columnist with this refreshing and personal take on being a female in a still male-dominated soccer world.

Isaac Newton says, “If I have seen further … it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.”

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In my coaching career, I have stood on the “shoulders of giants for years”. Those giants were always men: men who were brave enough and secure enough to elevate a woman.

These are interesting times for us all. I find myself defending men when your entire gender is called male chauvinists, or accused of being bullies. I smile sweetly and say, “Not my guys!” I’m smart, and I have surrounded myself with the best leaders and humans in the industry. You.

Both male and female coaches often reach a point during their career where they question, “Why do I coach?”...

States Differ on The Return of Youth Soccer

As the custodians for the next generations, we are responsible for caring for well being for today’s kids — and, the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic has been stressful for all ages. Isn’t it time to get kids out of the house, in safe conditions, and at least with modified training? Hmmm, small groups of school age kids under adult supervision, doesn’t that sound like childcare?

Isn’t Youth Soccer a Form of Childcare for School-Age Kids?

Amidst the uncertainty of the pandemic, it is important to think of the unintended consequences. How are kids dealing with the moratorium of youth sports?

Kids need to be active, outdoors, and away from screens. The Return to Play youth soccer, even in its most modified form, is healthy for kids.

It’s been a long time since we’ve been able to enjoy the game we all love, and I know you’ve all missed it ….

From U.S. Soccer Chief Medical...

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Preparing To Play, MLS Clubs Begin Voluntary Small Group Training Sessions

Major League Soccer (MLS) today announced that clubs may begin to use outdoor team training fields for small group training sessions in compliance with detailed health and safety protocols that were created in consultation with medical and infectious disease experts.



All small group training sessions are voluntary and may not be in conflict with local public health officials or government policies.

The small group training sessions will provide an opportunity for players to perform fitness and technical workouts in small groups while maintaining physical distancing protocols, even within individual groups.

Prior to initiating small group training sessions, every team must submit to MLS a club-specific plan that has been reviewed and approved by the club’s medical staff and local...