As a goalkeeper coach that is about to strike 30 years training on the field, I can say that I got to see a lot!I have had the chance to train for nearly a decade in Italy before I transferred to the United States and by doing so I got to see the massive differences that there are between the UEFA and USSF models on how to select the best goalkeeper for your team/academy.Nearly all youth soccer clubs in the U.S. do not have their goalkeeper coaches (if they have one) select the goalkeepers destined to join the club, in the most it is the head coach that does that. Mostly because of their ego's and they don't want to look incompetent. This is why many solid and quality goalkeepers are left behind.The head coach that in most cases has no clue how to choose a goalkeeper out of the pack will ...
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