Liberty University

Location

Williams Stadium

Event Website

https://www.liberty.edu/business/sport-leadership/

Start Date

27-10-2025 1:00 PM

End Date

28-10-2025 2:00 PM

Description

This study seeks to compare the soccer development pathways of U.S. youth club academy systems, NCAA collegiate programs, and European youth club academy systems. Along with this, the research aims to identify what creates a factor of success. Additionally, it will focus on what specifically the club and college systems are doing collectively to develop their rosters. This comparison offers value in that it provides cumulative information on the biggest developmental soccer programs in the world. Additionally, it brings to light the differences amongst the pathways to better showcase factors of success and allow for future improvements to be made in all three models. Because of this, comparisons of NCAA Collegiate programs, Major League Soccer Academies, and top European Academies provide immense value in an understudied yet important topic.

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Oct 27th, 1:00 PM Oct 28th, 2:00 PM

Development Pathways in Soccer - A Comparative Study of U.S. Academies, NCAA Programs, and European Systems

Williams Stadium

This study seeks to compare the soccer development pathways of U.S. youth club academy systems, NCAA collegiate programs, and European youth club academy systems. Along with this, the research aims to identify what creates a factor of success. Additionally, it will focus on what specifically the club and college systems are doing collectively to develop their rosters. This comparison offers value in that it provides cumulative information on the biggest developmental soccer programs in the world. Additionally, it brings to light the differences amongst the pathways to better showcase factors of success and allow for future improvements to be made in all three models. Because of this, comparisons of NCAA Collegiate programs, Major League Soccer Academies, and top European Academies provide immense value in an understudied yet important topic.

https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/sport-leadership/Presentations/2025/4

 

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