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In the final Modern Soccer Coach podcast of 2025, we step back from tactics and trends and ask a bigger question:
What will the game look like in 2026 and beyond?
Rather than reviewing downloads or highlights, this episode focuses on three ideas from 2025 that point directly toward the future of soccer coaching and player development.
Across the year on Modern Soccer Coach, conversations consistently returned to the same themes: clarity over complexity, individuality over rigid structure, and environments over outcomes.
In this episode, we explore:
• How modern game models may be limiting individual development
• Why more content does not always create better coaches
• The growing importance of methodology and clarity
• How youth environments shape the future of the professional game
This episode is for coaches who want to think beyond the next session and reflect on where the game is actually heading.
Thank you for listening throughout 2025.
We hope you stay with us in 2026.
- Gary Curneen
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Register for MSC Tactical Flexibility webinar:
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In the final Modern Soccer Coach podcast of 2025, we step back from tactics and trends and ask a bigger question:
What will the game look like in 2026 and beyond?
Rather than reviewing downloads or highlights, this episode focuses on three ideas from 2025 that point directly toward the future of soccer coaching and player development.
Across the year on Modern Soccer Coach, conversations consistently returned to the same themes: clarity over complexity, individuality over rigid structure, and environments over outcomes.
In this episode, we explore:
• How modern game models may be limiting individual development
• Why more content does not always create better coaches
• The growing importance of methodology and clarity
• How youth environments shape the future of the professional game
This episode is for coaches who want to think beyond the next session and reflect on where the game is actually heading.
Thank you for listening throughout 2025.
We hope you stay with us in 2026.
- Gary Curneen
How Good Is U.S. Player Development? A Tactical Breakdown with Alessandro Davite (Roma & Inter Milan)
Modern Soccer Coach Podcast
18 minutes 42 seconds
2 months ago
How Good Is U.S. Player Development? A Tactical Breakdown with Alessandro Davite (Roma & Inter Milan)
Read Alessandro's article FREE below:
https://www.modernsoccercoach.com/post/inside-the-tactical-evolution-of-usa-s-u20-world-cup-team
Following the USA U20 team’s impressive showing at the FIFA U20 World Cup, Gary Curneen sits down with Alessandro Davite — a UEFA A Licensed Coach and Tactical Analyst who has worked with AS Roma, Inter Milan, and Sora — to take an objective, global look at how far U.S. player development has come.
Alessandro recently wrote a full tactical report on Marko Mitrović’s U20 side for Modern Soccer Coach, analyzing the team’s build-up play, attacking structures, and use of “artificial transitions.” In this conversation, he expands on those ideas and discusses what makes the next generation of American players unique.
⚽ Discussion Highlights
Why the USA U20 team displayed modern attacking dynamics and adaptability
How the concept of “artificial transitions” creates a more fluid attacking model
The balance between positional structure and player connections
What European coaches really think about American players
How the U.S. can continue to evolve tactically ahead of the 2026 World Cup
Modern Soccer Coach Podcast
Register for MSC Tactical Flexibility webinar:
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https://modernsoccercoach.mimentorportal.com/subscriptions
In the final Modern Soccer Coach podcast of 2025, we step back from tactics and trends and ask a bigger question:
What will the game look like in 2026 and beyond?
Rather than reviewing downloads or highlights, this episode focuses on three ideas from 2025 that point directly toward the future of soccer coaching and player development.
Across the year on Modern Soccer Coach, conversations consistently returned to the same themes: clarity over complexity, individuality over rigid structure, and environments over outcomes.
In this episode, we explore:
• How modern game models may be limiting individual development
• Why more content does not always create better coaches
• The growing importance of methodology and clarity
• How youth environments shape the future of the professional game
This episode is for coaches who want to think beyond the next session and reflect on where the game is actually heading.
Thank you for listening throughout 2025.
We hope you stay with us in 2026.
- Gary Curneen
