If the Development Academy players thought there were a lot of eyes on them during season games or at the Showcases, it doesn't compare to the amount of national team, college and professional coaches that will be seeing them this weekend. With only one match going on at a time (11 a.m., 1 p.m., 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. -- on most days), the scouts only have one game to choose from, and that means when you look out onto the field you see a ton of recognizable faces. At one game alone we saw DA Technical Director John Hackworth, Director of Scouting Dave Sarachan, U.S. MNT head coach Bob Bradley, Wake Forest University head coach Jay Vidovich, Development Academy Scout Raul Diaz Arce...we could go on but I think you get the picture - lots of decision makers keeping a close eye on the upcoming talent.
About U.S. Soccer
As the governing body of soccer in all its forms in the United States, U.S. Soccer has helped chart the course for the sport in the USA for more than 90 years. In this time, the Federation’s mission statement has been very simple and very clear: to make soccer, in all its forms, a preeminent sport in the United States and to continue the development of soccer at all recreational and competitive levels.
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