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What Would U.S. Families Sacrifice To End “Pay-To-Play” Youth Soccer?

Children play soccer at the launch of Australia's National Football Development Plan in 2007 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images) Getty ImagesSet your calendars for sometime in late June 2030. >That’s when the U.S. men will lose in the 2030 World Cup and we’ll have the same conversation we have every four years … “END PAY-TO-PLAY! MAKE YOUTH SOCCER FREE LIKE IT IS ELSEWHERE!” >Noticeably absent — any recognition that countries with well-established free academies and