Sep 2, 2026 · 58 min · 11 segments
US Soccer is making major changes to the youth soccer landscape, while a new generation of young players is getting ready for its own opportunity on the international stage. David Gass is joined by…
David GassHost
Emeri AdamesGuest
Micayla JohnsonGuest
Welcome back, everybody, to the U.S. Soccer Wise, our newest show every single Wednesday, breaking down the biggest storylines, the biggest themes, some of the biggest conversations around the U.S. men's and women's national team as we are heading towards a big camp coming up in the fall.

We've got some breaking news to go through, of course, the transfer deadline day ending and another big piece that came out of a U.S. youth soccer vote this weekend.

Henry Bushnell of The Athletic covering that story as U.S. soccer starts to try and rebuild and reform soccer.

youth development and the soccer experience in america so we're going to talk to henry and then we are going to get ready for the u20 world cup which is about to kick off in poland for the u.s women's uh u20 national team haven't won it in over a decade and they're going to be led on the field by seattle reigns young star emory adamas as well as the youngest player on the roster who's currently playing with the Chicago Stars in Michaela Johnson.

And to do so, we've got our super sub who made a good starting appearance in the last game, Gregory.
Thank you.
Read the full transcript.
Create an account to read the whole episode, search across every transcript, and follow the shows you care about.