The Next Level Training Soccer Podcast with host Aaron Byrd and Jeff Suffolk
May 16, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min · 21 segments
We're less than 45 days away from the 2026 Fifa World Cup kickoff and there's so much to discuss. Check on on Episode 61 for some of our hottest takes on the current status. Let's Go!
If you had 10 minutes with the head of US Soccer and you knew nothing you said would leave the room, what's one thing American Soccer is doing right, right now that you would shut down tomorrow?
Oh, I thought you were saying that they were doing correct, like right as in doing proper, 'cause I was gonna say nothing.
Can I say start over completely? Can I just say scratch the entire platform and say-
They're number two in the world, but they're not dominating like they were bef- 10 years ago, you wouldn't, you wouldn't even have a chance.
the, the gap has closed big time, and I think you've got a lot of other countries, honestly, that are pouring more money into their female sports than they, than they were before, right? You've got a lot of these countries that are putting way more into their, their women's side because they know developmentally they've gotta close that gap, and they have.
Almost every single country that is a soccer powerhouse on the women's side has closed the gap from where it was even four years ago.
I mean, one of the big things that me and you talk about all the time that I think needs to change is there is no clear-cut answer on what is the pathway.
There is no ideal, um, landscape that these people can be like, "Okay, if I play in this league, I am considered the best.
If I identify my talent, we are all going to be on this team." The best players don't play together.
If you had 10 minutes with the head of US Soccer and you knew nothing you said would leave the room, what's one thing American Soccer is doing right, right now that you would shut down tomorrow?
Oh, I thought you were saying that they were doing correct, like right as in doing proper, 'cause I was gonna say nothing.
Can I say start over completely? Can I just say scratch the entire platform and say-
They're number two in the world, but they're not dominating like they were bef- 10 years ago, you wouldn't, you wouldn't even have a chance.
the, the gap has closed big time, and I think you've got a lot of other countries, honestly, that are pouring more money into their female sports than they, than they were before, right? You've got a lot of these countries that are putting way more into their, their women's side because they know developmentally they've gotta close that gap, and they have.
Almost every single country that is a soccer powerhouse on the women's side has closed the gap from where it was even four years ago.
I mean, one of the big things that me and you talk about all the time that I think needs to change is there is no clear-cut answer on what is the pathway.
There is no ideal, um, landscape that these people can be like, "Okay, if I play in this league, I am considered the best.
If I identify my talent, we are all going to be on this team." The best players don't play together.
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