Who is Tiffany Millbretr

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In the end, players can leave clubs, we all understand that. BUT right now there NO RULES that help protect clubs and the investment they are making; just to be outdone in the same season by a tampering and recruiting club. Many of the clubs that are recruiting and tampering have not done anything to prove their continued development and investment in players – their player development philosophy appears to be waiting for the next player other clubs have developed and to then to swoop in and snatch them up.

As an ex player myself, I find this an absolute travesty that these clubs are continually allowed to ROB THE PLAYER of the developmental piece to the game. As a coach, how can I do my job to the fullest for my players, my teams and my club when we have little to NO protection to help us?

I’m asking that you make rules and policies immediately for the upcoming 2017 fall season.

Solutions are numerous, here are a handful of suggestions: (Many, MANY other solutions can exist)

• Transfer Periods that only happen in select time periods
• Fees paid to the club from the other club taking the player
• No releases until those Transfer Periods – unless clubs agree
• Outright Rules and Regulations against tampering and recruiting
• Actual accountability, enforcement and penalties to the rules

There is never a time more than now for structured and controlled policies to be put in place for youth soccer in the United States.

And, coming from a club that truly cares to build the player through the investment of work that time and progression, I need to be protected over clubs that truly do not care to invest – and possibly do not have the ability to develop the young player. But, in fact, they take from these players only until they are not good enough because they have (not developed them) and therefore recruited another player to take their place and then they are discarded. Why have we allowed this to happen?This is not good enough and we should be ashamed.

I’m all for fair competition, working toward our goals and investing with hard work and time. And if we lose on any given day, then so be it. But, I’m truly tired of losing a battle in an unfair and unbalanced system that goes against the Youth Development Model that is blatantly ignored. This unbalanced system continues to reward clubs that may ‘win’ but destroy the player in the process and unfairly shifts the power to one club over many other great clubs. It’s just not right.

Please consider rules and policies immediately. Thank you.

Tiffeny Milbrett

Active Youth Coach
Retired US National Team and Professional Player
US Soccer Hall of Fame

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This is pretty close to Boofest mom levels of awesome.

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What kind of crazy person unearths a letter from 2017 as part of a multi-post campaign on one topic? Any psychologists in here that can explain this kind of behavior?

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We can talk about this when clubs will actually start making investments in the players. So far most of their “investments” amount to negative $3,000 from each parent and kickbacks they get from uniform purchases. The only clubs that can complain are Sounders academy and XF academy teams.

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that will only happen when Troy's bio comes out