Stu Holden
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374 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 16 Jul
Stu Holden’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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So I'm gonna try to be more concise in the way I explain this.
But
They have become commoditized in a way that it's predatory and it's on the parents.
Every single sport is basketball, football, baseball.
Parents are getting charged so much money for these kids to have these opportunities.
It's no, you're just creating environments to get people to pay more money without having real tangible benefits.
If at a very high level, if I try to summarize this, I think what we can do in the United States is have the elite academies, the top clubs, which we're doing at MLS.
We have pathways for players, but they have to, in many ways, pay for the development at the lower levels.
If you develop a player, if you're a club in Kansas, Los Angeles, Texas, and you develop a kid, Christian Pulisic, you should be paid for that.
You should be given money to support your club.
supporting players and developing players.
So I can go on and on and on about this.
We need to do more.
We need to make soccer cheaper.
We're on the way.
We have growth.
Don't get twisted in just our national team performances.
Nothing will replace what it was like to step on the field and play the game.
But my first World Cup final in 2018, I had the nerves a little bit.
Now it's just pure excitement.
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