Matchday 20 - Mark Cartwright, USL Sporting Director
We talk to former pro footballer, technical director at Stoke City and now the USL’s Sporting Director.
We talk about the potential of the league’s young players, the record breaking transfer of teenage sensation Kobi Henry to France and a possible move of the USL to the European calendar.
Mark talks about winning a college national championship, the potential of the US winning the next World Cup and what Ted Lasso and the Wrexham takeover have done for football here.
We talk promotion and relegation, baseball fields for football and the youth pay to play model.
An insightful chat about the future of US football by someone who is helping develop it.
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