We all know the US youth soccer system is terrible. At the world Cup our best players like Balogun, Tillman, Dest and Robinson were all raised outside of the US 'system'.

Game after game, season after season we roll from one year to the next pointing fingers at the flaws. 

Our kids, our state and the entire nation need us to step up. 

Will there ever be a time when a player from Arizona can win the Ballon D'Or? Why not? 

It is quite simple really. The best nations play more small sided than we do and until we stop having our kids run 5 miles a game and touch the ball 20 times in an hours play we will continue to fail them.

I could talk for hours about the reasons why and people would argue things like 'our best athletes play other sports' but in reality the time for talking needs to be over. 

We have some things in our favor such as great facilities, a huge population and a very diverse gene pool. In the USA we also have a natural desire to compete. We need to build a system that uses our advantages and eliminates our issues. It is time for solutions. This is America and we need to innovate. That is what made this country great.

I will over the next year introduce a plan to reshape what we do in Arizona and if you all help we can do something better for the kids and the future of the game in our state.

This is the first step. AZ Super League is an (open pyramid) meaning anyone from anywhere in the state can play and compete. That is the essence of sport. Open competition without politics controlling access. 

Player development is about the player. Their journey to make progress over time. It is player driven and not so much about a team or the drama that often comes with assembling and managing large groups of people. Nobody cares what team Mbappe played for when he was a kid or what he won. We just need to build a better system. One that is actually built for producing the best players. 

Events will be 1v1, 3v3, 5v5 and 7v7. There will also be technical based events such as shooting, ball mastery, speed, box jumps and alternate foot juggling (with balls from size 5 right down to a tennis ball).

Excellence comes from competition and challenge. But the events need to maximize development of skills. Each format and bracket will have a leaderboard and we will crown Arizona's best players in each age group which will be the cumulative score of players in that age group across all events and formats. 

The scoring is simple and based on your performance which is factored into your Overall Rating. All results and league tables are individual player based. Even in small sided games like 3v3 and 5v5. Each players score is individual.

Please help me fix this. These events will be just $10 each and any net revenue is passed back to your club. If you want to sign up your kid for 1v1 or in a team then get registered and reach out to your friends or your team mates to make this happen.