What Argentina gets right about youth soccer — and what the U.S. gets wrong

NPR | By Manuel Rueda

Published September 16, 2026 at 3:50 PM CDT

Argentina has produced some of the world's greatest soccer players. Could its youth system offer lessons for the United States?

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