Marcos: This is all about what I call "professionalizing" player development in the United States when it comes to the top-level youth players. It's about allowing the cream to rise to the top, thereby simplifying the process of identifying elite level players. It's about playing top-level soccer 12 months a year, with the spotlight on young players during the spring-summer Super Y-League season.

Does this take away from other programs, which have been established for youth players? Perhaps in some rare cases; however, we cannot worry about that. Parents, players and coaches must make decisions as to what is important in the lives of their players. They have to decide if recreational soccer, high school soccer, and club soccer is compatible with what the kid needs for full development. Again, this is not a program for the majority of today's youth. We're talking about only the top one or two percent, which make up our very best prospects.

Weibe: The bottom line is how well we do in the FIFA World Cup. If preparing these players for that begins at the SYL level and they need to work their way up the ladder, then that's what we want. It is simple math. The best players competing plus hard-core week in week out matches will equal better players.