Feb 19, 2021
And
we are back with the hot topic of Iowa youth soccer: the discussion
surrounding the Iowa Soccer League (ISL) vs. the Club Development
League (CDL). Today we welcome Matt Carver to the studio as a
representative of the Iowa Soccer League. Carver founded and runs
the Iowa United FC in Urbandale, which was formerly the J-Hawk
Soccer Club. Iowa United FC was created to provide a low-cost,
volunteer led and volunteer coached soccer experience to youth in
the community, where players learn the importance of citizenship,
teamwork, positive attitude, effort, fundamentals, and
sportsmanship, in a safe and welcoming environment.
This
past summer of 2020, in the relatively new pandemic era, a
contingent of youth soccer clubs in Iowa proposed a new league with
the Iowa Soccer Association called the CDL. Episode 85 of the
podcast tried to provide a neutral overview of the differences
between the CDL and the previously all-encompassing ISL. This
week's episode goes in depth into the history of how this situation
came about, and provides a good perspective from the leader of an
ISL club.