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Soccer Stadium
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Tennis Stadium
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Home Depot Center Velodrome
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U.S. Bicycle Hall of Fame Exhibit
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About UsU.S. Soccer FederationVisit the official organization website at ussoccer.com
To that end, the sports growth in the past two decades has been nothing short of remarkable. The most recent example of that progress can be seen in the soccer specific stadiums opening across the country, highlighted by the 2003 opening of U.S. Soccer's National Training Center at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. This state of the art training facility and stadium encapsulates perfectly U.S. Soccer's focus on facility and player development in the new millennium. With the recent success of soccer in the United States at every level, it is important to remember how far the sport has come in just 20 years. In 1989, the U.S. Men's National Team hadn't played in a World Cup in 40 years and the U.S. Women's program was just four-years old. U.S. Soccer was playing games in small stadiums that were rarely filled to capacity. There were few games being televised (and none without commercials during play). There were no soccer-specific stadiums, and there were no high-level professional outdoor leagues of which to speak. Since that time, things have evolved significantly. The U.S. MNT has played in five consecutive World Cups (including 2006), and advanced to the quarterfinals at the 2002 event. U.S. Soccer is a world leader in women's soccer at every level, and the team has won two Women's World Cups, along with two Olympic Gold Medals. The United States has also hosted three World Cups with the support of its members and strong organizational abilities. Professionally, Major League Soccer continues to grow in popularity and prestige, along with the three-tiered developmental league, the United Soccer Leagues. Perhaps most importantly of all, though, no fewer than five major soccer specific stadiums are in place now coast-to-coast with more facilities en route. With activity taking place on a year-round basis, the National Training Center at The Home Depot center also helps to further develop the coaching and refereeing infrastructure by increasing the ability to train coaches and referees throughout the country. Elected Officials U.S. Soccer Federation - What's in a name? Throughout the 90-plus year history of U.S. Soccer, the organization has been known by three different names:
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As the governing body of soccer in all its forms in the United States, U.S. Soccer has helped chart the course for the sport in the USA for almost 100 years. In that time, the Federation's mission statement has been very simple and very clear: to make soccer, in all its forms, a preeminent sport in the United States and to continue the development of soccer at all recreational and competitive levels.
