US Youth Soccer is excited to announce the release of the Player Development Model, which provides a curriculum for clubs from the Under-6 to Under-19 age groups. The curriculum is designed to serve as a standard to guide each of US Youth Soccer's 55 member State Associations and more than 5,500 clubs on how to effectively train athletes of all levels and abilities.

U.S. Men's National Team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann will speak at the 2012 US Youth Soccer Workshop on Friday, Feb. 17 to kick off the annual convention in Boston. Klinsmann, who was named head coach for the United Statesin late July of 2011, will give his speech from 8-9 a.m. ET at the Hynes Convention Center.