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Sarah Brady - Connecting talent with opportunities

Sarah Brady - Connecting talent with opportunities

USL Academy women's pathway director SARAH BRADY discusses her passion for youth development and the upcoming USL Academy Cup with STEPH FAIRBAIRN

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Sarah Brady had aspirations of making it as a player.


She went through Everton’s academy before playing for her beloved Liverpool for a brief time, and then moving to Leeds United for a short spell.


When, she says, her "body didn’t really want to comply with the ambition", she took a step into coaching. It led her to the USA 14 years ago, where she has “done everything, from tying the shoelaces of three-year-olds all the way up to the collegiate game”.


Last season, she was head coach of AC Connecticut in the inaugural USL W League, a pre-professional women’s league. Now, she is the USL academy director for the women’s pathway.


SCW caught up with Sarah to find out more about the USL Academy structure, the Academy Cup, and what challenges coaches face working in the set up…

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