# Pay to Play Soccer: An Alternative with Amir Lowery

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Podcast: [The Soccer Business Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-soccer-business-podcast-7264630)
Published: 2026-07-14T01:06:40+00:00
Episode link: https://thesoccerbusiness.podbean.com/e/pay-to-play-soccer-an-alternative-with-amir-lowery/
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## Resource

'Pay to Play' youth soccer is being blamed for the USMNT under-performing. But is there another way for kids to be given access to coaching? Amir Lowery is a coach and former MLS and USL player who is now head of the Open Goal Project at DCFC in Washington, DC - a free to play program. He joins Simon to explain the problems with pay-to-play and how the alternative he has built actually works.

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