====PAGE-LEVEL METADATA==== University Daily Kansan Page 0698 from reel: NP 7853 (1998-08-17 to 1999-01-22) https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/47530 Title: U.S. Soccer Needs to Change Rules to Be Competitive Summary: Columnist Sam Pierro argues that U.S. soccer needs to reform its player development system, comparing it unfavorably to European models and suggesting changes to how young players are trained and developed. Category: opinion Subjects: soccer; sports development; athletic programs; college athletics Named Entities: Pierro, Sam [sports columnist] Confidence: 0.9 Title: [advertisements] Advertisers include: Checkers; Play It Again Sports; Jpi; Ultimate Tan; Laidlaw Transit; Don's Auto Center; Cheerios Category: advertisements Confidence: 0.9 Note: Descriptive metadata for this item has been generated in part using AI (artificial intelligence) technologies and may be incomplete, misleading, or inaccurate. Please contact the Kenneth Spencer Research Library with specific questions or concerns.