I hate to say I told you so, but I will anyway.

Earlier this year (September 17 to be exact), I predicted a slew of accolades for the Harvard men’s soccer team. My selections–Andre Akpan for Ivy Player of the Year, Brian Rogers for Rookie of the Year, and the Crimson as Ivy Champions–could have easily been cast aside as biased prognostications from a Cambridge-based columnist. Fast-forward two months and I’m now looking like a 21st-century Nostradamus.

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This is the second part in a series of columns analyzing the current climate of college soccer—its role in the development of the sport in America, its drawbacks and limitations, and the future of the game amidst a growing trend towards youth professional development.

Part 2: Where has college soccer gone wrong, and how do we fix it?

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