Capital Football CEO officially resigns over board's decision to change women's elite pathway

The coaches at the clubs are indispensable to the growth of women’s soccer in Canberra but the Canberra United Academy has been undeniably effective in enhancing the growth of soccer in Canberra. It is a shame that an equal opportunity is not available for the boys. The Canberra United team contains quite a few graduates from CUA but the boys programs have not produced the same successes. When are we going to step up and give them the same opportunity to learn with similarly talented achievers. An academy is not a panacea but an additional opportunity that the boys don’t get. The clubs are fantastic and we should find more ways of attributing the success of Canberras youth to the clubs that they started with. The academy shouldn’t exist in isolation they should somehow be linked to the club that found and first developed the players. The TSP program is weak as it doesn’t allow elite players to play together and there is value in that

Getting rid of the CUA is a good thing, pathways shouldn’t be stove piped.