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As the governing body of soccer in all its forms in the United States, U.S. Soccer has helped chart the course for the sport in the USA for 90 years. In that time, the Federation’s mission statement has been very simple and very clear: to make soccer, in all its forms, a preeminent sport in the United States and to continue the development of soccer at all recreational and competitive levels.
Since the start of the new decade U.S. Soccer has set their sites on establishing a strong base for the future of the sport in the United States. As part of that process, the Federation developed and presented a five-year business plan that was approved by the Board of Directors in October 2000, and began to lay the groundwork for the player and facility initiatives coming to fruition today. Since the start of 2001, the plan has been modified and updated based on the dynamics within both the sport industry and within the U.S. Soccer family.
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identified challenges |
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Created and refined their cost model |
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re-organized and reduced staff |
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increased efficiency and the level of service provided to their members |
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achieved positive financial results |
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built an operating reserve |
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The first objective after creating and approving the business plan was to stabilize the financial position of the organization by creating an operating reserve as recommended by the Budget and Audit Committee. Over the past several years, the Federation has been able to satisfy their operating reserve and increase their efforts in player development.
Throughout the five-year business plan the question "Where does U.S. Soccer want to be in five years?" was consistently used as the barometer in the organization's decision making.
The basis for activating these strategic areas for U.S. Soccer was to have the financial resources to sustain an activity or program over an extended (five-year) period of time. Sustainability over a period of time is the key to starting programs and seeing them through to completion as opposed to a start/stop approach to programs.
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Building the Future 
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