A place called home: US Soccer's hope for the future

ATLANTA, July 16 : U.S. Soccer believes a new state-of-the-art training centre and finally having a permanent home can put it on equal footing with football's powerhouse nations in the years ahead, as they look to the future following an early end to their World Cup adventure.Excitement and enthusiasm turned to familiar disappointment for U.S. fans as the team topped their group and reached the round of 16 only to exit the tournament in a 4-1 defeat by Belgium.The U.S. Soccer National Training Center in Fayetteville, outside Atlanta, opened in May in time for World Cup preparations, relocating their headquarters and almost 400 employees from Chicago."This is the first time U.S. soccer has ever owned a blade of grass," the centre's general manager Tom Norton told Reuters. "It's an opportuni