U.S. youngsters chasing dreams at new academiesLouis Mateus is living an American soccer coach's dream.
Standing under a big, white inflated dome, he watches about 40 teenage boys trickle inside for two hours of drills and scrimmages in what by day is a suburban Chicago driving range.
The players - Mateus' players - are members of the Chicago Fire's Youth Development Academy, unpaid apprentices dedicated to the slim hope that someday they'll be pros in a country known more for its football than its futbol.
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