Double Save
A Goalkeeper Development Partnership for Clubs
Double Save works alongside your existing staff to build a connected goalkeeper development system—strengthening club programming, supporting individual development, measuring progress, and improving long-term goalkeeper retention.
Why Double Save?
Goalkeeper development can vary significantly across age groups, teams, and coaches within the same club. Double Save creates a unified development system that connects the goalkeeper pathway—from evaluation and individual development to staff support, measurement, and retention.
Inconsistent Development
Different teams and age groups can receive very different goalkeeper experiences.
Lack of Alignment
Goalkeeper development can become disconnected from the club’s broader playing philosophy and pathway.
Goalkeeper Retention
Without a clear development pathway, goalkeepers may struggle to see where they are going, what they need to improve, and how the club plans to support their future.
Limited Accountability
Without a clear process, it is difficult to measure progress and know whether the goalkeeper program is truly improving.
The Double Save System
Every Double Save partnership is built around the needs of the club, creating a structured system for evaluating the goalkeeper environment, strengthening development, supporting staff, measuring progress, and improving goalkeeper retention.
What Double Save Looks At
Double Save looks beyond goalkeeper training sessions to understand the complete development environment. Each partnership considers the areas that influence how goalkeepers are developed, supported, measured, and retained within the club.
Development Structure
Pathway, age-group progression, programming, and development standards.
Individual Development
Goalkeeper evaluation, individual priorities, IDPs, and progress tracking.
Player Pathway & Retention
How goalkeepers progress through the club, understand their pathway, and remain connected to their development.
Staff & Coaching
GK staff structure, coaching alignment, education, and support.
Club Integration
How goalkeeper development connects with the club’s broader philosophy, teams, and leadership.
Game Analysis & Measurement
How performance is reviewed, development is measured, and priorities are reassessed.
What The Partnership Includes
Double Save gives clubs access to an ongoing goalkeeper development partnership designed around their specific needs, structure, and goals.
Program Evaluation
A comprehensive review of the club’s current goalkeeper development environment, structure, methodology, and pathway.
Performance & Game Analysis
Goalkeeper-specific analysis that connects match performance to development priorities.
Goalkeeper Evaluations
Individual assessment of goalkeepers to identify strengths, development priorities, and individual needs.
Programming & Training Support
Practical frameworks, training structures, and development resources designed to support the club’s existing goalkeeper staff.
Individual Development Plans
Clear, individualized development priorities and measurable objectives for selected goalkeepers.
Ongoing Support and Reassessment
Continued communication, reassessment, and guidance as the club’s goalkeeper program evolves.
Three Ways to Partner
Clubs can engage with USGI at three distinct levels — from preferred access for their goalkeepers to comprehensive support across the club’s goalkeeper-development pathway.
Level 1 — USGI Partner Club
Become part of the USGI Partner Club Network and give your goalkeepers and families access to the USGI goalkeeper-development ecosystem.
Official USGI Partner Club designation
USGI Partner Club Network listing
Preferred USGI member pricing
Access to USGI goalkeeper-development resources
Opportunity to host USGI camps and events
Direct relationship with USGI
Level 2 — Double Save Development Partnership
A deeper partnership designed to support your club's goalkeeper-development program while working alongside your existing goalkeeper staff.
Everything included with Level 1
Goalkeeper program evaluation and consultation
Goalkeeper evaluations and development recommendations
Individual Development Plan (IDP) framework
Game Analysis support
Training and programming consultation
Goalkeeper coach support and education
Ongoing communication with USGI
Level 3 — Full Double Save Partnership
A comprehensive partnership providing USGI involvement across the club's entire goalkeeper-development pathway.
Everything included with Level 2
Comprehensive goalkeeper department assessment
Evaluation of current systems, processes, and resources
Long-term goalkeeper-development framework
Individual goalkeeper development oversight
Training methodology and session-design support
Game Analysis integration
Goalkeeper coach education and consultation
Player development tracking
Ongoing strategic consultation with USGI
Customized recommendations for the club's goalkeeper pathway
Double Save is designed for clubs that want to build, strengthen, or evolve their goalkeeper development system. USGI works alongside existing staff to create greater structure, consistency, and individualization while helping clubs develop and retain their goalkeepers.
Who Double Save Is For
Build a Stronger Goalkeeper Program
Every club is different. Double Save starts by understanding your goalkeeper environment, identifying the areas with the greatest opportunity for impact, and determining how USGI can help build a stronger development system.