Remixing the master plan

CFA acknowledges need for bold new vision to achieve goals

Despite years of concentrated efforts to fire up Chinese soccer, the nation's hope of one day capturing the World Cup seems remote at best.

Some observers have opined that most of the previous efforts were made only to rectify defects in a flawed system for the sport's development. Others have taken the Chinese Football Association to task, blaming the state-run system and obsolete management strategies.