DMV talent production?

[Anonymous]

Freddy Adu!!! Anyone still thinks that he will be better than Pele?

[Anonymous]

Freddy who?

[Anonymous]

Why do some of the best players in the world come from the inner city poverty stricken areas of Europe? But the USAs best players come from suburban upper middle class or wealthier communities. Is it exposure and opportunity ? I would like to hear from Ranting Soccer Dad ( because I honestly respect his views and unbiased opinions more than most) But want to hear everyones view.

[Anonymous]

The talent is concentrated at only a small number of clubs. For example Bethesda pumps out really good players every single year. Now imagine if this area had 10 bethesdas. There would be scouts of all levels coming the territory for talent. That's kind of like how Dallas is, every year their academy is sending players to Europe to the top clubs there. They've got Bethesda soccer club times 10 in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metro area. So think about that for a moment.

[Anonymous]

100% correct.

[Anonymous]

RantingSoccerDad wrote:I hadn't really thought about this until it came up in the PAC thread of all places, but is the DMV failing to produce good players?

The only player I could find who has been near the men's national team recently is Bill Hamid. The WNT is a bit better -- Andi Sullivan, Midge Purce, Emily Fox and Ali Krieger.

SoCal is always going to be the biggest source of players. But the DMV is trailing Colorado and Atlanta, among other places.

Are we doing something wrong? Or is this what we would expect?

You need to do a bit more research.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

RantingSoccerDad wrote:I hadn't really thought about this until it came up in the PAC thread of all places, but is the DMV failing to produce good players?

The only player I could find who has been near the men's national team recently is Bill Hamid. The WNT is a bit better -- Andi Sullivan, Midge Purce, Emily Fox and Ali Krieger.

SoCal is always going to be the biggest source of players. But the DMV is trailing Colorado and Atlanta, among other places.

Are we doing something wrong? Or is this what we would expect?

You need to do a bit more research.

You can blame Dc United for having the worst academy in the country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Too many UMC kids playing. Need to diversify talent.

UMC?

Upper middle class

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

RantingSoccerDad wrote:I hadn't really thought about this until it came up in the PAC thread of all places, but is the DMV failing to produce good players?

The only player I could find who has been near the men's national team recently is Bill Hamid. The WNT is a bit better -- Andi Sullivan, Midge Purce, Emily Fox and Ali Krieger.

SoCal is always going to be the biggest source of players. But the DMV is trailing Colorado and Atlanta, among other places.

Are we doing something wrong? Or is this what we would expect?

You need to do a bit more research.

You can blame Dc United for having the worst academy in the country.

+100

[Anonymous]

Get a job, Beau - a real one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Get a job, Beau - a real one.

Please stop with the personal attacks. If you don't like the subject, just move along.

[Anonymous]

If this were a city like paris, the hotbed of talent would be the eastern half of DC. High population density and kids aspiring towards the dream of becoming a superstar and escaping their circumstances. The best players would come from there hands down. But our system is screwed up and it doesn't work like that.

[Anonymous]

Poverty stricken areas are literally talent hotbeds for soccer.

[Anonymous]

Oguchi onweyu is from the area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do some of the best players in the world come from the inner city poverty stricken areas of Europe? But the USAs best players come from suburban upper middle class or wealthier communities. Is it exposure and opportunity ? I would like to hear from Ranting Soccer Dad ( because I honestly respect his views and unbiased opinions more than most) But want to hear everyones view.

Some of the poorest people in this country are in Appalachia. So go there and find your next top player.