13-Year-Old Soccer Player Olivia Moultrie Turns Pro, Signs Contract with Nike

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To me she looks like a great player in YouTube video of her playing/practicing. I don’t watch a lot of youth soccer. Is she that much better compared to other kids her age in our area?

Yeah, I think so, though I’ve seen a few amazing kids (one of whom also has a contract at 17 I think).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:To me she looks like a great player in YouTube video of her playing/practicing. I don’t watch a lot of youth soccer. Is she that much better compared to other kids her age in our area?

Yeah, I think so, though I’ve seen a few amazing kids (one of whom also has a contract at 17 I think).

Jordan Canniff has been a great player for a long time - no Nike contract though.
https://washingtonspirit.com/2018/10/04/spirit-academy-md-forward-jordan-canniff-called-up-to-u-s-u-17-womens-national-team/

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:To me she looks like a great player in YouTube video of her playing/practicing. I don’t watch a lot of youth soccer. Is she that much better compared to other kids her age in our area?

Yeah, I think so, though I’ve seen a few amazing kids (one of whom also has a contract at 17 I think).

Jordan Canniff has been a great player for a long time - no Nike contract though.
https://washingtonspirit.com/2018/10/04/spirit-academy-md-forward-jordan-canniff-called-up-to-u-s-u-17-womens-national-team/

Just going to Penn State.

How does a 13 year old get a contract in comparison?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To me she looks like a great player in YouTube video of her playing/practicing. I don’t watch a lot of youth soccer. Is she that much better compared to other kids her age in our area?

Yeah, I think so, though I’ve seen a few amazing kids (one of whom also has a contract at 17 I think).

Jordan Canniff has been a great player for a long time - no Nike contract though.
https://washingtonspirit.com/2018/10/04/spirit-academy-md-forward-jordan-canniff-called-up-to-u-s-u-17-womens-national-team/

Just going to Penn State.

How does a 13 year old get a contract in comparison?

Canniff goes to a regular old high school and doesnt' seem to have parents whose full time job is promoting her.

[Anonymous]

Is it more fun to tear down olivia moultre's family or washington spirit?

[Anonymous]

Even though I don’t think my 10 YO DD would ever be a professional soccer player, I would rather her play for a good university and get a degree if she can make the college team.

I want her to have options and a backup plan in the likely case that her soccer dream doesn’t come true.

Athletes are typically 1/2 major injury from ending their careers. Then, what’s next?

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Anonymous wrote:They spent $60,000 on a turf field behind their house so Olivia could literally train in her backyard. She began homeschool in fifth grade and eventually, K.C. Moultrie’s father's primary job became Olivia’s training.

a little different than Messi and Pele that couldn't even afford a new soccer ball, or in Pele's case--shoes!!

Where was Messi at 12? Pele? LOL maybe he was fighting for field space with the dinosaurs?

Pele turned pro at 15. He's still the youngest player ever to score in a World Cup.

Messi went to La Masia when he was 14 after having already been signed as a youth player at a pro club.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To me she looks like a great player in YouTube video of her playing/practicing. I don’t watch a lot of youth soccer. Is she that much better compared to other kids her age in our area?

Yeah, I think so, though I’ve seen a few amazing kids (one of whom also has a contract at 17 I think).

Jordan Canniff has been a great player for a long time - no Nike contract though.
https://washingtonspirit.com/2018/10/04/spirit-academy-md-forward-jordan-canniff-called-up-to-u-s-u-17-womens-national-team/

Just going to Penn State.

How does a 13 year old get a contract in comparison?

Canniff goes to a regular old high school and doesnt' seem to have parents whose full time job is promoting her.

They kind of do, but apparently not successfully.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it more fun to tear down olivia moultre's family or washington spirit?

Unfair. No one is tearing down the family. They completely chose to put this kid out there on display. No one asked to look at this. We were invited to look, read feature articles, etc. Some like what they see and some don't. It will be like like one hundred bucks percent the time.

If you don't want strangers discussing your parenting desicions, don't invite strangers in to discuss your parenting desicions.

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Anonymous wrote:To me she looks like a great player in YouTube video of her playing/practicing. I don’t watch a lot of youth soccer. Is she that much better compared to other kids her age in our area?

Yeah, I think so, though I’ve seen a few amazing kids (one of whom also has a contract at 17 I think).

Jordan Canniff has been a great player for a long time - no Nike contract though.
https://washingtonspirit.com/2018/10/04/spirit-academy-md-forward-jordan-canniff-called-up-to-u-s-u-17-womens-national-team/

Just going to Penn State.

How does a 13 year old get a contract in comparison?

Canniff goes to a regular old high school and doesnt' seem to have parents whose full time job is promoting her.

They kind of do, but apparently not successfully.

Jordan is doing great, on the u20 NT, so I’d call that pretty successful.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To me she looks like a great player in YouTube video of her playing/practicing. I don’t watch a lot of youth soccer. Is she that much better compared to other kids her age in our area?

Yeah, I think so, though I’ve seen a few amazing kids (one of whom also has a contract at 17 I think).

Jordan Canniff has been a great player for a long time - no Nike contract though.
https://washingtonspirit.com/2018/10/04/spirit-academy-md-forward-jordan-canniff-called-up-to-u-s-u-17-womens-national-team/

Just going to Penn State.

How does a 13 year old get a contract in comparison?

Canniff goes to a regular old high school and doesnt' seem to have parents whose full time job is promoting her.

They kind of do, but apparently not successfully.

Jordan is doing great, on the u20 NT, so I’d call that pretty successful.

Or U17. That's all the claps and games she's done. She went to U17 World Cup.

[Anonymous]

Camps, not claps. Autocorrect strikes again

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They spent $60,000 on a turf field behind their house so Olivia could literally train in her backyard. She began homeschool in fifth grade and eventually, K.C. Moultrie’s father's primary job became Olivia’s training.

a little different than Messi and Pele that couldn't even afford a new soccer ball, or in Pele's case--shoes!!

Where was Messi at 12? Pele? LOL maybe he was fighting for field space with the dinosaurs?

Pele turned pro at 15. He's still the youngest player ever to score in a World Cup.

Messi went to La Masia when he was 14 after having already been signed as a youth player at a pro club.

Their upbringing and socioeconomic status, opportunities was FAR different from Olivia's whose father quit his full-time job to promote her and paid for a $60k turf field in the backyard.

Pele and Messi used soccer as a way out of their circumstances, an escape. Quite different.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They spent $60,000 on a turf field behind their house so Olivia could literally train in her backyard. She began homeschool in fifth grade and eventually, K.C. Moultrie’s father's primary job became Olivia’s training.

a little different than Messi and Pele that couldn't even afford a new soccer ball, or in Pele's case--shoes!!

Where was Messi at 12? Pele? LOL maybe he was fighting for field space with the dinosaurs?

Pele turned pro at 15. He's still the youngest player ever to score in a World Cup.

Messi went to La Masia when he was 14 after having already been signed as a youth player at a pro club.

Their upbringing and socioeconomic status, opportunities was FAR different from Olivia's whose father quit his full-time job to promote her and paid for a $60k turf field in the backyard.

Pele and Messi used soccer as a way out of their circumstances, an escape. Quite different.

Messi also needed medical treatment that his family could not afford. Barca took care of that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They spent $60,000 on a turf field behind their house so Olivia could literally train in her backyard. She began homeschool in fifth grade and eventually, K.C. Moultrie’s father's primary job became Olivia’s training.

a little different than Messi and Pele that couldn't even afford a new soccer ball, or in Pele's case--shoes!!

Where was Messi at 12? Pele? LOL maybe he was fighting for field space with the dinosaurs?

Pele turned pro at 15. He's still the youngest player ever to score in a World Cup.

Messi went to La Masia when he was 14 after having already been signed as a youth player at a pro club.

Their upbringing and socioeconomic status, opportunities was FAR different from Olivia's whose father quit his full-time job to promote her and paid for a $60k turf field in the backyard.

Pele and Messi used soccer as a way out of their circumstances, an escape. Quite different.

Messi also needed medical treatment that his family could not afford. Barca took care of that.

And, sorry, this is so female Messi/Pele. She is not even a Mia Hamm.