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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think he's saying that, in soccer, people are very adamant that it shouldn't be about winning at 11-12 years old or traveling far etc and sports should just be about development but the Little League World Series is going on, which is for 11-12 year olds, and everyone seems to be OK with winning there. [/quote]

Okay, I'll play.

The Little League World Series is limited to the best of the best in each state and the world.

Unlike travel soccer, where any kid whose parent has a big enough checkbook can compete, the only way to reach the Little League World Series is for a team to compete and win at a very specific tournament structure.

At the end of each little league season, each league nominates approximately 1 dozen of the vert best players from the entire league to represent their league as the "All Star" team. In our league, this is done by coach, manager and player vote.  There are 3 different age groups fielding teams: 8-10, 9-11 and 10-12 (the world series bracket). So no 5-7 year olds are eligible for consideration.

The All Star teams compete against other All Star teams from every league in our district tournament (in this case, NOVA). One team per league, and there is no $2000 parent "travel" fee to the league.

The one winner of the district tournament travels to and competes in the state tournament. Only one team per district is represented at state, and all of those district winners went through a similar tournament to qualify.

One state winner from every state goes to the Little League World Series qualifying bracket.  They play in regions (northeast, south, southwest, etc) in tournament play.  The winner of each region plays in the next bracket, and so on to the world series.

The entire rest of the world follows a similar qualification system, with some big baseball countries like Japan being its own "region" while other regions include several countries, like the Caribbean bracket.

The Little League World Series is truly a world class youth tournament of the best of the best.

There is no way to get there other than to be one of the best of the best, starting at your local little league level.

To even attempt to compare it to travel soccer is beyond laughable and makes you look really stupid OP.[/quote]

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