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It can’t be just that focus is on winning at a young age, because the same can be said of youth basketball where US still leads. The focus on winning seems to be ok for other sports, basketball baseball football, where US excels, but something unique to soccer? The sports where a US excels are those that are part of the culture. Knowledge is intuitive in the population and part of the culture.  How many movies do we have where scoring the winning touchdown or hitting the homerun are part of the story. It’s a small example but even little clues and knowledge are picked up.

Until (unless) soccer is part of the culture the development will lag other countries. Women’s soccer is not part of the culture, just first mover advantage of having the earliest women’s teams combined with great athletes. No doubt the rest of the world will catch up and surpass US eventually.[/quote]

Que the "But soccer is unique and Americans simply can't understand it" crowd...[/quote]

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