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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And despite not making it in Europe, he's still way ahead of most American kids. That shows you how difficult it is[/quote]

Op here.  That was my point of posting.  A little dose of reality.  We know several coaches that had made their Countries youth academies (but that's as far as they wen)  that reiterate how unlikely it is even for a good majority at the youth academies around the World to make it to the first team.  There was a photo of a La Masia academy U13 team doctored with how many players made it to the first team--10 years later.  On that particular team, none of them.  Even cream of the crop in one of the best youth academies in the World (who would be a million times better than any player in the US) don't pan out a good deal of the time.

Here you had a kid who was arguably one of the best US players in the country at the time and he struggled.  But, that is how it is in every country.  I hear US parents talk like the only thing holding their kid back from La Liga, Premier League or Bundesliga is an EU passport.  The likelihood of even your average DA player making their own USMNT is already a shot in the dark, but the idea of making a first team in any of those leagues is like winning the power ball---extremely,[i] extremely [/i]rare.

Thanks to the other pp for the update on him.  I just was thinking I haven't heard that kid's name in a long time, I wondered what ever happened to him.  He does sound like a really great kid with a good attitude and good head on his shoulders.  I hope he does well.[/quote]

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