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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Third grade, really? Who cares.[/quote]

Anyone interested in seeing the U.S. be competitive in world soccer in 10 years should care.  The question is --- if NOVA is rich in talent relative to the rest of the United States, yet none of our U9 teams can hold a candle to Barcelona U9, why is that?

Do "we" in the U.S. have a better method?  Is there any age group at which we finally catch up to the real soccer powers of the world?  If not, why aren't we changing our approach?[/quote]

We are no where near the soccer powers of the world. We are only beginning to produce players who are shining at the European club level. When I was growing up I never imagined we would have an “American” score a brace for Barcelona — especially as a LB. The fact that we have a starting 11 where most of the players play on top teams in Europe is a HUGE accomplishment. In my opinion, I believe the pay to play is a big deterrent and also the fact that many of our boys prefer to play basketball, football, and baseball. While perhaps a good thing in a holistic sense, aspiring to play collegiate level soccer is bad for American development. I get it, education is very important, but in other countries they go all in. It’s sad because sometimes a promising kid gets hurt at 17 or 19 and they have nothing to fall back on — but it’s the reality of their method.

Americans are very focused on winning at young ages and developing physicality over technique. So they choose tactics that might not be best for the young players in the long run.

I think in order to really start developing talent, we need to get used to sending players overseas at earlier ages — similar to Pulisic. Also we need to have real academies where people can buy and sell youth contracts. It’s crazy to think of and it will never happen. But I think having a true academy style sports arena will help us develop. [/quote]

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