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[quote=Anonymous]Maybe because the U.S. isn't Europe.

American kids don't turn to futbal as their go to sport like the rest of the world. That's changing with steady ethnic and cultural diversification but soccer has another 50 years before it's as mainstream as football and basketball in the U.S.  I agree it's not the most efficient system but the structure does separate - relatively quickly - players and families willing to commit and pursue the sport at an increasingly more competitive level. Those kids who want to play, but don't want to travel out of their neighborhood, have the option to play in recreational leagues within their club as well as cross-over recreational leagues like the Suburban Friends League in NoVA.  Once you navigate to the travel teams, you can select more geographically localized clubs who play NCSL and drive 30 - 60 minutes for a game. Beyond that, however, greater competition means more driving so that you're not playing the same teams over and over again.

BTW, losing to a local team 0 - 7 doesn't feel any better than losing to a team you drive 4 hours to play especially if you to play the local team three or four times knowing they'll beat you 0 - 7 each time.

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