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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem (that won't be fixed) is that youth soccer is a huge business with lots of money to be made.  So, the focus is on winning.  [b]Not the slow-burn developmental process that they embrace in Europe.[/b]  No, we can't waste time doing small-sided games and 5v5 matches to build our soccer IQ...we need to scrimmage ASAP because we have super important tournaments coming up!

It's all to build the profile of the club and never about the players.  Win tournaments now!  Because money is there to be made.  Its only and always about the money here.  So you gotta find a way to deal with the system and make it work in your advantage...focus on what you can control.[/quote]

The goal of that slow burn is to sell a player to another club. The US gets lots of things wrong, but at least our kids aren't binding themselves to clubs in a way to allows the club to control their rights. We also value participation over a focus on the elite. Our incentives are different, but don't pretend European clubs care about what is best for kids [/quote]

And we would be hella lucky for our kids to be so good that a European club wanted to lock them down with a contract.  [/quote]

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