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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What's to solve?  Affluent kids play fancy youth soccer in the USA.  It is a business and they have managed to make it a successful one.  Play local ball or school ball because those are much more affordable.

You need too pick your battles.  The world spins on even if competitive soccer is for well off kids.[/quote]

Yeah, like Rodman’s daughter. [/quote]

Huh?  SHe is a college player, not a youth player club player anymore and she one of a tiny tiny  handful that will try to play professional women's soccer.  SHe has little to do with the big business fancy youth  club sports.

They are expensive activities for well off kids with a very very very very few exceptions of ones that people might pay to watch - and in the case of women's' pro soccer - that is a big might..[/quote]

You mean the daughter of a multi millionaire from the biggest and most powerful youth female club in the US? Yeah, okay. [/quote]

what does she have to do with the regular old business of youth soccer?  she is a unique very atypical player of freak ability, resources and  and fame.[/quote]

You made a claim that soccer in America is only for the children of affluent parents. And for that reason, we are lacking.

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High end competitive club soccer is for affluent players - not all soccer.   I think there are options for different resource levels.

Only lacking in that the competition structure is so sliced and diced that kids end up sorted based on resources but I don't find that a huge problem.  No one is fundamentally deprived if they cant play fancy youth soccer.[/quote]

You don’t make sense. There is nothing fancy about it. It’s soccer. Nor do you need to be affluent to afford it. It may be a scam with a lot of unnessary expenditures...that I will agree with...but not financial unattainable for most people.

College on the other hand.....[/quote]

You are oblivious in a bubble if think average american families have enough expendable cash lying about to fly their kids around to play youth soccer.    Pay in one of these leagues and you will quickly see who most of these families are.  i am  not saying they are teaching their kids to play polo but - they are not really lacking in expendable income.  Sorry but there are very few exceptions to this.[/quote]

Not in a bubble. I’m pretty sure I’ve payed over $50,000 over the last six or seven years. I paid for it by driving a beater with 150,000 miles that is paid off, refinancing my home for a better interest rate, using the showcase events as family vacations, etc.

If you can find a way to free up 200 a month you can afford top travel.

Now, I can easily go out and buy a $50,000 dollar vehicle and pick up 400 a month payment. However, that won’t help.

Decisions my friend.

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Yooo... where you getting $50k ride for 400/month?[/quote]

Lol. Buy at the end of the year my friend. Again, gotta be smart with the money. (I’m making up number tho, lol)[/quote]

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