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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The point is that the best male athletes in this country do not play soccer. It is hard to argue against that. However many of the best female athletes in this country play soccer. Soccer is the top of the pyramid for girls and much further down for boys. The popular boys sport at Arlington High Schools is still football and basketball.[/quote]

Many/most of the best male athletes in the world play soccer.  Most of them do not resemble the "best male" American athletes; outside of the goalkeepers and backs, they tend to be of average height and weight. I can't think off-hand of a sport that offers more opportunities for an average/slightly above average size American male than soccer.  There are more pro opportunities for men's soccer each year, and more kids going pro.  The kids on youth national teams are heading out of the country in droves, while others try their luck here.  People  dump on MLS, but if you are a teenager or recent college grad and can make $75,00-$225,00 a year for your first real job (https://mlsplayers.org/resources/salary-guide) playing the sport you love, wouldn't you be happy to do that?  Wouldn't you be excited for your kid to have the opportunity to do that for a few years?

Boys may have few college options than girls, but they have lots.  People forget that the statistics about how likely your kid is to play D1 and/or get a scholarship are nationwide averages.  Kids from soccer hotbeds like this are over-represented on college rosters.  Using soccer as a step to elite college admissions is a whole separate conversation, but that's another area where kids from around here do much better than you'd expect if your only source was a table with nationwide percentages. [/quote]

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