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[quote=Anonymous]8:35 and 10:03 are right on. We just have the advantage of having opened sports to women sooner than other countries. That's it. We are disadvantaged in so many other ways.

I have nephews and nieces in two of the countries you mentioned, several of whom play soccer on a competitive level. These are middle/upper middle class kids and they pay next to nothing to play. They don't need a rec league starting at age five because they play at recess, at the park, after school, etc at a much higher level than any American rec league. At a certain age, they join the the youth teams subsidized by the city and by the professional teams.

My nieces complain bitterly about the unfair treatment girls receive. They talk about fewer opportunities, worse practice time, worse fields, and so on. But they find a way to play... with boys, with much older girls, on multiple teams, and so on. Of course they are dying to play in the US for college.

But it's only a matter of time before several of these countries beat the US.[/quote]

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