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[quote=Anonymous]We have to stop separating big kids and little kids on the soccer field. And, giving big kids a legs up is hurting not just the kid you're playing up but the entire system. This is a huge problem for soccer in the U.S. Other countries do not care about size and physicality - they care about skills. Our way of promoting and advancing creates a bunch of 6'2" pros who can't keep up or know the game from a tactical standpoint. Just as basketball is inherently a big man's sport - soccer is inherently a small man's sport. Sure, there are guys like Zlatan Ibrahimovic out there. But for every one of him, there are five guys like Messi, Neymar, Sterling, etc, who are in the 5'6" 5'9" range. Stop focusing on size for a sport where it rarely matters beyond goalkeeper. [/quote]
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