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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t buy any of these arguments that it’s the league structures, or parents, or money, as the reason for US soccer failures. All of these same things exist in the US for other sports where we still excel in spite of these things. If these were the problem then we’d be struggling in those sports too. It has to be something else that makes soccer different in the US compared with football/basketball/baseball. Sometimes the obvious answer is the correct one.[/quote]Often those who push sports the furthest have the most limited opportunities outside of that sport.  Americans have a lot of other opportunities whether they be other athletic pursuits, academic or work related.

Until pro players stop losing what? 50 percent of their pay to transfer fees to clubs, I just feel like criticizing "pay to play" is a form of victim blaming.  Club academies are only free if they feel they can essentially garnish your future wages indefinitely.  Wish there were more Mbappe free transfers to break the culture and less Harry Kane transfers.

Side not, "pay to play" really should mean coaches trying to get side cash in training and US Soccer trying to get their cut by over charging coaches for licenses.

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