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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Jesus Christ, reading a lot of these comments  how is American soccer so shitty?[/quote]

Not sure what you mean.  American soccer is so shitty because of the culture in our country.  The pay-to-play system.  The reliance on physical attributes over ball skill/possession.

I think this is exactly what many of the pps are commenting on.  The vast majority of American parents just want their kids to win and dominate from 5-years old on.  They think a good Club or coach is one that mows down all the competition through physical play in the younger years and wins. If club isn't winning at 8, 9, 10---they must be bad.  They don't even know what metrics to look at when choosing a club to develop their kids. They just want to buy anything that has 'elite' in the name.

Also, American kids don't go out and 'play' soccer.  They just go to a few structured practice a week.  Period.

American soccer relies purely on the physical.  We treat it like American Football.  Just go through the travel soccer thread and reading the bragging/boasting of parents about little kids blowing out the competition and you'll see what I mean.[/quote]

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