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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This post and the one immediately before it are the most thoughtful posts of this entire thread. [/quote]

This will not meet the meaningful as too many people will take it personal but:

1) My kid came to Bethesda to find other kids like him who live and breathe futbol.  There are plenty of places to play in this area if you don’t fit that mold.  You can still play at BSC if you don’t fit that mold, depending on your skill level.

2) it is perfectly okay if your kid is playing multiple sports and have a wonderful life.  I think Jalen Brunson’s dad told him him you can be great at 2/3 things but not all 3:

1) Your sport
2) Your education 
3) Your social life

My kid is too young to sacrifice social life yet but if he stays on the path, I am not sacrificing education so he will have to give up the sport if he wants his social life.

When my kid goes to his friends house, they invariably play soccer or are exchanging soccer cards or in the pool.  Our summer has been built with time at the beach, pool, amusement parks, movies, museums, sailing, travel, playground with friends, etc.  My kid is having a great summer.  He still is tallying 30+ hours a week in camps and pickups with other players from BSC, Achilles, Arlington, Armour, etc.

Now that you know that the top kids you see don’t have magic pixie dust sprinkled on them, you can help your child set appropriate goals based on what they want to achieve.  The entire world plays futbol.  US is the only sport focused on American football so if you are 6’2” and in decent shape, you can start late and potentially catch up with the best.  You simply can’t make up the hours in soccer with the whole world as competition.  The neuromuscular patterns that control ball mastery are ripest for formation between the ages of 7-14.  It is awkward to see kids who still believe in Santa and enjoy toys with kids meals go so hard in a sport but this is the reality we are in.  Like the Matrix, accept the truth pill or keep thinking your child can hit their long-term goals on 3 practices a week in the fall and spring.[/quote]

Who has ever seen a documentary or interview of a top level professional soccer player's parents where they say, 
DS hung out doing social activities most of his time?[/quote]

I assume most people on here know that their kid is not the next Messi.[/quote]

They absolutely won’t be if can’t you even see the possibility first.  Messi was developed, over time. Coming from the US, yes, much harder to become Messi based on our culture.  But our lack of belief is why kids our kids are incredibly successful at meeting our low expectations.

My kid has played overseas in an academy environment and we are not that different at the young ages.  The separation happens between 11-14.  We focus on speed, strength and winning.  Everybody else focuses on ball mastery, soccer IQ and just playing.  Italy does not track results until the kids are 14-15.

Cavan Sullivan is world-class based on his age now and we will actually see in real time whether we have corrected missteps from the past (Adu) and whether we can start landing these planes.  There are ALOT of talented U.S. players both stateside and in European academies.  We fix our 11-14 age groups and we can start seeing more Americans in the Champions League.  There is only one Messi but we can have A LOT more Pulisic’s.
 [/quote]

I love your support for soccer and US soccer. I am sure Pulisic could tell you 20 kids he thought were going to “make it”. I think it’s a rough road, we don’t hear about all the kids that just barely miss out. Pulisic might not be Messi but he may go down as the best US player ever, still an incredibly high bar.[/quote]

There's only one Messi
There's only one Ronaldo 
There's only one Pele

Every kid even in Europe and South America can't become a Messi or Ronaldo [/quote]

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