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Romario u12 and Barjuan, I believe as well.  There were several wins at a recent VA beach tournament.

Henry, Ibrahamiovic and Migueli have all won tournaments as well.[/quote]

That VA beach tournament was also a rec tournament.  Plus, I think those teams have only won one tournament each (in low brackets).

I know a lot on this thread say winning doesn't matter, but it does.  Winning attracts top talent.  Losing loses top talent. [b] Over in Europe, winning doesn't matter because those kids are trying to get signed by those teams and it isn't pay to play[/b].  Here, if you are charging some of the highest fees in the area, [b]parents aren't going to stick around for long unless they are winning top brackets of top tournaments.[/b]  [/quote]

Unless you have completely misjudged their U14 and under parent base.

Been there done that with little kid wins.  In the younger years, it doesn't develop a better player down the line to win the way the Clubs are doing it.  And, down the line, those same Clubs just cut the kids and bring in new players.  They don't develop them.

Chicken or the egg?

I guess we see in a few years.  For now, they have almost every single player returning.

But for those with 8/9/10/11/12/13/14 year olds, they are smart to worry more about developing the individual player the best that they can in an environment that teaches good values and worry about the "team" later.

I mean what's the harm if this experiment fails?  They don't get to play for the very "winning" USMNT.  I look forward to watching them in the World Cup next week.

(Btw, the first bolded statement may be the dumbest synopsis of European soccer and player development I have ever read.)
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