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And I agree with poster that said travel system model sucks.

[b]22.5 million kids in US play soccer.  More than any other sport.  [/b]Parents are no longer wanting to put kids in tackle football.  The pool of athletes is there.  He US can't train them because they still don't have a great knowledge ---and they use a shitty model that nobody else in the World uses.[/quote]

It's also more than any other country right? And by a lot I assume? If true something is definitely not working.[/quote]

Yep.  Second only to China.

I noticed larger early teens are playing now.  These kids used to go out for football, but more and more parents no longer want their kids to do this with head injury stats.

The thing not working is our model of forming separate teams beginning at 8.  The travel model doesn't work.  We also still don't select on the same traits that work for FIFA players.  Coaches here are pretty bad at spotting subtlety and potential.  They completely miss the nuances.[/quote]

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