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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]this is not a place for serious soccer discussion.  It's a place for dumping on anything american related to soccer.  or anything american, for that matter.   i suspect most are self loathing americans, not foreign nationals.  if you haven't figured that out by now, you aren't paying attention.[/quote]

The OP is spot on about travel soccer not being a good value for the money, and the #1 reason is because the system isn't set up to do what needs to be done. It's not "self-loathing" to say the US soccer establishment works against success in the game for Americans. It's the truth.

They pretty much have a captive audience, because even if it seems like $3,000 a year is a lot of money, try doing what Christian Pulisic's father did for him. Not only would it cost a lot more to send him overseas, you've also got to remember that: 1. His dad is a soccer coach, and Dortmund hired him, so he had a source of income in-country. 2. He had dual citizenship with Croatia, making him an EU national. Huge difference in access to training.

If you're lucky enough to do that, great. But for the rest of us, there needs to be an option for a pro pathway for young players. (And please don't tell me about MLS -- they haven't been serious about that for years, and are only now -- maybe -- starting on it.) We need solidarity payments so clubs have an incentive to develop pro players. We need more foreign pro academies that have real pipelines to their teams to push MLS out of its passive approach to player acquisition. In short, you need a system where the kids who have pro potential start getting financial, coaching AND competitive support to reach that goal.
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