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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]CULTURE OF SOCCER.

People in other countries speak soccer the way people here speak football or baseball.  There's no need to teach the equivalent of U9 parents in other countries the offside rule, they all already know it.  Etc.  [/quote]

You'd be surprised.

My DC played u12 in Europe this summer.  In some countries, offsides is not played until u12 and throw-ins are not done until u12 either.  The focus is different - make the game more organic and fluid.  Fewer whistles, fewer rules, keep the ball at kids' feet and get them touches and thinking about making runs and playing into space....[/quote]

How about primarily 7v7 or 9v9 until U17 except for few big competitions a year?  Another tidbit from girls soccer in Europe.  Results secondary to development. Less games vs. training. Allowing players to play creatively and have fun doing so.

Most importantly, the professional clubs subsidize the youth not the other way around.  And monetization for these clubs (and their investors) via development of youth players not from milking families in volume.

That’s where the previous post regarding breaking up monopoly is spot on. Promotion relegation at professional level is a must to try to break pay to play. Any reasons given that promotion relegation would not work in US are brainwashed answers coming from the US SOCCER / MLS mafia.  Women could set example for men with a pro league with promotion relegation and local/regional investment and show how it could be done.  The rest of the world playing women’s soccer is making it possible. Make it happen!

No one should be scared to be respectfully critical of the system if they are really interested in improving it for their own experiences and to give real opportunities to kids and families of all income levels.

-Signed parent of youth players in both boys and girls youth soccer with DA and ECNL experience.  [/quote]

That is a bit ironic. You talk all happy/glad stuff. But when push came to shove, rather than spending your money on a coach to develop your kids and have "Less games vs. training." you opted for the competitive world of DA and ECNL.

For my money, Europe is better at some things than us because they limit who can advance in certain fields. That is why their math scores are better than ours. In America, anyone can go to college and try to become a Math teacher. You only need to want to do it and you can get relatively far. In Europe, if you suck at math at a young age, you become a carpenter or tennis player or soccer player.......So only the best mathematicians get into fields that require it. Here, any Joe Blow pops in and brings our averages down.

I would guess that Soccer is similar....though there are a lot of valid reasons already mentioned about as well (football, basketball, field hockey, etc)

Finally, I think that Americans have a certain "drive to be the best" that others don't have. Thank the founding fathers that set up a culture to strive to do better, all people are created with equal rights...that affects our desires to be the best as well.[/quote]

This post was MAGA stupid.[/quote]

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