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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I do think people are overstating the degree to which kids in Spain and Portugal are living and breathing soccer. Yes, it’s popular, but kids there are playing on their Playstations and XBoxes just as much. I’ve lived there, and haven’t seen the total soccer crazed youth that some are describing.[/quote]

Did you have an eight year old boy when you lived there?  I did - at least in Europe although not Spain specifically.  And it is like that although I'm not sure I would have noticed if I had not had an eight year old kid who loved soccer.  It's not every kid that behaves this way - I agree many focus on other things.  But the ones that love soccer do behave this way and do play this much.  Over here if a kid loves soccer this is not really possible for him.

[quote] Perhaps in some less wealthy South American countries it’s still like that.[/quote]

I have no personal experience so I don't know for sure, but I would guess that it is similar in South America but for a greater percentage of kids since there are probably fewer options for how they can spend their time.

[quote]So I think the answer has more to do with their approach to youth development approach.

And yeah - why doesn’t MLS run youth teams? Why can’t we do an apples to apples comparison of a DC United U9 “A team” versus the Barcelona U9 “A team”?

Why do we have 7+ different soccer leagues overlapping, refusing to play teams from different leagues, political machinations about this or that league, etc.? Why is our system so convoluted and in a constant state of flux?

It seems “US Youth Soccer Inc” (generic) is quite happy to just keep the ludicrous spaghetti system status quo going,  because it makes it easier to siphon money away from wealthy parents. But what can we parents do to encourage a better approach?[/quote]

Maybe.  Soccer in other countries has had a lot longer to evolve.  Maybe we will slowly evolve towards a better system here too.[/quote]

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