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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]France.

Seriously, and this is a long-discussed topic. "Success" in the American youth system is team-based. Clubs don't do well creating great players, they do well by becoming a winning program that draws in more parents to the lower sides paying fees every year. The bonuses for having a player go pro are minuscule and nothing compared to Europe.

If you have a chance to move to Europe, take it. [/quote]

If a player has a chance to move to Europe, where should they go?  Are there countries or clubs more inviting to players coming from the US? Wouldn’t you have to be coming from an MLS Academy to be marketable?[/quote]

Oops, you wrote France. Why France and not Spain or Germany?[/quote]
DP. This will depend on a player’s family and passport situation, but Germany has been the easiest path for kids we know without EU passports. Can’t be officially signed until you are 18 in that situation.

Also? It’s not something to do without serious consideration about the cons. There are kids from the US killing or sort of making it in Europe. There are many more who chased the dream only to end up in a much worse position than they would have been in had they parlayed their soccer talent into a great college situation, with or without the thought that there could be a college to pro pathway down the line. [/quote]

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