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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wouldn't it be nice if fields were free, lights were free, coaches were free, referees were free, uniforms were free, leagues were free...

Someone should create a club that offers all these services at a low cost and try to compete! I'm sure it will work just like "the rest of the world" and people will just flock to them.[/quote]

Such defeatist thinking to actually think that because that's the way it's been it should continue to be.
Even though it obviously is a failed model.

The obviously only thing that's causing the richest country in the world to be the only one with unaffordable soccer is mentality. 
It can't be resources.

How ignorant is it to think the wrong way is the only way.
Solutions only happen when you remove intellectual dishonesty, acknowledge the root causes and commit to resolve. [/quote]
I’m not sure you can say it’s a failed model. It’s certainly failed in some aspects but many aspects are doing very well. It is the way it is because that’s what the majority of people want. Market forces (ie parents) drive this. [/quote]

DP. Other than as a money making scheme, which aspects of the current system and pipeline the pros are doing well?

Men aren't competing with Europe on any level,in fact the MLS is where Europe's stars go to retire and milk the last bit of money out of their career. Our women couldn't even get into the last world cup final. They probably won't see a world cup final for many cycles in the future until our pipeline of players is based on merit, not connections.[/quote]

Men aren’t competing in Europe? Plenty of usmnt players playing in Europe.[/quote]

Look closely at the history of all the USMNT players currently playing in Europe.
How many of them spent their entire youth development career up until past 18 years old in our cash-cow system?[/quote]

Not many. They come through mls academies. [/quote]

Or spent years in Europe because of Parents status [/quote]

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