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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread is wild. Families can do whatever they want. If there's a kid playing well and they want to see how they do by stepping up in competition and going club theres no problem with it. If a family doesn't want to go that route and do county there's no problem with that either. You people crying about club soccer teaches entitlement have no idea what you're tallying about. It's just a deferent route. [/quote] Back from commercial break.to recap: if you care about larger issues in sport…in America. We are currently not getting many of our top physical talents. Some, yes. But how to get more? We get that your lawyer wages pay for your kid - and you seem fine (from a random post) with current system and go all laissez-faire. But ask yourself this classic ESPN question… how does a Lebron James pick soccer if it costs 20,000 a year? (Talking with travel to top showcases/tournaments. Maybe you don’t- but Larla’s place on EDP squad is not in jeopardy I assure you with this broader discussion (hence why other countries’ methods discussed). [/quote] Lebron James didn’t choose basketball because soccer cost too much. Basketball is more popular here. He grew up idolizing pro basketball players. If not basketball he would have played football. Or baseball. The top athletes in the US don’t aspire to be soccer players. They just don’t. The truly special athletes could excel at lots of different sports. Even if soccer were free they would still choose the popular ones. [/quote] $1 Million Dollars 💵 to your favorite charity or cause if you can prove top athletes in the USA don't aspire to be soccer players What system identifies the top athletes in America at 5, 6, 7 years old and how can we see this database of evidence?[/quote] The evidence is to look at where they end up. Basketball and football are loaded with athletes with the best 40yd times, best vertical leap, etc at the pro, college, even high school levels. Go to any high school and see which sports the best athletes are playing. Hint: it’s not soccer. Mbappe, Salah, Haaland, Dembele are on par with the top US athletes in the NFL and NBA. If they grew up in the US they wouldn’t be playing soccer. [/quote] Not the PP, but nothing you said points to evidence in the least. I can give my opinion not based on facts just like you. Lineup the 5 fastest soccer players at Walter Johnson against the 5 fastest basketball players Lineup the 5 slowest soccer players at Wooton vs the 5 slowest Football players Your gibberish is garbage. Basketball players end up playing basketball because that's their aim and desire. Same for Football players. All 25 soccer players on any professional team would beat many Basketball and Football professional players in an athletic contest requiring multiple skillsets. But you'd have to actually understand the true meaning of athleticism and sport performance to know why.[/quote] +1 and lol at PPs cherry-picking to support the point. Messi, Modric, Pulisic, Foden and loads of other players in top leagues now and in the past are fantastic athletes who would not be playing in the NFL or NBA if they grew up here. What sport would the U.S. version of young Diego Maradona have chosen?[/quote]
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