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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Olympics routinely shows that we have the best athletes. We don't have the best soccer players. That comes down to knowhow, culture, hunger, and system structure. A significant issue is the microwave society we live in. Everyone wants to win NOW. That results in picking big, fast kids - early developers usually. When those kids can no longer rely on their size and strength, they come what most who truly know the game recognized they would be all along - average. Nobody looked at Phil Foden or Kevin DeBruyne as kids and thought they were physically gifted or dominant as youth. They saw game IQ, potential, and dedication to excellence. In the US, those kids get put on the second team and forgotten in favor of the kid who is six inches taller and can score with raw size and few skills or smarts.  We're great at collecting U11 trophies and not much afterward. (See SYC.)[/quote]
What you are describing also happens in other sports. You don't think coaches are choosing the biggest and fastest basketball and football U11 kids in order to win NOW? They are but somehow we are still able to excel in other sports. Same microwave society works fine for all these other sports but not soccer?[/quote]
very good questions. you can start football at high school and become nfl super star, you can start basketball at middle school and become nba super star. You need to cook soccer player from 7-8 years old. Usually 4 phases (common soccer development; coordination,dribling,ball control; passing, strength, individual tactics; stamina, team tactics). You need to learn particular skills during each development period, not run 5k at the age of 11, play tiki taka at 9 etc. It is science to develop a soccer player. what is done here is mess to attract more parents/money. And total Croatian man population is about 2m and 3m kids are doing soccer in US :) think about this[/quote]

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