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[quote=Anonymous]We suck at soccer because we aren't allowing kids from immigrant communities in the US the chance to get noticed and play for the US national teams.

There are so many families whose parents played soccer as kids and still play on the weekends, they watch soccer, the kids play pick up games at school, and they play in immigrant leagues. My son played in a league of mainly Mexican and Central American immigrants from 5 years old to 7. There was a Saturday League and a Sunday league so you could play for two different teams or the same team one or both days.

There were so many really good players- light on their feet and could move the ball so well. Somehow they never get noticed and are passed up in US youth soccer national teams.

Look at Spain and some of the players they have on their national team. Immigrants who are quickly tapped to go to Academies and play on Spain's youth teams:

Lamine Yamal- parents are recent immigrants who came from Morocco and Equitorial Guinea.

Nico Williams- Parents crossed the Sahara desert in the 1990's from Ghana.

All across Europe countries are developing the children of immigrants. Here is one article that explains:
https://unric.org/en/a-beautiful-game-of-diversity-the-migrant-stories-behind-euro-2024/

What do the German Ilkay Gündoğan, Frenchman Eduardo Camavinga and Spaniard Nico Williams have in common? Yes, they are among the star players of the Euro 2024, the European championship of male national football teams in Germany this summer. However, they are also, like many other participants in Euro 2024, sons of migrants and refugees. 
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