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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everything comes from the culture but unfortunately culture is not something you can just change the way you want. It evolves organically. US does not have a strong soccer culture like in other parts of the world, especially on the mens side. It's not a numbers thing, it's a fabric of society thing. All the points people are making stem from having a soccer culture. More money coming in brings incentives for better quality coaching, better quality players, better systems, and so on. How do we make the US have a strong soccer culture? Good luck with that one.[/quote]

We have a strong soccer culture. 
It's just a bad soccer culture.

A lot of our soccer culture is an attempt to replicate or Frankenstein football, basketball, baseball, hockey cultures.
Can't work. Won't work. Doesn't work.

How many people in DCUM can tell stories of playing pickup and unofficial community soccer almost every day of their young lives with friends?

How many people with kids playing soccer in the DMV can name the DC United starting lineup? 
Can the kids in the DMV playing soccer name the DCU starting lineup?

No.

Because we don't have the right soccer culture to be top tier.[/quote]

The girls can name the Spirit starting lineup. [/quote]

No they can’t.  They know Trinity.  That’s it.[/quote]

Wrong. Have you been to a Spirit match? They not only know the lineup, they've met them and gotten selfies and autographs from them afterwards.[/quote]

Love the Spirit, been to many games and my girls have done multiple on field experiences.

Do they know the line up? No.

Also - they change the line up /roster often (tell me you don’t know anything about soccer without telling me you don’t anything about soccer).[/quote]

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