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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]US world cup champions: Of the 23 players on that roster, 21 played high school soccer. And anyone who thinks that this stat only represents an older generation of players is ignoring the facts.

The U.S.’ current roster is full of young, technical players who played high school soccer—and other sports. The vast majority of those players did not play full-year club soccer and many even played multiple high school sports.

Morgan Brian, who won the Golden Ball at the 2016 CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament, played high school soccer. So did Christen Press, who over the past year has scored some of the most technically impressive goals in U.S. soccer history.

Tobin Heath and Lauren Holiday, widely regarded as the two most technical players in the last World Cup cycle, both played high school soccer. So did Becky Sauerbrunn, who many regard as the best defender in the world.

For good measure, add in American stars Alex Morgan, Carli Lloyd (the reigning FIFA World Player of the Year), Ali Krieger, and Kelley O’Hara—all of whom played at the high school level. Mallory Pugh, the 17-year-old phenom who recently broke into the national team, plays high school soccer, as did Emily Sonnett, the No. 1 pick in this year’s NWSL draft.

To produce world-class players, the American system does not need to be a year-round club system. Nor does it need to be a soccer-only system.[/quote]

Stop. Just stop. Nearly everyone of the players you listed are from areas where HS soccer means something competition wise. This area I think most would agree is not Texas, Cali, Georgia, Colorado. Yeah Ali is from PWC, its also been nearly 20 years since she played HS soccer. The rest of the world is catching up. A good number of youth players in the country have decided to follow the academy model, deal with it. There’s a reason France, England, Germany and a few others look the way they do. They have decided to take the sport seriously, and now our time of out athlete’ing countries is nearing the end of its cycle. [/quote]

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