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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They caught up fast because of the soccer cultures. It makes complete sense. If you take a soccer culture like Brazil, Spain or Germany and provide opportunities to women, the women's game will take off because of the institutional knowledge that is leveraged.

Japan is a better case. I honestly don't know enough about Japan to comment but the country does not seem to be as focused on sports as the rest of the world yet has competitive men's and women's soccer. My guess is that Japan's success is driven by the fact that there is limited competitio for the player pool and that the entire nation is focused on soccer. [/quote]

I watched a special on TV about Brazilian Soccer.  They recruit talented kids (5 or so years old) to train at their academies.  They pay the families $100 a month or so to do this. The $100 is more than most families make and the kids train all day every day.  They get a little education on the side, but mostly soccer, soccer, soccer.

A lot of kids burn out, quit, don't develop...but the players who do...

Start your list of the top Brazilian players.  [/quote]

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