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SoCal has at least a couple major advantages but they will never admit it. Egos in SoCal would never admit to any advantage.
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What's their advantage?  Weather is warm?  Large population?  Gotta be more than just that.  What's keeping DMV from being as competitive?[/quote]as others have echoed.  Coaches, politics and crummy foundations at the academy level.

We cant hide behind the weather, indoor facilities and year round futbol.  Teams north and south of us are thriving post season.

I know of at least three clubs w divisive coaches who have attempted to peg their “star” players at the expense of pissing of the real stars of their teams. Parents are waking up to it however. And it doesn’t bode well for the next off season. Please note the thriving clubs dont have all the turnover and are playing team ball…. Egos removed.[/quote]
It's also parents who only care about wins which forces coaches into implementing shortcuts to keep their job. This creates a negative reinforcement loop that culminates in kickball teams that slaughter B teams but can't compete against high level A teams.[/quote]
It’s the parents fault! It’s the coaches fault! It’s the clubs fault! It’s the league structure! It’s too much money! It’s bad leadership at US soccer! It’s playing by birth years instead of grade levels! It’s the weather!

So many excuses. Maybe these are all just symptoms but not the cause to be “fixed”. Maybe as a country, as a culture, we’re just not as good at soccer as other countries or other more popular sports.[/quote]

The comparison here is with other US clubs, not other countries. CA does it better within the US culture. So does Texas. Texas is even more curious because they have a huge, dominate football culture that competes for athletic boys and they still manage to produce great soccer players[/quote]

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