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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think we are a very long way from home-grown American FIFA players.

Pulisic was trained by his father and father's friend.  He left for Europe at a young age.

Playing for Loudoun or Arlington or the likes is not going to make a World Class $200 million player.  The training and coaching is inadequate.[/quote]

To say he was trained over seas and imply there is no American piece is simply untrue. He did not leave for Europe at a young age. He did have training/vacation trips to Europe from 10-14 for training.  However, the club he played for was PA Classic and he joined US soccer u17 residency program as a 14yo. 
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His father was his primary trainer and father's very good friend at PA.  He first started playing in England when his mother was at Oxford.  Both his parents were D1 soccer players at  George Mason.

Those weren't exactly "vacation" trips.  He had 3 training stints at La Masia.  The real Barca Academy.  Connections got him in to train with the real academy

His path was closely guarded and monitored by his dad, Klein from Classics  and Bob Lilley.  They didn't want to "ruin" him or have him ruined by US coaches playing too many tournaments/games.  There's a reason he went to Dortmund and not MLS--there was nothing left for him in the US by 16/17.

I know all these local club DAs think their kid is Pulisic, but he's one in a billion with very unique circumstances.  I wouldn't trust the schmucks coaching the DAs in this area with a talented kid.  They'd ruin him/her.[/quote]

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