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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They keep score for a reason. Standings too. Tournaments cups are given to the winners not the most technical. I hear everyones complaints but even if you work to develop virtually all these kids to their maximum. They will almost all fall in the below average for a soccer player in the grand scheme of things. Everyone loves the game but the facts are in the USA soccer is thought of as the sport your less athletic kid has a chance at. Not tall enough or athletic enough for basketball. Not big enough or strong enough for football . Soccer is that great equalizer just teach them to be  technical learn possession play, etc. The fact remains the 1% of soccer players that make it to the pros are exceptional athletes first. Which make becoming a technical player that much easier. Just enjoy you kids being competitive and learning life lessons in the process. Let your kids enjoy the process no matter how far it takes them. It may end at U10 or U19 but its their journey and they are the talent you are just the supporting cast know your role and stay in your lane.[/quote]

And yet American sports are not particularly popular around the world. Perhaps we just are not good enough at the worlds most popular game and so we choose to good at what we can be good at.

I mean you can't train to be 6'9" forward or a 6'5" 350 pound lineman. One is born with the traits to become that. Soccer requires training as well as god given athleticism. American sports require the athletes to first and foremost be physical freaks to even compete. That is far more limiting to most kids than the opportunity to play soccer.

If you're a big, fat strong kid, well you can play football and you can decide to play football as late as your Junior year and still be good at football. That is not an option for soccer. One cannot decide in their Junior year to jsut try it out and succeed.[/quote]

Bingo[/quote]

You think you can take up bingo as late as your junior year and succeed?  Bingo is a highly tecnical sport - I don't think most kids could pull this off.[/quote]

Aren’t you a cheeky little devil?[/quote]

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