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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What in the US is not pay2play? It's how businesses provide services in a capitalist economic system that relies on little to no government subsidy - you pay a fee, it pays for coaches, fields and leagues/management - all out of pocket expenses.

The US is a vast territory with a large population and the sports business on all levels is booming to try and keep up with the demand. [b]There is no way the US/State governments can subsidize the youth soccer expenses of millions of jimmy's and becky's whose parent think they are amazing athletes and must play minimum 3 sports. [/b] I get that you don't like it but calling it a scam or a fraud is just ignorant. [/quote]

IDK how much, if any government subsidies exist in funding youth soccer in England, Germany, the Netherlands or Spain.  What does happen there though is there is a robust club system that subsidies their top academy teams.  If your not playing for these academy teams, you are most likely playing for your local town team which has minimal cost associated with it.  Outside of the MLS Academies, that doesn't exist here in the US.  There is also no college equivalent either in Europe...

For the most part, the P2P system works for basketball, football is still primarily driven by HS.  Baseball P2P model.  I don't think that the USA will ever get to a point on the men's side where they are consistently competing with the Euro or S. American powers.  This was a women's national team thread and I think, while the European teams and S. American certainly have made great strides and are really good, the USA will still compete due to the large female player pool that exists.

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If you don’t know anything on the subject, please do us all a favor and don’t comment on it. Theirs is no such thing as playing for your local team in Europe at minimal cost without subsidy. All European academies and teams are heavily subsidized by their governments and UEFA. All local clubs are heavily subsidized by their municipalities who pay for coaches and fields.

I don’t know what you do for a living but I get the feeling you just collect a bi-weekly check and don’t think about these things very much. Do the work, educate yourself, travel a bit, talk to people, learn, then talk. And until then, listen. [b]Everyone is Europe envies the college system in the US[/b] because it provides an opportunity for players who are not going pro to get some return on the years of investment in their sport. And I’m not talking about basketball or baseball because this isn’t that kind of party and nobody here cares. 
Soccer in the US is the stepchild of pro sports and simply doesn’t have the same level of support on the professional level, men or women.

Being a D1 soccer player still comes with more financial benefits and perks than the average pro player. Many of the girls that US soccer is investing in bringing to IDs and camps over and over again have no intention of pursuing soccer as a career. They’re merely using the exposure to get to the best college with the best financial deal. They will not be pursuing soccer beyond those four years. Their peers in Europe are in soccer academies, with the sole goal of becoming pros. The large US pool is only an advantage in the young age groups, their competitiveness on the senior level will continue to decline if they don’t take it seriously and treat it as all other professional sports and the way it is treated abroad. [/quote]

I can guarantee it’s the exact opposite. Absolutely nobody gives a crap about the US as a whole, let alone the athletics in university.

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You have no clue. Go ahead and guarantee it, would love to see it. Everyone on the girls side aboard wishes they have the athletic college scholarships. More foreign players will keep coming to the US college programs, everyone who’s not in an academy abroad already. Talked to players, coaches, club and national directors in three countries in Europe this summer. I know what they told me and what the realities there are. It wasn’t much of a subject a few years ago but now that they are also developing a large pool of players, they’re looking for opportunities.[/quote]

If any of this is true why you slumming it on here with these Aspire parents? Go write your own blog [/quote]

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