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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The best women players will go to European leagues. That’s where the big money is (see Naomi Girma going to Chelsea). Sure NWSL had a head start on women’s soccer but before long european leagues will dominate women’s soccer the way it does men. Your pipe dream of European style youth academies and pathways for women will happen, but in Europe.[/quote]

Yup bc we prioritize college here and the boom ball that 80% of clubs here play[/quote]
That happens for sure but it’s not the cause. The truth is that soccer is not a top tier sport in the US in terms of popularity and culture. It is in Europe. [/quote]

You would be an idiot not to prioritize college over pro.  Unless you were 1 of maybe 100 girls per year.  The future for all but a very few is college and not pro soccer.  This is especially true in the US where pay to play had made girl’s soccer a UMC or UC sport.  These girls have other futures that failing at pro soccer and ending up a soccer coach.  [/quote]
You prioritize pro over college because it develops a higher level player.

[b]- A pro player can play in college[/b]
- A college player can't always play pro[/quote]

Can they? For women's soccer, the quality of the school, not just the ability to play matters. If you start enrolling girls in barely accredited schools where academics are an after thought, will Stanford want them? UNC? What about the ones heading to ivies or DIII[/quote]

UNC women’s soccer is awful compared to professional women’s soccer. Just compare the first touch, it’s like HS vs pros. College soccer IS grassroots soccer.[/quote]

So all of those players from UNC that play professionally have a bad first touch?[/quote]

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