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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have any of you visited overseas? Rich families in Latin America don't give as much attention to their kids playing soccer. Rugby, tennis, field hockey and volleyball are the sports of the elite. A friend of mine told me about her boyfriend, who was a good soccer player, went to a professional tryout and was beat up by the poorer kids because he was rich. The issue was that as a rich kid, he had opportunities as poor kids they did not. He was expected to leave soccer opportunities to the poor kids. [/quote]

But rich kids do succeed in countries like Germany.   It’s not a “poor” mans sport in many countries, but many ooor kids succeed due to the drive to get out of their circumstances and the escape it provides.  They also often don’t have the same educational opportunities either.

It’s about not having bias and giving each child equal opportunity to the options available in the sport

The amount I just paid for training kit, uniform, required warm up and bags for my two kids was absolutely ludicrous.  We have the $, but there is no way in hell my parents could have afforded it and there were 3 of us.  We were lucky my soccer team had a sponsor that gave us everything (uniforms, bags, warm ups, even cleats) and my brother was trained for free his entire youth/career and full-ride to a great school.  That is very rare in this sport in the US.

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