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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=RantingSoccerDad][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=RantingSoccerDad][quote=Anonymous]^ politics does a pretty good job of making that separation at a very young age.  That’s why no stars have emerged this area in the last 20-30 years or so.  Shit in, shit out.  Some of the player quality on so-called “elite” teams is pretty shameful.  But, they invest in crap early and freeze out the masses.[/quote]

What are they doing better in California and Texas?[/quote]

Or Iceland?[/quote]

Iceland has an open-door policy and tons of B-license coaches, so you can basically walk into a club and get decent training.

Might not explain everything, but it helps. [/quote]

Weird -- not sure why I wasn't signed in for that post. It was me.[/quote]

They develop everyone as well.  They don’t put kids in a “trash heap category” at U9, etc.  They invest and know development is unpredictable.  Without a large player pool, they don’t push anyone away or anoint a kid at 9/10 as a “star” like they do around here.  Like many other countries, they know a kid at 8 can turn out very differently at 17/18.[/quote]

You folks really can’t figure out why TX, CA, and Iceland (kinda laughed at this one) are doing better than NOVA at soccer? Two concepts: weather & demographics (TX and CA) and lack of alternatives (Iceland).[/quote]

Munich, Amsterdam, Manchester—you been in their weather before? Demographics? Pretty homogenous.  Your theory doesn’t hold.[/quote]

You're having a hard time following.  Try to keep up.  Let me explain in elementary terms for you.  I was responding to the "why do they do better in CA and TX?" comments as well as the offhand comment about Iceland.  For TX and CA: weather and demos.  It is warmer year round so more outdoor playing time.  Same warm-weather phenomenon happens with football. Demographics - more Latinos in those two states.  Latinos value soccer more than other ethnicities in the U.S. It is part of their culture.  They watch it more, play pick up soccer more, and care about it more.  There are also simply more people in CA.  A lot more.  For Iceland the point was lack of alternatives.  They don't play basketball, football, baseball, lacrosse, etc. like kids in US do.  Yes, they have more winter sports, but not as many alternative team-oriented sports as the U.S. That was my point.  I was not talking about other European cities.  Clearly we don't hold a candle to most of Europe, again mainly due to culture, history of the sport, and passion for it in those countries.  We can't beat them at soccer they can't beat us at just about all other team sports.  Even hockey we're one of the better teams in the world.  We can only be great at so many things ...[/quote]

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