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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All agree that Europe has the best player development system. Maybe instead of trying to make US Soccer work like Europe, we should figure out a way have the best US prospects train in Europe. Form partnerships with their pro academies, provide financial assistance, sponsorships. If the goal is to have a competitive national team, we don't need to develop all the players here, they just need to be born here. Just like the best from South America and Africa develop in Europe but then play for their home country in world cup. Like the way kids come from all over the world to attend US colleges to get an education and then return to their country.[/quote]

Kids from South America and Africa can't go to Europe to develop before 18 years old.
Nor do they need to.

They are developing fine in their countries from U6 to U18 
After that, it's about performance. [/quote]

+1, the issue is that Americans have made soccer into an expensive, private, club sport. One of the reasons soccer is so popular elsewhere in the world is that it is cheap to play, which allows talented kids from any background to join leagues, get noticed, and then get recruited into development leagues where the costs to the player and family stay low (because the leagues all have sponsors). This is true in Africa and South America too, not just Europe. Developed players go to Europe at 17/18 to play professionally. But they generally do not need to move there as adolescents to become elite. Very strong development programs throughout the world.

American soccer doesn't care about developing the best players. It cares about making money from soccer families, the end. It's a joke.[/quote]

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