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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I disagree with the talent will show itself comment. It’s not talent. Kids as young as 5 have private trainers and are working out, ima professional gym, for agility and strength. Trust me.
Talent is built by parents who have money, time, and awareness that this can be the ticket for a college, at least on the girls side. 
My DD LOVES soccer. Lives with a ball at her feet. Dying to play in college. I didn’t know any of this stuff and it’s simply too late in 9th grade. [/quote]

I have seen all kinds of kids with amazing skills but are slow or small or weak or all of the above. Recruited athletes need ball sense, speed, strength, size and skills. You can’t train speed.

Most of the kids who trained from an early age also aren’t going to play in college.[/quote]

Slow small and weak with amazing skills
What skills?

Need strength and size to carry training equipment?

Who plays in college, kids who start training at 16?[/quote]

Who plays in college? Usually it’s the big, strong, tall fast kids (girls and boys) who have three big brothers who played soccer constantly in the back yard. Usually at least one parent played in college or pro.

Their talent gets noticed in elementary or middle school and they get put in top teams. It’s the training in the backyard on top of the athleticism that does it.[/quote]

You have an active imagination [/quote]

Umm no. Cavan Sullivan.  Would he be as great without being youngest in a soccer rich family? I think not. [/quote]

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