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Anonymous wrote:I can honestly admit that I don't give a shit about World Cup soccer or the place that the US holds amongst other countries. My kids aren't going to play World Cup soccer. I do care about my children's brains. Old fashioned like that.

Sorry you suck at sports.

I wasa Div 1 scholarship athlete. Marathoner and Ironman. But okay, sure, I suck at sports.

Are your kids playing for the US team? Amazing.

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Anonymous wrote:I can honestly admit that I don't give a shit about World Cup soccer or the place that the US holds amongst other countries. My kids aren't going to play World Cup soccer. I do care about my children's brains. Old fashioned like that.

Sorry you suck at sports.

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Anonymous wrote:I can honestly admit that I don't give a shit about World Cup soccer or the place that the US holds amongst other countries. My kids aren't going to play World Cup soccer. I do care about my children's brains. Old fashioned like that.

Sorry you suck at sports.

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Anonymous wrote:I am in Europe (an American) and the FIFA coaches here are highly confused by the American kid no-heading policy.

They want to know what we do on corner kicks or how if we don't allow it until 12/13 how a kid would ever grow to be an expert soccer player. The timing, the technique, etc.

I just laughed. I told him we are so far behind the rest of the Workd and US soccer just throws up even more obstacles.

I know a lot of former professional soccer players--none have had the issues that boxers or American football players experience.

It won't be long before our US youth soccer teams will be wearing helmets...

Yeah, can you believe the American media like the BBC reporting on this?

And you'd never see England's stuffy old FA doing any sort of research. Except this: http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/heading-football-lead-developing-brain-8085648

And sure, no retired soccer players have had CTE. Except for the one who actually donated his brain for study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4277667/

And thank goodness no players ever have to retire from concussions. Except Taylor Twellman. And Alecko Eskandarian. And Josh Gros. And Bryan Namoff. And so on.

Except all those players didn't get it from heading. They got it from collisions with other players.

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Anonymous wrote:I am in Europe (an American) and the FIFA coaches here are highly confused by the American kid no-heading policy.

They want to know what we do on corner kicks or how if we don't allow it until 12/13 how a kid would ever grow to be an expert soccer player. The timing, the technique, etc.

I just laughed. I told him we are so far behind the rest of the Workd and US soccer just throws up even more obstacles.

I know a lot of former professional soccer players--none have had the issues that boxers or American football players experience.

It won't be long before our US youth soccer teams will be wearing helmets...

Yeah, can you believe the American media like the BBC reporting on this?

And you'd never see England's stuffy old FA doing any sort of research. Except this: http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/heading-football-lead-developing-brain-8085648

And sure, no retired soccer players have had CTE. Except for the one who actually donated his brain for study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4277667/

And thank goodness no players ever have to retire from concussions. Except Taylor Twellman. And Alecko Eskandarian. And Josh Gros. And Bryan Namoff. And so on.

Anonymous wrote:I can honestly admit that I don't give a shit about World Cup soccer or the place that the US holds amongst other countries. My kids aren't going to play World Cup soccer. I do care about my children's brains. Old fashioned like that.

Anonymous wrote:I am in Europe (an American) and the FIFA coaches here are highly confused by the American kid no-heading policy.

They want to know what we do on corner kicks or how if we don't allow it until 12/13 how a kid would ever grow to be an expert soccer player. The timing, the technique, etc.

I just laughed. I told him we are so far behind the rest of the Workd and US soccer just throws up even more obstacles.

I know a lot of former professional soccer players--none have had the issues that boxers or American football players experience.

It won't be long before our US youth soccer teams will be wearing helmets...

Anonymous wrote:Soccer players past a certain age do seem quite dumb.

Anonymous wrote:I am in Europe (an American) and the FIFA coaches here are highly confused by the American kid no-heading policy.

They want to know what we do on corner kicks or how if we don't allow it until 12/13 how a kid would ever grow to be an expert soccer player. The timing, the technique, etc.

I just laughed. I told him we are so far behind the rest of the Workd and US soccer just throws up even more obstacles.

I know a lot of former professional soccer players--none have had the issues that boxers or American football players experience.

It won't be long before our US youth soccer teams will be wearing helmets...

Anonymous wrote:I can honestly admit that I don't give a shit about World Cup soccer or the place that the US holds amongst other countries. My kids aren't going to play World Cup soccer. I do care about my children's brains. Old fashioned like that.

Anonymous wrote:Hey, if you single sport your children while they are in elementary school that's on you. Happy that works for you. Mine are still enjoying competing in many things and we have no interest in letting them specialize. They are 6-10.