exactly the point I was trying to make...

Anonymous wrote:Um... someone please tell me at what age that professional clubs begin scouting players in south america and Spain?

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/06/magazine/06Soccer-t.html

"The first time I visited De Toekomst happened to coincide with the arrival of 21 new players — 7- and 8-year-olds, mainly, all from Amsterdam and its vicinity — who were spotted by scouts and identified as possible future professionals."

"De Jong, whose only material benefit from his association with Ajax is free admission to the first team’s games, showed a card that identified him as a scout and checked a schedule of games on a computer screen. As we approached the field where our 5-year-old was to play, he spotted him right away and said, “There’s the guy!”"

Um... someone please tell me at what age that professional clubs begin scouting players in south america and Spain?

Anonymous wrote:I mean, have you seen the videos of messi when he was 7? You can "target" that kind of talent if you know what you are looking at, definitely.

Good luck with that.

I mean, have you seen the videos of messi when he was 7? You can "target" that kind of talent if you know what you are looking at, definitely.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve seen a noticeable difference with teams that are predominantly white. Calling other players ‘spics’, ‘mexicans’, ‘go back to your country’, being overly physical then embellishing contact when they’re barely touched, whining to the referee, etc.

See how easy it is to grasp at straws? It’s not indicative of the entire culture, don’t be ignorant.

Horrible. I agree it has nothing to do an entire race or culture but just what part of the country or area the teams come from and the club's culture. DS U12 played a team a few weeks ago where the parents were yelling at the ref and insulting our players. It was not a white team or a Latino team either.

So what kind of team was it?

Why are you so afraid?

Wtf... afraid of what?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve seen a noticeable difference with teams that are predominantly white. Calling other players ‘spics’, ‘mexicans’, ‘go back to your country’, being overly physical then embellishing contact when they’re barely touched, whining to the referee, etc.

See how easy it is to grasp at straws? It’s not indicative of the entire culture, don’t be ignorant.

Horrible. I agree it has nothing to do an entire race or culture but just what part of the country or area the teams come from and the club's culture. DS U12 played a team a few weeks ago where the parents were yelling at the ref and insulting our players. It was not a white team or a Latino team either.

We had some bad experience with a team from Williamsburg/Virginia Beach area. Also some parents from NJ/PA seems to be quite rude.

I agree with NJ/PA.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve seen a noticeable difference with teams that are predominantly white. Calling other players ‘spics’, ‘mexicans’, ‘go back to your country’, being overly physical then embellishing contact when they’re barely touched, whining to the referee, etc.

See how easy it is to grasp at straws? It’s not indicative of the entire culture, don’t be ignorant.

Horrible. I agree it has nothing to do an entire race or culture but just what part of the country or area the teams come from and the club's culture. DS U12 played a team a few weeks ago where the parents were yelling at the ref and insulting our players. It was not a white team or a Latino team either.

So what kind of team was it?

Why are you so afraid?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve seen a noticeable difference with teams that are predominantly white. Calling other players ‘spics’, ‘mexicans’, ‘go back to your country’, being overly physical then embellishing contact when they’re barely touched, whining to the referee, etc.

See how easy it is to grasp at straws? It’s not indicative of the entire culture, don’t be ignorant.

Horrible. I agree it has nothing to do an entire race or culture but just what part of the country or area the teams come from and the club's culture. DS U12 played a team a few weeks ago where the parents were yelling at the ref and insulting our players. It was not a white team or a Latino team either.

We had some bad experience with a team from Williamsburg/Virginia Beach area. Also some parents from NJ/PA seems to be quite rude.

Anonymous wrote:I’ve seen a noticeable difference with teams that are predominantly white. Calling other players ‘spics’, ‘mexicans’, ‘go back to your country’, being overly physical then embellishing contact when they’re barely touched, whining to the referee, etc.

See how easy it is to grasp at straws? It’s not indicative of the entire culture, don’t be ignorant.

Horrible. I agree it has nothing to do an entire race or culture but just what part of the country or area the teams come from and the club's culture. DS U12 played a team a few weeks ago where the parents were yelling at the ref and insulting our players. It was not a white team or a Latino team either.