High school soccer

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I wonder what would happen if all of you middle to upper class parents paying thousands of dollars for so call elite soccer programs in this country, brought your entitled spoiled brats to any soccer field in Nigeria or a suburb in Argentina. They would get slaughtered by barefoot kids playing on dirt fields!

Your ignorance and arrogance is very typical of U.S. soccer parents. Go buy your brat another $300 pair of cleats and continue to pay the clowns who call themselves coaches thousands for nothing. "Close foot skill is lost" LOL! You are the only real travesty here.

i would add another question. what would happen if we all pulled our girls and boys from expensive travel clubs and had them play just hs for free?

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i would add another question. what would happen if we all pulled our girls and boys from expensive travel clubs and had them play just hs for free?

That would be great!

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Give it a few more years and you will see the same thing that is happening to men's soccer happen to the women. The only reason why US women have dominated the sport is because for a long time they were the only ones playing the sport. Those same dirt fields in Africa and South America will develop hard and tough women that will destroy our girls. Wait and see.

If women in those countries were on equal footing to participate as women in US, then you are absolutely correct. Unfortunately, those will be the last places they catch up. European society is more advanced in women's rights and you are seeing them catching up. What saves the US is the sheer population in the country to choose players. now put the best in Europe with US team and I think the Europeans would win.

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i would add another question. what would happen if we all pulled our girls and boys from expensive travel clubs and had them play just hs for free?

The US never cared about soccer. We have the best athletes in the world and win more medals at the Olympics than any other country. Yet we lose WC matches to Ghana and Belgium which have the populations of Texas and Ohio respectively.

A brief history of US Soccer
About 35-years ago the only soccer played in the US was by entitled white kids who could not compete in the stick and ball sports. Daddy could afford the nice kits and travel so it became the sport of the effete males. Then Title IX happened and all of the sudden American Universities needed sports that balanced with male football teams of 90+. Female Soccer was an economic solution and the era of the soccer parent was born.

The problem with American Soccer is that it was born on the platform of the privileged and has remained a pay-to-play sport. Unfortunately for the , it is an actual sport that requires more than the financial wherewithal to pay dapper trainers with jaunty accents. Like any sport that requires skill, soccer supremacy belongs to those that spend the most time on the ball. As some of my Spanish TS posters like to say, "They have the passion."

So soccer will always belong to those ragtag kids playing barefoot in the streets. They spend all day and well into the night on the ball while your child goes to school, takes their cello lessons and prepares for their FCAT. That is why we will always be a third world soccer power to third world nations.

The World plays soccer to win. We play to get educated.

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The US never cared about soccer. We have the best athletes in the world and win more medals at the Olympics than any other country. Yet we lose WC matches to Ghana and Belgium which have the populations of Texas and Ohio respectively.

A brief history of US Soccer
About 35-years ago the only soccer played in the US was by entitled white kids who could not compete in the stick and ball sports. Daddy could afford the nice kits and travel so it became the sport of the effete males. Then Title IX happened and all of the sudden American Universities needed sports that balanced with male football teams of 90+. Female Soccer was an economic solution and the era of the soccer parent was born.

The problem with American Soccer is that it was born on the platform of the privileged and has remained a pay-to-play sport. Unfortunately for the , it is an actual sport that requires more than the financial wherewithal to pay dapper trainers with jaunty accents. Like any sport that requires skill, soccer supremacy belongs to those that spend the most time on the ball. As some of my Spanish TS posters like to say, "They have the passion."

So soccer will always belong to those ragtag kids playing barefoot in the streets. They spend all day and well into the night on the ball while your child goes to school, takes their cello lessons and prepares for their FCAT. That is why we will always be a third world soccer power to third world nations.

The World plays soccer to win. We play to get educated.

WOW! That is so insane, I am at a loss how to respond. How do you explain England's excellence in the 60's and Belgium's great teams recently. So silly, but good effort I guess?

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WOW! That is so insane, I am at a loss how to respond. How do you explain England's excellence in the 60's and Belgium's great teams recently. So silly, but good effort I guess?

In England in the 60's, they still played in the streets. They have done nothing since. Belgium and France have had very good players for a long time. USA does not really want to be a soccer power, the bussiness of soccer in this country is second to none. We will never love the sport like many other countries.....we love the money more.

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WOW! That is so insane, I am at a loss how to respond. How do you explain England's excellence in the 60's and Belgium's great teams recently. So silly, but good effort I guess?

What is so insane about it?

Aside from being very opinionated and "colorful", the underlying message is spot on.

The difference with England and Belgium ( compared to the U.S.) is that they are soccer playing/loving countries. Always have been. Which was the point of the post you quoted.

You brought up two countries that solidify that post.

If you wanted to argue against it, you could bring up Japan.

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What is so insane about it?

Aside from being very opinionated and "colorful", the underlying message is spot on.

The difference with England and Belgium ( compared to the U.S.) is that they are soccer playing/loving countries. Always have been. Which was the point of the post you quoted.

You brought up two countries that solidify that post.

If you wanted to argue against it, you could bring up Japan.

Actually the original post said we will always lose to third world countries that don't have money. England, France and Belgium are hardly 3rd world countries. not sure how you can spin that differently, but fire away.

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In England in the 60's, they still played in the streets. They have done nothing since. Belgium and France have had very good players for a long time. USA does not really want to be a soccer power, the bussiness of soccer in this country is second to none. We will never love the sport like many other countries.....we love the money more.

You guys are crazy, soccer is growing and the US is getting more competitive. In June , we beat Germany and the Netherlands in the same week. That was unthinkable 25 years ago. We've advanced in the world cup farther than many "3rd world" countries that play for the love. but what I love most, is how this started as someone asking how high school soccer is going and the nuts on this site turn this into a debate about world soccer domination.

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Actually the original post said we will always lose to third world countries that don't have money. England, France and Belgium are hardly 3rd world countries. not sure how you can spin that differently, but fire away.

No it did not.
But I don't think the quote was to be taken so literally that we will "always lose to third world countries..."

We have beaten soccer powers that are not third world countries and we have lost to countries that are not soccer powers but are soccer-loving nations. We are not......yet. You can't deny that.

A friendly win against Germany and Holland are undoubtedly great. But a loss to Jamaica in a major tournament is exponentially bad. 1 step forward, 2 steps back sort of thing.

Losing to Ghana, Jamaica, Mexico (although Mexico is a good team with a good soccer culture), in major tournaments is what needs to be analyzed.

The soccer culture here in the States does not match that of any of the countries mentioned. Look at how many top players from "3rd-world" countries play in top leagues.
Players from Ghana, Nigeria, Brasil, Colombia, Ivory Coast.......etc.
How many from the U.S.? Its not even close. But its getting better.

Only Clint Dempsey has had success and being from a 3rd world country.......Texas! :)

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You guys are crazy, soccer is growing and the US is getting more competitive. In June , we beat Germany and the Netherlands in the same week. That was unthinkable 25 years ago. We've advanced in the world cup farther than many "3rd world" countries that play for the love. but what I love most, is how this started as someone asking how high school soccer is going and the nuts on this site turn this into a debate about world soccer domination.

You are not a couple beers short of a six-pack.

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How is high school soccer in Ghana? i bet we can beat them

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high school soccer sucks. Our team had two mercy-rule-by-halftime wins this week, 11-0 and 13-0. Not much fun for the other teams I bet, getting your arse kicked on a regular basis.

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high school soccer sucks. Our team had two mercy-rule-by-halftime wins this week, 11-0 and 13-0. Not much fun for the other teams I bet, getting your arse kicked on a regular basis.

High school soccer=rec. If you happen to be a decent player, you then don't look very good because the players around you are so weak. It is frustrating. Some players are just hackers. they have zero concept of the game, so it just becomes kickball.

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Soccer sucks. We shouls all just play video games.