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Fat Lowtax posted:Just looking at the money and the international market for players and the fact that an average MLS squad player makes as much as like a cop or a teacher, there's no reason for a talented multi-sport kid who's getting good advice to pick soccer, right? Unless he's super tiny. Nobody thinks in these terms at that age
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Manc Hill posted:even Scotland would piss concacaf qualifying 😂 Lol no, they would finish last
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Oct 12, 2017 16:34
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Weaponized Cum posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv4SpjMinlQ
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Oct 12, 2017 21:29
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G-Hawk posted:MLS has dramatically improved over the last 10 years much less the last 20 on pretty much every front. It has a ton of work still yes but its made major progress Uh no it is actually orse than ever now. MLS teams used to win th CONCACAF champions league.
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Oct 12, 2017 23:22
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Lets wait til Europe puts a man on the moon then they can lecture us about soccer
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Oct 13, 2017 21:53
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joepinetree posted:My other hot take is that the whole pay to play aspect of youth soccer in the US is by design so that middle class and above kids don't have to mix up with immigrant and Hispanic kids and the like. Parents prefer to pay $1000 bucks to play other kids who can afford that in a tournament 6 hours away than have little Johnny mixed with Mexican kids at a local park. This is complete bullshit. They pay because they think they are getting better coaching for their kids. And because being on the "best" club is a status thing. It has nothing to do with race.
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Oct 14, 2017 17:46
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joepinetree posted:And it's just a coincidence that these paid clubs are nearly all white and middle class or above. Middle class yes, white no. And I used to volunteer at the San Diego Surf cup. You are way off base. Here is one of the winning squads for example. http://events.gotsport.com/tools/thumbimage.aspx?src=/content/teams/teamphotos/t_793543.jpg&height=500&width=600 and there are plenty more like this. Total nonsense.
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Oct 14, 2017 21:41
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Middle class wage earners are not "rich" and I realize you are childless and have no actual idea but there are pretty low barriers to entry to get your kid playing. Every "top" club has open tryouts and will give a scholarship etc if the kid is good enough. They will also recruit kids. The only need really is parental involvement. Our house cleaner has a couple kids on the "best" club around here and she isn't paying a dime. Some of these clubs are competitive with European academies. Its around age 14-15 where development falls off because they focus on ODP which is total garbage.
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joepinetree posted:Lol. Yeah, and in the US race and class are completely separate things. This kind of LF tier hyperpolitical whiny posting is extremely played out in 2017, let's stick to concrete facts
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