How did the swede die drinking milk?Sorry, but he's from Norway, so by drafting rules, Da Vikings probably select him in the first round : ) !!!
My Swedish relatives tell me that a Norske is just a really, really dumb Swede : ( !!! I'm pretty sure the Norwegians have the same border joke but with some role reversal?
A case is being filed in CA and late goals will be counted for the next 28 days.
As long as club soccer is more about club profit than the actual kids, US soccer will suffer.
Bingo. And as long as youth soccer organizers and coaches insist kids play soccer year round and continue to interfere with all other youth sports in various seasons, it will continue to suffer. Soccer people (at least around here) are the craziest and most controlling of the kids, demanding so much of their time. Therefore, the best athletes that love other sports get burned out and end up quitting soccer.
Any youth sports organization or event that becomes a money grab, turns to shit.
European model for youth soccer puts the US to shame.
Ive heard this as well. I don't know much about it, but have heard similar sentiments.
This is why kids will always gravitate to the big 3.
MLS isn't the pinnacle league like the others.
Well it does pay the 2nd highest paid soccer player in the world.
That already made his bank and is playing out the string.
Also, soccer tends to price kids out pretty early - but....feels like baseball and basketball are trending that direction (Travel Baseball, AAU) too.
someone else said something to the effect that the european youth model was better for developing talent than what happens in the u.s., but the kids in their system wind up training for soccer year-round, with little time for other sports. i'd rather see kids have the option to try various sports, even those they might not excel at playing. that's one thing the u.s. high school sports systems provide, and i think it's a big strength.
The big thing about the European model is the youth clubs are rewarded by sell-on features in contracts. The youth clubs will get a percentage of professional contracts for each player they develop. This top down approach for pretty much every country but the US, allows youth clubs to be free and in some instances provide assistance and not price kids out. It places the onus on the club to produce players as opposed the parent dues to support the clubs.
I would say similar but not the same. England player was going for a hard tackle and likely a yellow card. But poor luck his leg hit the ball and his already relatively high studs were a bit higher. He had intent just based on his actions, so probably deserved. Would've probably just been a yellow if not for the rebound off the ball.
As a parent of a club soccer daughter (or 2 now), I think the system really needs to be more like this. What is interesting to me is that Brazil was always superior to most other countries. But the last 20 ish years, what made Brazil "better" has been wiped away. Their culture is so rooted in soccer, that they play all the time. They all develop superior skills and 1 v 1 attributes. The all out attack and break your opponent down philosophy is really no longer...all because the superior players are now sent to academy...and their instinctual play is changed to fit the current "way the game is played." There is no real spontaneity of previous Brazil teams.
that model works great, if all you care about is developing soccer players good enough to go pro and help fund your team. that's not the goal (no pun intended) of high school sports in the america. the u.s. high school system is more egalitarian, and gives kids the opportunity to try different sports, although sometimes there is a relatively small fee to help offest some of the school's costs. according to our friend gemni, kids in missoula might need to spend about $500 to play football, including cleats, etc... conversely, and again with gemni to blame, a teenage kid playing for a club in england pays at least $2000 per year.
I think I heard somewhere (maybe on the Landon Donovan and Tim Howard podcast) that the Euro model also has their "best" or "most experienced" coaches coach the lower levels. Feels the opposite here - seems lower levels are mostly coached by new or "volunteer" coaches.
