That seems to be the way it is in soccer all the way down to elite teams in U-littlesYea I noticed that USMNT players have all been playing together for a long time. Listened to Pulisic talk about how "special" this group was. Was thinking to myself what are the odds that the best possible US players have been playing together on the same teams since they were 12? No other sport, hockey, basketball, football, etc, etc, etc works this way. What makes soccer different? Or more likely is it that a select few have created their own little group + others arent invited + they have a stranglehold on who plays. As long as they make the final 16 in the world cup the machine keeps spinning.
I lived it on the girls side. It's a little club of the rich & famous and those who know how to get what they what for their kids. I know this is about them men but the girls DA was 100% copied from the men's DA way of doing things. It's going to get better. I was just talking with old pal of mine who told me stuff that just a certain selected get to do, if you play the game with the right folks. Pay for play doesn't always involve $$$$. Lot's of ways people can play the game to be selected. I still remember a father so mad his dd didn't start that he ran a cross the pitch after the game, had some choice words with coach and his kid started every game after that. SMFH!That seems to be the way it is in soccer all the way down to elite teams in U-littles
I've seen a dad go off on a coach (in front of all the other parents) because his daughter didnt start THE SECOND HALF!I lived it on the girls side. It's a little club of the rich & famous and those who know how to get what they what for their kids. I know this is about them men but the girls DA was 100% copied from the men's DA way of doing things. It's going to get better. I was just talking with old pal of mine who told me stuff that just a certain selected get to do, if you play the game with the right folks. Pay for play doesn't always involve $$$$. Lot's of ways people can play the game to be selected. I still remember a father so mad his dd didn't start that he ran a cross the pitch after the game, had some choice words with coach and his kid started every game after that. SMFH!