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Soccer/Football

Old Crank

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Reply to Moostache (Reply #3)

Fri Jul 10, 2026, 06:20 AM

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Football or basketball or baseball.

Our soccer teams have relied on the pay to play system. You need, for the most part, parents who can shoulder the cost of club teams. Average family incomes of parents are in the $100 - 150k range.
Most other countries it is working class. And scouts who look for talent st local levels. They then end up in competitive team academies.
As for our college feeder system, if you aren't playing high level club sport or traveling teams they don't even look at you.

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