re: US Soccer's lack of stars

When U.S. kids are playing soccer in the streets, like they do the big three sports,that's when you'll see our level of talent start to catch up with other countries where soccer is part of the culture. When Landon Donovan (insert any American soccer star) is put on the same pedestal as Jordan, Aaron, Ruth, Montana, etc., when kids are pretending to score in stoppage time instead of pretending to hit the gw hr, or hit a last second three... that's when we'll start to really see the talent level rise. Unfortunately, it's a cultural thing. It'll take loads of potential earning power and American success on the world stage to bring our culture to soccer.