re: The real reason US Soccer won't become a powerhouse anytime soon

So I'm wrong, right?


If I'm so wrong, why do most small towns (population less than $5,000) not even offer soccer as a sporting option?

We had football, basketball, track & field, and baseball. All other small towns of similar size spread out thru the state offered the same thing. If you wanted to play soccer, you would have to travel to a larger city nearly 1.5 hours away.

If you liked soccer in my town, you were stereotyped by adults.

The football coaches used soccer to insult a player who wasn't performing at 100 percent. In their eyes, there was nothing worse than soccer. That sport was for girls.

Do you see where I'm going with this?

If America is to embrace soccer, it needs to happen in small town America too.

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