On the otherhand look at where MLS was in 1996 and where it is now....not to mention FIFA not long ago acknowleged we have the #1 grass roots program...
College is not going to make soccer players for the most part in this country....Dempsey is the only big star that comes to mind who is a college graduate....
College is not going to make soccer players for the most part in this country....Dempsey is the only big star that comes to mind who is a college graduate....
But those tournaments have been around a long time.....I played in the Muscatine tournament back in 96 and 97 and it was the same way then....just packed.....When we traveled to places like KC or Texas or Arizona, you would have a hard time getting hotels because there were so many teams.....
Yes youth soccer is getting bigger, but its been pretty big for a while now....We start losing kids come high school time, where different parts of the country play club soccer and high school at different times, and then college, we lose even more players because a lot of kids just aren't cracked up for the academic side of college....