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...collegiate system of women’s soccer has failed the US National team in other, more transparent ways. For one, players from the youth level all the way up to the college ranks are evaluated on endurance, physical stature, and speed...
Sure, if a young girl displays some fine dribbling moves, she may get another look, but if she ultimately cannot fare well in timed shuttle springs or doesn’t fit a perceived notion of what a women’s soccer player should look like, her skills are simply tossed aside...
Unfortunately, many of those young players can’t display their talents because their families don’t have the economic resources to pay for summer soccer camps and private professional trainers. And that’s where our system truly fails...
There is no such thing as economic exclusivity in other countries. The Brazilian Soccer Federation doesn’t even give their women’s program enough money to schedule friendlies or training matches. Yet there, they are showing a global audience how to truly play the game. Our system does a poor job of finding “diamonds-in-the-rough.” And the future doesn’t look so kind to our women either...
...don’t fret, 10-year-olds, yellow and blue soccer jerseys look better anyway...