USSDA is progressing boys development, college is the depriment to american soccer, we have plenty of good young soccer players that are left behind in the ages of 18 and 22 not 10 to 17 in pure soccer development, I already said that, and I stand by it. and US soccer happens to agree, hence they are in repair mode.
our u23 team is made up of mostly what? college players? players who have to subsidise their own trg and hope they can catch on to a pdl team close by to get additional playing time and exposure during A LOT of soccer down time? Our u23 compete against international teams who have you know academy and professional players?
My assumptions are closer to reality than your assumptions of a womens league that will supposedly never prosper.
With only 10 teams in the NWSL 6 now have a direct player pipeline through DA, that is 60% and it will grow as will the league. it is only a matter of time before more young men sign pro contracts at 18 and bypass college and that dumb draft and women will follow suit, it is the natural progression. MLS and NWSl will grow, they will create jobs, they will create even more soccer interest, it will create soccer minds and with that will come more player opportunities. Expansions will come and with that new academies will form. how do you know what goes on behind the scenes and what new affiliations are being formed? How do we know what the actuall criteria were to be selected into DA, one would assume a path to professional soccer is one.
I'm not stretching this discussion more by adding additional topics such as you wanting to play for free and the history of german soccer academies. I played in Germany until 1996 and yes it was free.
That is it for me my man, this discussion with you is going nowhere because you do not have an open mind and you don't believe in growth and creating additional opportunities for others.
Good luck with your outlook.
