🎙️ Miroslav Klose: "I said stop playing football because I no longer recognised it. Today, young players think about other things. As a child, I only thought about training and becoming someone in this sport that I always loved. At Lazio and in the national team, after each training session, I put myself in a bathtub full of ice to avoid injuries. But the young players on the team systematically refused.
When they saw me picking up the bags of balls to put them away at the end of training, they said to me 'But who tells you to do that?'.
At that moment, I said to myself: 'You're 20 years old and you can't help a 60-year-old worker?'
They care more about whether their boots go with their socks. That's why I said stop. The football I knew no longer exists.
Today's young players think first of cars, contracts with their sponsors, and their new boots. It is only after all these things that football comes. For them, their image is the most important thing. Whereas for me, all that mattered was football in its purest form.”
Could not be prouder of my friends and colleagues, Kendra Halterman and Rich Sparling. Their dedication to the continued growth of the game is inspiring.
📰 The #WPSL announced today that Kendra Halterman will be the league’s new commissioner moving forward as the WPSL prepares for its 25th season.
Full release: https://t.co/foAtV0MsbG
All set up and ready to go at the @UnitedCoaches Conference in Philly!
Stop by and see us, and post a 📸 with the Jerry Zanelli 🏆 (and tag us) for a chance to win a #WPSL prize pack!
#PHL23#HerGame
We have one 🇺🇸 to give away! 🎁
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RT and tag a friend who would help Nic Cage steal the Declaration of Independence!
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The largest women’s soccer league in the world is still growing!
Opportunities now exist for expansion clubs in select markets for the 2023 season.
⚽️ Learn more: https://t.co/elFUGApxzy
@tKCyclone To clarify, I was referring to the cooperation it takes to get the players/staffs/teams there and representing their countries to the best of their abilities. Not the organizers or hosts, who history will judge.
@tKCyclone Can we find a balance? Can we continue to see the event as the incredible showcase of human cooperation it has become, but still shine the brightest possible light on all the work still to be done?