@nj_gamecock@GlomsCards It's insane I came back east and discovered what Usabl is and how they just destroyed little league but they're just like raking in the money from these parents thinking they got the next ohtani
Landon Donovan says America is missing soccer talent because kids can’t afford to play.
“Only 2% of kids playing organized soccer in America came from households that made less than $50,000.”
“If you don’t make $50,000, your kid cannot play organized soccer.”
“Think about how many kids you’re missing out on in this country because they can’t afford to play the game.”
“There is zero chance I could have played club soccer.”
“My mom made $34,000 a year, single mom raising three kids.”
“She couldn’t pay $4,000 for me to play club. Are you kidding? She couldn’t pay $400.”
“That’s not a good system to create good players.”
@nj_gamecock@GlomsCards I just read about what Dallas is doing with youth hockey and 😭🤮🤮🤮I see it with my little cousin too he's all state in baseball as a freshman but the opportunities are expensive ASF and he chose to work over summer league teams while lesser players just do that all summer lol
@Shapalicious@JokerMagic24 I can't disagree with that but I feel like val is gonna go to Europe and he despite being good in the regular season was truly absymal in the playoffs lol head was never here in my eyes. If they just Peyton and don't get another defender then I'll be mad lol
- robbed 4 ballon d'ors (lewandowski, sneijder, van dijk, and haaland)
- won a rigged world cup surrounded by biased officiating where your team received a record five penalties in a single tournament
- robbed the 2014 world cup golden ball
- received human growth hormone treatment, which gave you a long-term athletic advantage
- played for a club that paid millions to companies linked to negreira, the vice-president of spain's refereeing committee, during one of the most successful periods in its history
- benefited from controversial refereeing in major champions league ties, including chelsea (2009), real madrid (2011), and psg (2017) no name a few
“greatest of all time” my ass.