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[Plyaz @Plyaz_]

Sports tech keeps selling sharper tools to clubs chasing the top 1%. Fair enough. PLYAZ is building for the ~10,000 academy players released every year who vanish from the dashboard the moment they get cut. Visibility, staged funding, trials. The other side of football.

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most academy crowdfunding is one sad post, one payout, then the player's back to zero once it stops trending. we broke PLYAZ funding into stages instead: trial booked, contract signed, next trial. money shows up when it's earned, not when the story's still fresh.

[Plyaz @Plyaz_]

a golf simulator company just sold for $530M. sports tech money is very real. it just never reaches the 18 year old who got released and can't afford a trial abroad. that's the layer PLYAZ funds. backers fund one next step, money releases when the milestone is verified.

[Plyaz @Plyaz_]

Nearly 10,000 academy players get released in England every year. Most vanish off the radar once the club stops paying attention. PLYAZ ties backer funding to real milestones, a trial secured, a contract signed, so money only moves when the comeback is real.

[Plyaz @Plyaz_]

academies release 99% of the players they sign before age 21. we built funding infra for the other 10,000, not the 1% everyone posts about. milestone crowdfunding: trial secured, contract signed, first appearance. money moves when something real happens.

[Plyaz @Plyaz_]

@OneFootball @PolymarketFC France at 23% and Argentina at 20% makes sense. But England at 10% with Kane in this form should not be ignored. This tournament is wide open.

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@FabrizioRomano Grimaldo to Atletico is smart business. Pace, delivery, set pieces and a proper left back. 20m for a player at his level is a steal.

[Plyaz @Plyaz_]

@433 James Rodriguez in 2014 was a different level. That tournament he was unstoppable and he gave Colombia one of their best World Cup runs ever.

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@OneFootball Not getting a Ronaldo vs Messi quarterfinal hurts. But a final would be even better. If it happens it would be the greatest game ever played.

[Plyaz @Plyaz_]

@OneFootball Canada went from 2 World Cup goals across 40 years to 9 in a single tournament. That is a completely different era of Canadian football. Incredible growth.

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@OneFootball Deschamps getting 17 wins as a World Cup manager is ridiculous. The record will probably stand for decades. France have been a machine under him.

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@OneFootball Kane is a machine. 11 World Cup goals and he has just surpassed Lineker. England's all time top scorer at a World Cup. Class.

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@OneFootball Messi at 39 is still producing magic. 6 goals in 4 games is insane. The GOAT debate is over.

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@OneFootball Messi is just unstoppable. Every game he proves why he is the greatest.

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@433 Messi is the blueprint. Every generation gets a GOAT but he's on another level.

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@OneFootball Argentina always shows up when it matters. The World Cup is their home turf.

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@ChelseaFC One of the greatest midfielders of his generation. Happy birthday Frank Lampard.

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@OneFootball Jonathan David is criminally underrated on the world stage. Canada fans know what they have.