JimJohnson
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Not sure if any of you saw this but at the start of the World Cup, Outside The Lines was doing a story on the Brazil Soccer Program. The country is filled with agents roaming the beaches looking for the next child star. Apparently Brazil's current star, Neymar, was recruited at the age of 6. When the agents find these kids, they go to the parents and tell them that they want the kid to be in their soccer academy and pay the kid 40 to 50 bucks a week which is usually more than the parents are making so the parents obviously say "go for it."
Not sure how the USA can ever get to that level when Brazil has 6 year olds dedicating their entire existence to the pursuit of professional soccer.
Not sure how the USA can ever get to that level when Brazil has 6 year olds dedicating their entire existence to the pursuit of professional soccer.