Quote: Maybe their parents will start to like it and the best athletes will start to play when they're young. I'm not talking about training I'm talking about playing and enjoying the game. When that happens across the country change is acoming....
I couldn't agree more. I grew up playing the big 3 sports(actually wrestling over basketball). I had never even watched a soccer match until my daughter started playing YMCA soccer at age 6. Eight years later it is my favorite sport and I don't go a day without watching it at some level. Unlike NASCAR, we don't have any big wrecks in soccer so its going to take some time to penetrate the more rural areas. Actually, I guess I have seen some pretty big wrecks on the high school stage. Their was a two car collision in the Mauldin/Dorman match up last night that almost sent them to the garage. These girls are tough.
Uncle Buck, I would agree that in the current climate money plays a large factor in the disparity among teams, but the only way we can eliminate that is to continue to grow the sport. If it can become commonplace everywhere, there will be good teams everywhere.
