Submitted by Chip Stencel, Aug 8, 2007 07:51

I would hope that if you are a talented enough player to play for your youth national team, that you would want to eventually play the game at the highest level. That isnt the MLS.

We are very fortunate to live in a country that hosts some of the best leagues in the world for baseball, basketball and hockey. Not soccer.

The only way to take your game to the next level is to compete against the best. The best happen to be in Europe and South America. Who can blame these guys. Oh yea, the money's good too...

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