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[QUOTE="Padutch5, post: 1728505, member: 3528"]
Somewhere I think I lost the point you are trying to make.  This topic is actually the topic of a lot of studies.  Let me try some points:
   Yes I think there are large swaths of fallen overlooked by US Soccer----and football and basketball and baseball.   That is not unique to soccer.
    Yes I think AAU basketball costs well in excess of $2000 per player.  Their travel is generally far in excess of that of soccer.  It is paid from many sources both above and under the table.
   If you can figure out why soccer isn't big in the inner city maybe you can help The experts figure out why baseball is dying in the same places.  The real pipeline today is either from suburbia, the Carribean  orJapan.  By the way, for whatever the reason  baseball is in deep trouble in the rich suburbs around the country.  The numbers of teams certainly in the Hartford suburbs is down significantly while soccer and lacrosse are up.  Bottom line-there is a whole lt more than economics or class at play.
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