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Message: [QUOTE="OrangePA, post: 1078539, member: 204"] Until fairly recently, with the advent of USA access to EPL, La Liga, Serie A etc, Americans, for years and years have assessed soccer on the basis of what they see while attending the games of their kids - a kick and chase game that lacks the skill, possession and beauty of the game. Americans for years have watched 22 kids swarm and swat at a ball and have come to believe that that is the game the rest of the world loves. And that is entirely untrue - a completely misguided understanding of what the game actually is. Now that Americans are seeing high quality soccer with tremendous possession, tremendous skill and tremendous athleticism, they are learning that the game is not what they watch on weekends at the local school field. And that along with the continued growth of MLS is what will change everything in this country - it's happening now. [/QUOTE]