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Message: [QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 5099921, member: 405"] I kind of disagree with this. Soccer is the 4th most popular sport in terms of children's participation, and it's rising while football and baseball slowly decline. The problem is that beyond middle school / high school programs, the pay-for-play teams keep it suburban and bit elitist because of the cost of participation. Coaching also needs to be much more about skills on the ball, and tactics (how to line up, how to defend in space), and much less about "winning". It's like how AAU basketball has become all about playing tournaments, and not enough about skill development and coaching. [/QUOTE]