What does that have to do with anything? You think an American player is different because he has Salvadoran ancestry instead of another nationality? What can we learn from a soccer nation that has never won anything?
I have been mistreated by other mods in the past, I'm not accussing you of racism. I do believe is your job to give warnings to those who insulted me, did you do that? I have tried very hard not to retaliate but Im just tired of being a punching bag you know, some of these people are going too far.
AM has already admitted as such. His claim (based on jumping to conclusions, in my opinion) is that the mods are favoring other posters over him due to his race/ethnicity. By the way, given the anonymity of internet message boards, how can one even be certain that everyone else in a discussion is of a given race (in this case, white)?
You don't endlessly bring up Hugo Perez, you bring up El Salvador and streetball 'studs'. Perez was a good player for us, he wasn't world class. I'm not sure what we can learn from him as far as US soccer as a whole. If you have something to say about Hugo Perez and how his game can directly impact soccer in the USA then make that statement. You haven't made that yet. You talk about El Salvador like its Brazil when they've done nothing.
Well, you do the math. A lot of latin american users used to get banned everyday from bigsoccer. Those Asians that run bigsoccer must hate latin americans then.
So do you think that the fact that Flores has Salvadoran parents has nothing to do with his style of playing? Interesting.
The same thing we can learn from Hristo Stoitchkov. Namely--not much. Bulgaria is small, poor country where soccer is the #1 sport and there are always plenty of young guys out on the streets playing streetball. It has a history of far more success at the World Cup than El Salvador, in that it qualified more than twice, and the 94 team which featured Stoitchkov made it all the way to the semi-finals, a truly great accomplishment. It didn't add up to much, though. Bulgaria has failed to qualify for several WCs and several Euro Cups in a row. Their best domestic clubs aren't even that competitive in the Europa League. And from what our friends and family there tell us, the youth development in the country is in a shambles. The globe is full of small, poor countries where soccer is the #1 sport and the streets are full of kids and young people playing the beautiful game. That sort of thing isn't the key to success in soccer, it's just the raw material--a soccer culture in which the largest possible pool of possible players develop basic ball control skills and a love of the game. Once in awhile, these countries will produce a special player. In the long run, though, they'll never be anything but a flash in the pan until they put resources (financial and otherwise) into serious player development.
Point of order--pointing out that you are poor at making arugments isn't a personal attack. As demonstrated above; it's simply describing reality. I didn't talk about his "style of play". I talked about his development as a player. He played for one of the travel clubs here in Northern VA. He grew up in Manassas, which means he has been around a lot of Salvadorans and certainly played a lot of pickup with friends and family. That certainly had something to do with his development. Most of the kids my son plays pickup with are either Hispanic or African. Nobody is denying that playing street soccer HELPS. That's not the issue. The point is that playing in the streets gives you an opportunity to get more touches, AND the opportunity to try new things without pressure and to develop your own style. But that doesn't make you a great soccer player; it takes training and development--and STRUCTURE--to do that.
Doing "math" usually requires one to have actual "numbers". I've been a moderator for years, in many different forums, which means I have to check in with the Moderators-Only forum (don't bother looking--you don't have access) on a regular basis. If there any truth, AT ALL, to this claim, I would know about it. Weren't you just complaining about racism?
They do their math in the street, instead of packing it in with 10 statisticians behind the ball like in the English Maths League.
Disgraceful that he even asks. After all, you know you could be a great agent. You may not have been an agent to a single pro in your entire life, but you know you have the ability. You don't have to go round asking players to be their agent. With your talent, they'll call you.
That's the racegoat (get it ?) ... just claim it or blame it on white, and it isn't racist ... and clearly it's true.
The analogy I've heard is that developing soccer players (any sport, really) is like building an army. It's about numbers and money. All other things being equal, a large, wealthy country will do a better job.