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International Kickers

PostPosted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 3:54 pm
by expony18
Why doesn't anyone take recruiting outside of the U.S. and recruit some young soccer stars to come kick in the States? Or has this been done already?

Re: International Kickers

PostPosted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 3:55 pm
by CalallenStang
expony18 wrote:Why doesn't anyone take recruiting outside of the U.S. and recruit some young soccer stars to come kick in the States? Or has this been done already?


Sebastian Janikowski.

Re: International Kickers

PostPosted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 4:00 pm
by expony18
CalallenStang wrote:
expony18 wrote:Why doesn't anyone take recruiting outside of the U.S. and recruit some young soccer stars to come kick in the States? Or has this been done already?


Sebastian Janikowski.


He went to high school in Florida....

PostPosted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 4:01 pm
by EastStang
Jan Stenerud.

Re: International Kickers

PostPosted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 4:11 pm
by mrydel
expony18 wrote:Why doesn't anyone take recruiting outside of the U.S. and recruit some young soccer stars to come kick in the States? Or has this been done already?


Young soccer stars outside of the United States are busy playing the largest followed sport in the world. The good ones probably would not want to give up soccer and a chance to be on a world stage to sit on the sidelines hoping for a chance to get into a game once in a while and if you miss you are ridiculed.

PostPosted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 4:45 pm
by Corso
The Gramatica brothers are of Argentine descent, although I don't know if they actually lived there or grew up in the States....

Re: International Kickers

PostPosted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 3:30 pm
by expony18
mrydel wrote:
expony18 wrote:Why doesn't anyone take recruiting outside of the U.S. and recruit some young soccer stars to come kick in the States? Or has this been done already?


Young soccer stars outside of the United States are busy playing the largest followed sport in the world. The good ones probably would not want to give up soccer and a chance to be on a world stage to sit on the sidelines hoping for a chance to get into a game once in a while and if you miss you are ridiculed.


as the most followed sport in the world... it also has more people around the world trying to "Make It." but more times then not young players spend there time in the developmental leagues with slim chances to ever make it.

PostPosted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 4:41 pm
by me@smu
Corso wrote:The Gramatica brothers are of Argentine descent, although I don't know if they actually lived there or grew up in the States....


Martin and Bill both went to LaBelle high school in Florida. Martin didn't play football until his senior year though.