How a soccer star is made (Article NY Times)

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10 page article + short vid.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/06/magazine/06Soccer-t.html?pagewanted=1&ref=soccer

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But one element of the academy’s success is that the boys are not overplayed, so the hours at De Toekomst are all business. Through age 12, they train only three times a week and play one game on the weekend. “For the young ones, we think that’s enough,” Riekerink said when we talked in his office one day. “They have a private life, a family life. We don’t want to take that from them. When they are not with us, they play on the streets. They play with their friends. Sometimes that’s more important. They have the ball at their feet without anyone telling them what to do.”

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[Soju]

Good article. This sums up a lot of what's wrong with our way and what's right with theirs imo: “Here (Netherlands), we would rather polish one or two jewels than win games at the youth levels.”

[alberta white]

Good article. This sums up a lot of what's wrong with our way and what's right with theirs imo: “Here (Netherlands), we would rather polish one or two jewels than win games at the youth levels.”

FC Edmonton...We have Dutch coaches. fingers crossed ay?

We also have billy the fish in goal.. Champion!