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Originally Posted by GirlySports
That's a very good question. That's the market side of the sport perhaps?
Bad agents? Not getting name recognition? These World U-20 championships are well scouted and Canada was there 3 tournaments in a row. I don't know. Stalteri playing in EPL and Bundesliga. Few others in the Bundesliga too. De Guzman with Deportivo La Coruna until coming back to Toronto. Players in the English Championship and Division 1.
But I know what you mean, other countries have players on bigger teams.
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I think the presence in the U20's is being overstated a bit. Canada performed pretty well in 2003, but has otherwise been stomped on at those tournaments. And presence alone doesn't necesarilly mean anything, not out of a weak qualifying area. There are world soccer powers who don't qualify for age restricted tournaments but feel little effect at the senior level, as well as weak senior teams who make a run at age restricted tournaments from time to time. IT's obviously better to be there than not, but it doesn't necesarilly indicate that the senior squad will experience success in the future.
BTW, sorry for the late edit on the previous post.
Pastiche, I like to read "The Spoiler", it's a decent mix of comedy and insight. Keeps my day moving along nicely.