Adu's Debut...

[NY_Skinsfan]

I was down in DC a during the minicamp weekend...I was at the bar in the hotel and started chatting with a German fellow about soccer...He claims to have been friends with Franz Beckenbauer (sp?)...one of the greatest German players ever...anyway he was telling me that the pro teams in Germany have junior teams all the way down to uder 8. I am not sure how they can spot talent in a 7 year old but they sure start training them young.

The one thing I hope Freddy will do is keep the interest of all the young kids in this country...If they grow up still playing and watching soccer, the sport might have a chance. The problem is people, as daseal said, like to play it rather than watch it...

I am one of the few people who actually would rather see a 1-0, 1-1, or 2-0 game rather than 110-98 like in basketball...whenever i watch basketball the last 3 minutes seem to take forever...I hate that. Just finish the game already