Perhaps you're speaking Swahili?

A direct quote from your post...

"SoccerBlog is lamenting the lack of coverage...and complains about the drought of goals. But not all soccer in America is 'goal challenged.'"

My son's team....yadda yadda yadda..."Who says goal scoring is not part of soccer?".

You are comparing the draught of goals in MLS with the plethora of goals on your son's U10 team. Did I miss that point?

I am merely saying that comparing an abundance of goals on a U10 team to the lack of scoring in MLS is a silly comparison. If I missed the point, then you need to 'splain it again, Lucy. Because you then go on a rant about how many kids are dropping out of sports from 6th to 9th grade, and how do things change that leads to this, a real social policy diatribe. You were talking about goal scoring versus NOT goal scoring! Your blog on social policy and the youth sports climate is RIGHT ON, and I take no issue with it. But that was not what you were talking about, you were talking about "well, even though there is a dearth of goals in the MLS, there is a cornacoppia of scoring on my U10 team!" Get your arguments straight dood...

Now, about your social policy post, I can give you a HUGE reason why kids are dropping out. Sports aren't fun for the kids. You should see the crazed screaming psycho sports parents stalking the sidelines during games, even for 10 year olds. They scream at the kids, coach the kids, yell at the kids, howl at the other parents (how many fights?); it's pathetic, but that is the sports climate we have fostered in this country. WIN WIN WIN. BE A PRO, MAKE A TON OF MONEY! GET A COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP! We make it a job, when it should just be fun for the kids, serious later. There is so much pressure on the kids these days to win and perform and get better, we forget how much fun they really WANT it to be. So we, as parents, take the joy out of the game, and the kids lose interest. Having a daughter who decided to give up soccer after years of scoring goals and being an all star and making the "A" level travelling team, I know this closely. The coach making comments about her weight as she hit her teenage years (little 13 year old poundage gain), playing favorites, the pressure, the cliques, all turned her off to the game she so loved since she was little. Now she's an alternate band loving ("Death Cab for Cutie"???) eye piercing wanting artsy fartsy young lady who loves nothing more than to just chill in front of the TV or window shopping at Sephora. Almost like a rebellion against the mainstream...and her father. :)

THAT, I agree with Tilam on. Perhaps I missed his point, or perhaps he needs to explain it better.

Oh, and for the record, in little league, I only had ONE hit that season. So "swinging the bat" for me is, in reality, stretching it a bit.

ROFL!