Comments on: Video: Wonder goal from kids in their wonder years http://prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/10/video-wonder-goal-from-kids-in-their-wonder-years/ Tue, 21 May 2013 10:08:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: crnelson10 http://prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/10/video-wonder-goal-from-kids-in-their-wonder-years/comment-page-1/#comment-7991 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:27:43 +0000 http://prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/?p=171118#comment-7991 I’m not going to make a joke about the USMNT, but after seeing that pitch- next time we don’t Barcelona the hell out of Antigua and Barbuda in the Caribbean, I may have to revisit this post.

]]> By: Steve Davis http://prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/10/video-wonder-goal-from-kids-in-their-wonder-years/comment-page-1/#comment-7982 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 18:59:43 +0000 http://prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/?p=171118#comment-7982 No worries… It WAS rather silly, putting up the a “goal” video without actually showing the, you know, goal! When I created the link, I just grabbed the wrong one.

]]> By: cdhoeger http://prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/10/video-wonder-goal-from-kids-in-their-wonder-years/comment-page-1/#comment-7981 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 18:52:05 +0000 http://prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/?p=171118#comment-7981 Thanks Steve, I wasn’t trying to be snarky or anything, hope it didn’t come across that way. I figured that it was just the wrong video. Reading it again I could have been much more tactful in the way I said it, sorry about that. Thanks for all the wonderful content.

]]> By: wesbadia http://prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/10/video-wonder-goal-from-kids-in-their-wonder-years/comment-page-1/#comment-7980 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 18:32:52 +0000 http://prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/?p=171118#comment-7980 The only ones that will truly and fully appreciate this video are those that have coached U12 or U10 teams and know how insanely hard it is to teach proper passing and trapping techniques. Most kids are there because their parents make them or they like to play “sports”, ie, not soccer. The fact that these kids can exhibit not only the basic passing/trapping skills, but ball control, on/off-ball movement, individual effort, and the soccer intellect that only years of playing at the highest levels can give you speaks volumes about how good they really are. Props to not only the coach who made this possible, but to the kids that are actually invested in the sport like this.

And that’s what separates “us” from “them” in other areas of the world…

]]> By: Steve Davis http://prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/10/video-wonder-goal-from-kids-in-their-wonder-years/comment-page-1/#comment-7977 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:12:30 +0000 http://prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/?p=171118#comment-7977 Apologies. I put up the wrong link. It’s update now … this video actually shows the finish of the passing sequence, with touches in the attacking third (including taking on a defender, a wonderful pass and the solid finish).

]]> By: whordy http://prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/10/video-wonder-goal-from-kids-in-their-wonder-years/comment-page-1/#comment-7976 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:37:17 +0000 http://prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/?p=171118#comment-7976 *joke about how they play better that the usa mens nt*

]]> By: cdhoeger http://prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/10/video-wonder-goal-from-kids-in-their-wonder-years/comment-page-1/#comment-7974 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:21:11 +0000 http://prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/?p=171118#comment-7974 So, this video is just a bunch of kids passing around in their own half after a kickoff…nice bit of skill from the keeper to not get his pocket picked and some nice one-touch soccer, but not a single touch in the attacking half, much less a “wonder goal”…

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