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HokieFan14

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It's simple...what do our best athletes want to be when they grow up?


A lot of soccer fans don't like to hear this, but there are about 5 or 6 sports ahead of soccer. When I was in high school 20 years ago, the soccer team purposely had their try outs the week after all other spring teams made their cuts. Why? So the athletes who were cut from other teams could try out for the soccer team. And, my high school had some halfway decent soccer teams over the years.

Our best athletes are rarely going to pick soccer over football, basketball, baseball, hockey, etc.

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Posted: 06/12/2019 at 11:32AM


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