This is posted on the UEFA( European Governing Body for Soccer- Football) web site. We could not have expressed it better:

Why play football? "Watch children playing the game and the reasons will be self-evident," says UEFA technical director Andy Roxburgh. "You will see a fascination for the ball, fluid movement, playfulness, co-operation, competition, challenge, commitment, celebrations, commiserations, enjoyment and an abundance of energy. Children love to play; to experience, through football, a joyous way of life.”

Kaveh - What formation would you like to use for the U23 team?

Simoes – A winning formation. For me usually that is a 4 – 2- 2. I like to have 11 forwards when attacking and 11 defenders when defending. The formula is very simple. There is only one ball. If we hold on to it, control the ball, pass around, opponent can’t get the ball and can’t attack us. When the opponent has the ball, we need to pressure them and force them in giving it up and prepare for transition.

Goal.com: How does MLS compare to those leagues?

Chinaglia: You’ve got to be kidding me. There is too much parity in MLS. The league can’t succeed with the current budget. If you have great players, then people will come to the stadiums. You think people give a s*&%t about [MLS Commissioner] Don Garber? It’s about the players.

Our satirical attempt to expose the  stupidities and vices of some soccer club's was misunderstood by a few people. To be clear - The Far Post Report story about "Brazilian Star to Norcal Club"  was a satire. We have had a few people respond angrily about the story and even refuse to forward the web site link as it promoted much that is wrong with soccer clubs. We apologize to anyone who was fooled but hope to continue to use this form of expression to expose the excesses of soccer in our area.

Satire is defined as: the use of humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule to expose and ridicule people's stupidity or vices...

This article appeared in Puro Football Soccer Magazine in 2005:

“I had a Mexican father tell me the clubs were “loco” because they traveled to San Diego when the kids could not even control the ball or did not even love the game. Imagine moving here from Mexico, signing your child up for soccer and realizing they only played from late August to late October and then most kids moved on to basketball and then baseball. Imagine that same family wanting their child to play more serious club soccer and finding out they had to travel to Sacramento, San Jose, Modesto, Fresno, San Bernardino, San Diego, and when they were older, Idaho, Florida and Phoenix. Imagine then choosing to play for a class III team and beating everyone in your league but not be allowed to move up to compete in leagues against other better teams because they are class I leagues and your team is labeled “class III”. This was the world of soccer before last year. The world moves teams up and down but in our area we give clubs and teams a monopoly. We believe all too often it is a monopoly of mediocrity.”