U.S. Soccer can learn a lot from hockey

AreliusIII · 01-26-2006, 08:24 AM

http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/5274372?print=true

prk166 · 01-26-2006, 03:16 PM

Trekker makes it sounds like most NHL pros came through the college system. They don't. There are plenty of players out there that did play college in america. But there are a lot more that didn't.

Stucki · 01-26-2006, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by prk166

Trekker makes it sounds like most NHL pros came through the college system. They don't. There are plenty of players out there that did play college in america. But there are a lot more that didn't.

I think he is only talking about American players. Canadians and Euros obviously don't.

utah_heretic · 01-26-2006, 04:14 PM

There are still Americans that go through the juniors program and bypass college

prk166 · 01-27-2006, 09:25 AM

That may have held true awhile ago. But for a long time, decades for programs like the University of North Dakota, they have been bringing a lot of Canadians and other players in to the program. Some of which have gone on to the pros. So there are some exceptions there.

I can't think of an American off hand. But I wouldn't be suprised if there are some floating around the NHL that bypassed college. Last year when UND recruited Toews (if I'm thinking of the right one), there was speculation that he was going to hold off on signing for UND cuz some pro teams were interested. I'm thinking there are others who took that path.

Overall, it's Trekker so I'm just getting picky over what he's yappin' about cuz, well, I think he yaps too much. 🙂