streets of El Paso or Panhandle Florida and getting them on the pathway. I know they're saying that they're more thorough with the "non-traditional kids" but at least to date, I don't think we're seeing those kids even at the youth level (outside of the Latino kids in the soccer areas like Dallas).. but I'm also not super dialed in on the boys side.

The academy kids I'm seeing are just those excelling in club by age 12 to 14. I do think US soccer is fairly thorough in scouting the high end club scene. So even if you're in Idaho or Utah you'll have an opportunity to go to an MLS academy, etc through the local top clubs.

But there's a HUGE disadvantage for these club kids who aren't from the soccer hotspots (Dallas, Seattle, St. Louise, NJ, CA, etc) as evident by the disproportionate percent that hail from those areas on the national teams... Now when we're talking about non-club kids from non soccer metro areas, I think that chance is still almost zero.

With that said, I think resources would still be better spent building up whats been started from the academy side than focusing on missing the few athletes that don't have access.