If you've had any kind of significant injury that's caused you to miss playing time you probably know that you need to be healed from your injury and then you need to regain fitness for your sport before you can successfully get back to your game.

Last Sunday, U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann showed up at a breakfast for the 46 finalists of the 7Up Sueno Alianza National Finals presented by Verizon in Southern California. Here are excerpts from Klinsmann's advice to aspiring young soccer players:

One of the greatest players ever to wear the U.S. jersey -- and perhaps the most skillful -- now searches for future national team talent.

The NorCal Premier League, with nearly 200 Northern California clubs, covers an area that's larger than England and has one of the world's most ethnically and economically diverse populations. NorCal clubs range from those with million dollar budgets to ones that depend solely on volunteer staff. NorCal has launched a Club Outreach Project to aid clubs -- most of which serve Latino youth -- that struggle to meet the demands of the modern American youth soccer structure.

A few years ago I arrived at soccer practice in a bad mood for reasons I don't recall. The giggly girls hardly hit a decent pass during the warm-up rondos and I started barking.

No two children are alike and their dreams are as unique as their goals. So as thousands of high school students across the nation start school many will begin the exciting -- and at times overwhelming --process of preparing for college.

Dear Soccer-Playing Children of America,