“You have to see them a lot, meet them, look at character, how they act on field and off — do they argue with the ref, are they cheating on defense? Are they good teammates? How does hewarm up? Does he smile when he’s playing soccer? Does he love it? We want to weed through all the parents who think their kids are great and find the real special kids.”

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