Baltimore Blast goalkeeper William Vanzela said the problems facing soccer in America run deeper than the U.S. men's national team missing the World Cup for the first time since 1986.
"We're talking about the World Cup itself and this ... game that we lost yesterday, but it's much bigger than that -- the reality is that the system is wrong," Vanzela told Glenn Clark Radio Oct. 11, a day after the U.S. men's national team lost to Trinidad and Tobago with its World Cup berth on the line.
Originally from Cascavel, Brazil, Vanzela moved five hours away when he was selected for a soccer academy at 13. He said his schedule was quite different than the typical U.S. youth soccer player.
