“Listen, buddy, I don’t want to sound like I’m against American men’s soccer. I think it’s great that they’re out there doing their thing. It’s not real soccer, but who cares?”
Hey, son, can I talk to you for a sec? I know you’ve been having so much fun at soccer camp, and you mentioned wanting to play professionally, and I think that’s so great. Especially since you’re a boy. Honestly, when you first asked to take lessons, I was, like, “Really? Wow. Not ballet? All right. Good for you!”
But you get that there’s just really no place for men in American soccer long-term, right, son? Sure, there are some guys who do O.K., but your mom and I believe you’re capable of achieving such great things, and the glass ceiling on U.S. men’s soccer is about as tall as you are. Ha ha! I’m kidding but extremely serious.
Now, I know what you’re thinking: What about Lionel Messi? And to that I’ll say, “But you could only nameLook, when it comes down to it, maybe men just aren’tto play soccer. It’s not personal; it’s just biology. What if you got hurt? Men are more delicate than women. It’s simply a fact, son. We can’t take pain the way they can. Or what if you got dirty? Your clothes are so pretty; it’d be such a shame to ruin them.
Plus, it takes a lot to be the only guy at the top, as opposed to the countless women up there. Could things change someday? Why not?! If enough little boys work hard enough to be good, it’s possible that in ten, twenty, thirty years, the world will give them a shot. That could be fun! But, for now, it’s just not done.
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