http://espn.go.com/sports/soccer/news/_/id/5933045/how-qatar-became-player-world-soccer
The article talks about the small oil rich nation of Qatar and how they are sending scouts like Joseph Colomer around the world to discover youth soccer players. According to Colomer he travels on over 160 international flights a year to places like Gautemala, Brazil, and other developing countries to see if he can recruit the youngsters into the Qatar Football School. The School is fastly becoming a pipeline for impoverished youths to grow and become star players in some of the world's premiere soccer clubs like Manchester United.
Most interestingly is the fact that the scouts are traveling to smaller towns and cities to find as the authour wrote " "There's no question that all countries have talent," Colomer said. "What happens is that sometimes the players live in villages that are very far from the capital and no one goes to see them, or their families are poor and don't have the resources to get them into football schools so they can be seen." I agree that many times of the players with the most ability and work ethic don't get discovered because their community lacks the resources or population to recieve attention from the outside world.Also I was a fan of the author's use of imagery to describe how the Football Dreams program changes lives.
The article talks about the small oil rich nation of Qatar and how they are sending scouts like Joseph Colomer around the world to discover youth soccer players. According to Colomer he travels on over 160 international flights a year to places like Gautemala, Brazil, and other developing countries to see if he can recruit the youngsters into the Qatar Football School. The School is fastly becoming a pipeline for impoverished youths to grow and become star players in some of the world's premiere soccer clubs like Manchester United.
Most interestingly is the fact that the scouts are traveling to smaller towns and cities to find as the authour wrote " "There's no question that all countries have talent," Colomer said. "What happens is that sometimes the players live in villages that are very far from the capital and no one goes to see them, or their families are poor and don't have the resources to get them into football schools so they can be seen." I agree that many times of the players with the most ability and work ethic don't get discovered because their community lacks the resources or population to recieve attention from the outside world.Also I was a fan of the author's use of imagery to describe how the Football Dreams program changes lives.
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