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12-Year-Old Soccer Star?
Hillcrest Road —
Well, kinda. This kid's dad is the head coach, and he cried after a tackle, but he played first division football at an earlier age than Freddy Adu.
It's the silly season all right
No Short Corners —
* Steven Gerrard 's acquittal for affray is hard to believe given the six other accused weren't so lucky and he had confessed to throwing "two or three punches" and being "7/10" drunk according to the police's scale, where ten is paralytic. I'm a big Gerrard fan but not here. During the trial, Gerrard bamboozled the London media with a northern dialect word "mither" - meaning 'bother'. He also admitted getting wrecked on Bud - is that the best beer he can afford? *Still in Liverpool, Tim Howard's Everton's new 50,000-seat home is being delayed by acquatic rodents * UEFA's new-look Europa League is hotting up. Bnei Yehuda, Chern [image] o ...
12 year-old professional footballer
RedCafe.net —
The youngest ever professional footballer recently made his debut in the Bolivian league - picked by his dad (bless) Within a minute of coming on he was the victim of a reducer and then gave the bloke who clattered him a bitch-slap. Not the greatest debut ever.
Turns out he's a United fan.
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Julio Cesar Baldivieso resigns after club refuses to play his son
SoccerBlog.com —
If gymnasts as young as twelve or thirteen can compete in their senior national squads what stops a 12 year old child from playing professional soccer? Probably the fact that musculoskeletal maturity sets in at age 18 and peaks at 25 to 30 years of age. Having players tackling a player so young can result in serious injuries. Soccer is after all a contact sport. That is why there are age specific leagues and championships.
Julio Cesar Baldivieso who created a sensation by debuting his 12 year old son Mauricio last week for club Aurora in the Bolivian league resigned after the club refused to ...
