You might want to reconsider.
When I see American kids playing soccer, I see kids who, if not for soccer, would be playing baseball. I see kids who, if not for soccer, would have become tommorrow's high school, college, and professional baseball players.
That's why I HATE soccer.
So a kid prefers one sport over another. Big deal. Who knows if that "kid" would even be good at baseball?
I dont understand the point of your post.
That's an unfounded fear. Athletic kids will play multiple sports. I played 3 different ones on an organized level and at least 2 more on an unorganized (sandlot) basis.
They still might become tomorrow's baseball players, most athletic kids play multiple sports, and a lot of highly successful athletes recommend to parents to have their kids play multiple sport to prevent burnout and to expand their overall athleticism. Wayne Gretzky says a lot of his success in hockey is because of the amount of time he spent playing lacrosse, caused him to view the game differently and handle his stick differently. And really who cares which sport they grow up to play if they grow up to play any at all, isn't the important part that they have a long, productive, healthy, fulfilling life; the youth of today does have a purpose for later other than providing sports fans with entertainment.
Soccer is pushed on kids in elementary school because it's a sport that anyone can play and not look too bad at. Anyone can run around a field and kick a ball with little or no practice. Baseball requires a variety of skills, such as running fast, hitting a ball with a bat, throwing accurately and catching. Educators hate baseball because it makes some kids look bad. The same is true of football.
Soccer doesn't hurt a kids self-esteem and that's why deep down many Americans resent soccer. It's associated with the namby pamby, feel good, style over substance liberalism.