Replies to post #180693 on Tornado Alley (PROG)

[oldberkeley]

That's a complicated questions (what isn't these days? :-)) but in general it involves age groups, the policy of the club, the PR importance to the nation (think China and Korea) and the very convoluted relationship between the World Cup & Olympic soccer.

This article might help a bit:

http://www.ussoccerplayers.com/ussoccerplayers/2012/07/basketball-asks-the-olympic-soccer-question.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Ussoccerplayers+%28USSoccerPlayers%29