Atlanta Soccer News: Art, Music and Culture: Rundown on Georgia United

Lionel Messi, Cesc Fabregas, Gerard Pique, and Guiseppe Rossi.

All of these players have one thing in common. Well, yes, they are all world-class soccer players and the best at their position, but they also are products of European youth academies. Messi and Fabregas both coming from Barcelona's academy and Pique and Rossi both coming from Manchester United's academy.

In Europe, players are evaluated and signed at an early age (Georgia's own Cole Bowen wouldn't mind a contract). These players grow up in the academy system and are taught the same theories and tactics that the first team use.