RE: Story of a ball hog, and how it didn't help him in football / soccer at all

well often in the USA the college scouts have nothing but stats to go on when searching for soccer talent because even today it isn't a heavily watched or cared about sport in America. I would imagine that a lot of times the scouts feel as though they wasted time and money even bothering to go/travel to see these kids play. Also, a lot of scholarships are offered not because the school actually wants the team to do well but because they are legally required to not show preferential treatment only to sports like basketball and american football that make the university money.