Soccer academies offer hope of stardom, demand sacrifice

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A promising goalkeeper who was being monitored by European clubs. A defender who hoped to become a professional player like his cousin. A forward who wanted to follow in the footsteps of international striker Diego Costa.
Each carried similar goals and hopes. Each left family behind to try to make it as a professional player. Each dreamed of one day becoming the next Brazilian soccer star.
And they were closer to making it than most Brazilian youngsters, having reache