Jamaica vs USMNT in DC last night...

[Anonymous]

Further, it took a good year to hire GB. Shouldn’t the figuring out have taken place then? Not on the cusp of the Gold Cup? What does that say about the level of preparation? Mexico is purring, with a new coach. Thank goodness we didn’t have to defend Leon Bailey.

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US Youth Soccer is horrible. Look at the DA. Those aren’t the best America has. In Arlington Or Loudoun (before they lost it)- it was always pure athleticism/physicality before they’ve even had a wet dream and/or politics. Always been, always will be.

Read the Atlantic magazine article bout Sidwell Friends scandal that came out yesterday.Those are the same type of parents controlling soccer rosters.

Oh yes-they dominate at 14/15, but can’t trap a ball if their life depended on it.

[Anonymous]

Jamacia beat Mexico in 2017 gold cup... they did put 11 players on the field that could beat mexico. You can't do that without having some talent.

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It was more how poorly the US played, not so much about Jamaica having some talent. Poor passing, poor trapping, poor game plan. I believe our u20 team would have beaten both those teams the other night. They move the ball quickly, trap and pass well, show creativity, and have several players that can beat people one on one (de la Fuente), shoot accurately from distance (Mendez), beat people one on two (Weah), and finish (Soto). The senior team the other night had none, or at least none that were involved significantly. I can only attribute this to player selection and preparation which all goes back to coaching.

Anyhow, the senior team, in a meaningful competition, needs the four players mentioned above plus Pulisic, Sargent, Adams, and W. McKennie. Still need to figure out keeper and the defense (but Miazga and Yedlin are a start). 4-3-3. Weah, Sargent, Pulisic up front (Soto as a sub). Adam’s, McKennie, De La Fuente in mid (Mendez as a sub). Rest is tbd but try all the options over the next year while keeping a consistent core of the midfield and forwards in these games to create rythym and synergy. Also, Ramos as coach if Berhalter doesn’t win the gold cup or at least get to the finals. Only Costa Rica and Mexico should seriously challenge us in that competition. Even with a B team.

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Anonymous wrote:US Youth Soccer is horrible. Look at the DA. Those aren’t the best America has. In Arlington Or Loudoun (before they lost it)- it was always pure athleticism/physicality before they’ve even had a wet dream and/or politics. Always been, always will be.

Read the Atlantic magazine article bout Sidwell Friends scandal that came out yesterday.Those are the same type of parents controlling soccer rosters.

Oh yes-they dominate at 14/15, but can’t trap a ball if their life depended on it.

+1
The kids that win games at 10 and 12 are NOT the kids who win games at age 20.

If you focus on winning at young ages you’re sabotaging development.

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Anonymous wrote:US Youth Soccer is horrible. Look at the DA. Those aren’t the best America has. In Arlington Or Loudoun (before they lost it)- it was always pure athleticism/physicality before they’ve even had a wet dream and/or politics. Always been, always will be.

Read the Atlantic magazine article bout Sidwell Friends scandal that came out yesterday.Those are the same type of parents controlling soccer rosters.

Oh yes-they dominate at 14/15, but can’t trap a ball if their life depended on it.

Way to ignore that the DA produced nearly every player on the U20 team that doing really well right now. Most of them are playing in Europe, and are pretty good at trapping the ball.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:US Youth Soccer is horrible. Look at the DA. Those aren’t the best America has. In Arlington Or Loudoun (before they lost it)- it was always pure athleticism/physicality before they’ve even had a wet dream and/or politics. Always been, always will be.

Read the Atlantic magazine article bout Sidwell Friends scandal that came out yesterday.Those are the same type of parents controlling soccer rosters.

Oh yes-they dominate at 14/15, but can’t trap a ball if their life depended on it.

Way to ignore that the DA produced nearly every player on the U20 team that doing really well right now. Most of them are playing in Europe, and are pretty good at trapping the ball.

LA Galaxy recently fired the coach who produced Mendez and Llanez. He developed them since they were U11 or younger, as well as Efrain Alvarez who plays for Mexico's youth national team and a number of other US youth team players. It is a handful of coaches who produce talented players despite the flawed system.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:US Youth Soccer is horrible. Look at the DA. Those aren’t the best America has. In Arlington Or Loudoun (before they lost it)- it was always pure athleticism/physicality before they’ve even had a wet dream and/or politics. Always been, always will be.

Read the Atlantic magazine article bout Sidwell Friends scandal that came out yesterday.Those are the same type of parents controlling soccer rosters.

Oh yes-they dominate at 14/15, but can’t trap a ball if their life depended on it.

Way to ignore that the DA produced nearly every player on the U20 team that doing really well right now. Most of them are playing in Europe, and are pretty good at trapping the ball.

LA Galaxy recently fired the coach who produced Mendez and Llanez. He developed them since they were U11 or younger, as well as Efrain Alvarez who plays for Mexico's youth national team and a number of other US youth team players. It is a handful of coaches who produce talented players despite the flawed system.

Uh huh

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To top off the farce, Sargent doesn’t get called to the U23 camp. WHAT ARE WE DOING?!? Our future at striker got kept out of the U20 World Cup just so he could be kept out of the Gold Cup, now this. He doesn’t get enough playing time at Bremen according to Berhalter, so the solution is to make him sit by the pool when there’s 3 different national teams he could be playing or training with atm? This is pathetic.

[Anonymous]

...”playing in Europe”...
What age did Pulisic leave the US?

[Anonymous]

The touch was mediocre, but it was the passing that was awful. Like regularly passing nowhere near the target, or to no one at all. Was comical at moments.

Really wish someone would do a video mashup of all the bad psses.

[Anonymous]

Yeah, and can we stop looking to Mexico as an example of how to do things right? Trying to play Mexican soccer will get us...to the quarterfinals of the WC. Where we’ve already been.

[Anonymous]

If only we were looking at Mexico or anyone that does things properly. Honestly US Soccer leadership is just winging it at this point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:...”playing in Europe”...
What age did Pulisic leave the US?

He joined Dortmund at 16, which is a critical age for soccer development.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To top off the farce, Sargent doesn’t get called to the U23 camp. WHAT ARE WE DOING?!? Our future at striker got kept out of the U20 World Cup just so he could be kept out of the Gold Cup, now this. He doesn’t get enough playing time at Bremen according to Berhalter, so the solution is to make him sit by the pool when there’s 3 different national teams he could be playing or training with atm? This is pathetic.

They are sending a message because he did not sign with MLS but went to Bremen instead. It is petty and vindictive.