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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am not sure why you are trying to focus on FCB.  Didn't I specifically ask to ignore what FCB is doing and focus on FC Damm?  FCB is in the video simply to show that a small well-coached club without a professional team can play positive soccer against elite level opposition without losing composure or tripping over the ball or having terrible touches.   Are you saying that Loudoun and Arlington are more organized and press better than kids from La Masia?   FC Damm players have space because they are intelligent in their movement, positioning and decision-making.  They do not bunch up on one side of the field as the players do in the DA video.  They also have proper passing and receiving technique with the ball rolling on the ground and not bouncing or flying in the air so it is easier to control.  What's the next excuse? [/quote]

There are no excuses.  In the DA video I saw, there was much more pressing than the young buys were doing, which will lead to more errors on average no matter who is playing.  That's why you press hard.  I have watched plenty of DA games in person and spacing is not an issue.   I'm focused on FCB because you keep posting FCB videos.[/quote]

You know, when I look at that Loudoun-ARL game and compare with the Spanish games, the thing that strikes me the most is that this is more a style of play difference.  Poster above favors the style that the Spanish teams are playing.  The DA players are more physical and take more risks with the ball.  I saw many examples of the DA players not playing the safe pass but being aggressive.  Poster attributes this as a bad decision, but it's just a risk.  Sometimes this works out and other times it doesn't.  Loudoun in particular does a good job of possessing the ball after settling down the game in the opening minutes.  Arlington has success playing the ball forward in combination.

I think it comes back to culture.  Americans by nature are much more physical and aggressive than Spaniards, and it shows in the style of play.  There's no reason a physical and aggressive team couldn't beat a finesse team, assuming player skill is similar on both sides.  There is no right or wrong style, they are just different, and each has its positives and negatives.[/quote]

Except that’s what our USMNT has been doing forever with zero success.  Soccer is just not a purely brawn sport. That’s why we do so poorly on the International stage.  We can exploit our physicality all we want. It’s not getting the job done.

And Spaniards play with a 5-second rule (some say 3 seconds) where if they lose the ball they do anything to get it back immediately.  You are sorely mistaken if you don’t see the physicality of Spanish teams when that happens. Puyol, Sergio Ramos,,,, come on man.[/quote]

Wow, the defense of the Spanish here is incredible.  The (accurate) finesse comment was on the video of little boys playing soccer, not Puyol and Sergio Ramos.

This isn't about the USMNT and it isn't about pure brawn.  No one can say the DA video shows two teams playing on pure brawn.  Yes, we aren't getting the job done because we are at a cultural disadvantage which has been discussed many, many times here.  Unless your solution is for our players to move to Spain from birth so they can imbibe the culture, I think this debate on Spanish youth clubs is a complete waste of time.  Our players will continue to be born and grow up here, so the onus to create the ideal environment is on us as parents.   We have this conversation if/when all the other destination sports in the country have been eclipsed, this is a different conversation entirely.   We just aren't there yet.

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Yea.  You said that before, but never answered the poster that said they have created that environment, for generations.  What are they supposed to do wait decades for other parents to do the same?  Saying it over and over again does no good.  The onus should also be on the Clubs they are paying a shitload of $ to, to properly develop their kids and have the knowledge how to properly teach the sport.  It does no good when two families in a team of 16 have created the environment and all the others are screaming send it and cheering when a U10/11 goalie has a big punt.  The CLUB should be doing something.  Let’s blame it all on the parents and keep asking for more $....[/quote]

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