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[quote=Anonymous]I watched some of the France v. Wales women’s qualifier last night. The main difference in the top Euro teams and the USWNT is the number of touches on the ball, the first touch, and the philosophy of play. US is not kickball, but it is more individualistic with a greater number of touches per instance of an individuals possession. US women take 2 or 3 touches on avg. vs top Euro teams that take 1-2 touches. So the ball moves around the field more quickly with top Euro squads. Second, they move off the ball into space more intuitively to enable less touches by their teammate with the ball. These two things feed and breed and support each other. Why is it this way?  Culture?  Individualism over the collective?  Even Euro basketball teams move the ball better than US teams, but there we are so overwhelmingly more talented we still win with our second or third rate teams. Not so much with soccer anymore, and with soccer there is a much larger playing space and many more players. If the USWNT played with fewer touches and moved off the ball like the top Euro teams, that would be the end of any other country having a chance against us. Period. But we don’t. So things will be more exciting. Not a big deal. Growing soccer professionally here in the states is not a big priority for our country.  So why does it really matter?  It is what it is. [/quote]

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