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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All of the points people are making here are interesting, but I don't think they are realistic or constructive. Soccer and youth sports in the US are different than the rest of the world. That's a strength ! We should lean into our strengths and not try to imitate something we are not and will never be. The US formula can work in other sports. It works fairly well in women's soccer. Focus on what we can be great at and design our strategy, development, and rosters based on those strengths. Differentiate based on strengths, not a watered down version of somebody else.[/quote]

Women's soccer works because of title ix. Now that pro leagues are starting to gain traction in europe, I doubt the US keeps its edge on the women's side [/quote]
People have been predicting the demise of women's soccer for years. Last time I checked they just won a gold medal in the olympics and have a young roster with a fantastic new coach. No reason to think they won't remain competitive for the next 5-10 years.[/quote]

As long as there is someone there to make the right decisions, but the USWNT is in its own ecosystem that isn't fully reflective of how the youth game operates. There are also a ton of reasons that soccer culture doesn't permeate here making it very difficult for the sport to even sniff the big 3 or even hockey which I would argue is above soccer in this country.[/quote]

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