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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Seriously, there's max 5 kids in the US who this question applies to.... (can check on topdrawersoccer)  or is this just about Pulisic?  [/quote]

There are scores of American players with dual citizenship in the youth national team pipeline.  Obviously no one knows what percentage will make senior teams for either country, but it goes way beyond Pulisic.[/quote]

Yes.  And many of these Americans have spent their childhood/teens living and playing abroad.  There are several of these top teen German/American players I've been reading about playing abroad in Germany currently and I am sure there are just as many of other nationalities as well.

Frankly, these kids are the future of our National teams---not the travel kids or even the US DA kids.[/quote]

Eh, there are a lot of DA kids not lucky enough to have dual citizenship who also have a good shot of being long-term contributors (Josh Sargent, Andrew Carleton, a number of kids on NYCFC's teams, etc.).  With respect to the dual citizens, we also have a wealth of Mexican Americans currently in DA clubs in California and Texas.  Hopefully most will choose the US (or have that as their only option in the end).[/quote]

There is a very big difference in the quality of those Dual Citizesn that grew up primarily abroad/playing vs the Americans that were trained/played here in the US only.  [/quote]

I'd agree that the training in many of the other countries is much better overall, but would not agree that all kids who benefited from that training are of higher quality than their DA/national team counterparts here. There are already many excellent US-based DA players getting good pro deals in their teens, and I expect the situation will continue to get better. [/quote]

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