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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I honestly do not see a single rah rah person here on the USMNT.  I’m struggling to find those posts. I certainly haven’t seen anyone here praise Arena.

To those above who think culture has nothing to do with our problems in the US, please explain Klinsmann and our experience with him.  It’s not like his was a one year and our experience.  Why did the needle hardly move during his tenure, when the culture that produces our players is on par with the Europeans and South Americans, as you imply?[/quote]

The Rah Rah guy is the one who used terms "effete guys" and suggested that people how do not give enough credit to the success of US younger teams should move to Spain and not let the door hit them on the way out.   You can call him "the future is bright" guy, like in the USMNT commercials.   As for soccer culture, this country has over 37 million legal immigrants, most of which came from countries with real soccer culture.   This is way more than the entire population of Belgium, Croatia, Uruguay and the Netherlands combined.  And this is just legal immigrants.  Their culture is excluded by the closed system which is based on connections and entitlement.   When Klinsmann said that our best young players should strive to go to Europe and test themselves against the best in a real competitive enviroment, MLS had a tantrum and started to plot with Gulati about the best way to get rid of him.

The main reason for lack of progress is the lack of open competitive professional league system. The cosy and corrupt USSF/MLS/SUM alliance discourages competition and investment in the sport.  Young US players do not get meaningful playing time in MLS and most of MLS games are glorified friendlies with no pressure or real consequence for losing.  This is not good for US soccer.  We won't produce world talent until the entire system is changed.  As of today, the Federation and USMNT are run by the same incompetent crew that failed to qualify for the world cup. [/quote]

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