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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really do not know why people think soccer is for small players. Sure there are some but most professional soccer player in the big 5 leagues are average to above average in terms of height. 75-85% of the roster is 5’10” or taller. If you are a smaller player 5’9” and below you have to be very quick and fast for a professional.

People are missing what Adu is saying. He is not 
talking about size. He is talking about technical skills. The US system would not know what to do with Messi because he is a very technical player with a very high speed of play(and he was incredibly fast and quick).

Maximizing that type of player requires other technically skilled players and a system that is centered around speed of play. You have to have other technical players to push you. That is not the US system. The selection and training of players is different. [/quote]

This is half right. The US would know exactly what to do with Messi, but it couldn’t achieve it yet, and would meet another round of rebuilding.

That said, the old “US soccer is just a bunch of linebackers and wide receivers that were talent-ID pushed into soccer” trope is outdated. There is a ton of room to get better, but the current national team is one of the technically test teams the US has fielded. It’s 16th in the world. That wasn’t achieve via “boom ball.”

We’re getting there! Just not yet.

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