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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have nobody but ourselves to blame.  Just look at our country.  It’s rotten and our choice in leaders is a reflection of ourselves.  You don’t have to spend more than a hot second on any pitch anywhere in the US to realize that we are failing ourselves.  [/quote]

That’s not true. FIFA is also to blame. FIFA has build a wall around Europe to insure European superiority. UEFA gets special treatment, and the rules about minor transfers have an exception for UEFA that makes Europe a soccer development Mecca, attracting the best coaches and minds, but shutting out the rest of the world’s players.

It’s like if the US paid all the best scientists $10m a year to come do their research at US colleges, but then didn’t allow any non-US students to attend any US colleges. [/quote]

Delusional. It’s about football culture. You think of an egg. Others think of a sphere, something that inherently rolls. [/quote]

Does culture matter? Yes.

Is culture an excuse? Absolutely.

The US has a soccer culture, if you’re in it, you know. Part of that soccer culture is bemoaning our soccer culture. It’s so dumb. Just like blaming the soccer culture for the lack of kids being world class.

CP, like him or not, is our closest to WC. He went abroad for the last 2 Junior years of development, just 2 years! And became elite. Do you REALLY think it’s culture? Or the lack of access to world class training in order to finish and polish? [/quote]

Pulisic Left at 16. The speed of play and defensive pressure in practice and games is at another level in Europe that is not match in the US. You can not develop in the US. The “las”t 2 years of development is very important. It is not polishing.

The problem is the US does not understand professional soccer. From the tournament play(multiple games over a few days) to developmental goals at various age groups. 15-18 in Europe is a very select group of players. They are very technical and have been cut down to the top 1-2% of all player. In the US this age is the top 50-60% of the players and they are not close to the Europeans in terms of technical skills and playing under high level pressure. College is just more of the same. 
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15 to 18?  By that age in this country the game is down to well off kids and everybody else which is most kids are cut off.   Is that how it is in Europe?  How much money does a family have to invest in soccer up to the age of 15 in Europe?[/quote]

Very little / akin to rec fees. Remember they are socialists in large measure and as a nation prioritize players for National Team duty (that’s how they get fellow citizens to front development costs)[/quote]

Huh?[/quote]

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