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[quote=Anonymous][quote=RantingSoccerDad][quote=Anonymous][quote=RantingSoccerDad][quote=Anonymous][quote=RantingSoccerDad][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You have to start making changes at the top of the federation and work your way down.  Simply adding more scouts handpicked by the current establishment won't solve the problem.  [/quote]

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Nothing is going to help.[/quote]

If our soccer journalists stop writing fluff pieces re USSF/MLS/SUM and start holding the major actors accountable, it would be a good start.  Without meaningful pressure on the establishment, you are right, nothing is going to help. [/quote]

The major actors are certainly being held accountable. Are we World Cup champions yet?[/quote]

Could you provide any specific examples of major actors being held accountable?    [/quote]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/soccer-insider/wp/2016/12/08/sunil-gulati-needs-to-set-the-stage-for-a-successor-at-the-helm-of-u-s-soccer/

https://rantingsoccerdad.com/2018/07/26/repealing-the-birth-year-mandate-and-other-obvious-moves/

http://www.espn.com/soccer/club/united-states/660/blog/post/3624826/us-mens-national-team-is-still-searching-for-a-full-time-coach-whats-taking-so-long

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/aug/10/six-months-into-his-reign-is-carlos-cordeiro-close-to-us-soccer-fortunes

https://sports.yahoo.com/fixing-u-s-soccer-requires-repair-youth-level-heres-go-225848802.html

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/dec/15/uswnt-soccer-games-victory-tour

https://sports.yahoo.com/u-s-soccer-still-doesnt-get-051541958.html

https://rantingsoccerdad.com/2018/08/29/u-s-soccer-coaching-education-one-foot-forward-one-foot-firmly-stuck-in-the-mud/

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2016/jun/01/us-soccer-diversity-problem-world-football

http://www.latimes.com/sports/soccer/la-sp-usa-soccer-baxter-20171014-story.html

https://www.si.com/soccer/2017/10/11/usa-world-cup-qualifying-failure-us-soccer-gulati-arena

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2017/10/usmnt-us-soccer-failure-make-2018-world-cup-reaction-trinidad-concacaf-pulisic-arena-usa 
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These articles are very soft critiques that do not go to the root of the problem.   A couple of them make valid points, but either do not go deep enough or critique minor things like age group mandate changes.   Some of these articles try to shift the primary blame to Klinsmann, who only coached two out of 10 games (against Mexico and Costa Rica).  Jermaine Jones is not a journalist but he was far more pointed in his critiques:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zYLi0jPwFc

Do these articles ask why USSF would not invest its $140 million surplus into youth soccer, coaching education, young talented players or to give the women's team equal pay?   Do they argue that Cordeiro, Gulati's right hand man, should not be the president of the USSF federation since he was the key figure in the failed regime?   Do they argue that Sarachan, Arena's assistant, should not coach the national team even on an interim basis?   Do they shed any light on the cosy relationship between USSF/MLS/SUM?   Do they discuss why MLS rejected $4 billion TV rights offer, which was conditioned on instituting promotion/relegation?   This is a $4 billion stream of revenue from a TV contract, which by far exceed the entire value of MLS!   Imagine what level of players the league could attract with this kind of investment.  Do these articles discuss irregularities in USSF financial statements?  Do they call for a change in the flawed and skewed USSF election system following the latest elections?  So let's not pretend that media is holding the establishment really accountable.  
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