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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Rose Lavelle is the Tim Duncan of women’s soccer.  Love her.[/quote]

Hopefully she matured from this world cup. cannot get two yellows even if the calls were marginal, need to know how to not put yourself and the team in that position. [/quote]

She is 28 and will be 32 next World Cup. She is most likely done. She fits the profile of a players that do not have super long careers- smaller, relies on speed/quickness and injury proned. She will have to change her game but she plays in the NWSL. [/quote]

The US needs players like Danielle van de Donk. Central midfielder - quick, strong, good on the ball and technically sound. One of the best players on the Dutch team and for me, one of the prototypes of what a modern CM needs to be like. Passing, pressing, positional sense and the ability to receive the ball under pressure and play it 1-2 touches short or long. She is 32 currently, was one of the best players of the last WC, and still going strong. Are there players like that coming through the youth system in the US? You bet there are, or players with the potential to be so. The thing is, they are usually not spotted early enough and developed. As they don't "stand out" in youth soccer fields in the obvious ways that coaches are looking for. They aren't necessarily faster, stronger or better athletes than others. They are also not the ones in youth soccer who are dribbling past multiple players and scoring goals or assists. Instead, they are likely to play smart, efficient and make others around them become better. Even someone like Lavelle, who is NOT the classic CM but more of a #10, was discovered by pure chance at a relatively older age of 18 suggests that she (and many others) might be falling through the cracks of the system.[/quote]

There are girls in the US youth system like that but they are not valued. Most quit because the coaches have no idea what to do with them. If you are a girl who is think 3-4 passes out and your teammate receives the ball, turns, head down and dibbles. It is very frustrating. Barcelona has the best women’s midfielders player in the world right now. None of them would have gotten a lot of playing time in ECNL, received any call ups or been heavily recruited by colleges.

I watch a lot of women college soccer. I have many times seen a no name school play a t20 school. The t20 team’s starters all have great resumes and ECNL/travel awards. Consistently I leave the game think that girl/woman on that no name team was the best player on the field. [/quote]

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