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You can be a great athlete, AND then choose your sport? Huh?  The love of the sport is what drives a lot of individuals, the thirst to win.  No amount of payday will be greater driver since its not omnipresent and will be fleeting if ever attained.  Messi, Manning, Curry, aren't inspired by the next paycheck.

Once we find those individuals willing to play for their love of soccer, well be able to win matches that matter.  No one can argue Bradley, Morris, Altidore had their hearts in the TT match.  They would have embarrassed us in Russia.

Regarding development, there are plenty of South American players that develop in South America, play in their nations top flight league, and then are bought by European clubs.  Not every world class player is developed in a European club's academy at 13 years old.[/quote]

FYI, Morris didn't play in the TT match.  He was home injured so he wasn't on the roster.  Agree he is not good enough for international football though.  He made the right decision to stay home and play in MLS.  He would not have made it in the Bundesliga.

Also agree that not every world class player is developed in a European club's academy.   South American clubs have very good academies too.  Yes, kids play all the time on their own, but they also get extremely good coaching in extremely competitive youth teams as they grow up.   Some SA examples include Messi - Newell's Old Boys from 8-12; Aguero - Independiente, Neymar - Santos, Suarez - Nacional, Ronaldiinho - Gremio, ....

You'd be hard pressed to find a world class player who didn't grow up with all three of these elements as part of his development: 1) lots of free play, 2) lots of time working on their own, and 3) high quality coaching in a professionally run youth academy.

There are lots of kids in the US who have the passion and commitment to get #s 1 & 2.  The problem is too many are still shut out of #3 (to the extent it even exists here), because of pay-to-play. [/quote]

BTW when I made the statement about Morris, Jermaine Jones' statement hadn't come out.  It is even more convincing now, since Jermaine a USMNT player said it, that if a US player can play in Europe, he should.  Mind you not every player will have the success of Pulisic or even be guaranteed to play for a great club, but then again you look at teams that go deep consistently in the WC and their players are always scattered throughout Europe.

Look at some of the countries' 2016 Europe squad, not all of their players are starters for Bayern/Barcelona/Madrid/Juventus/PSG/Man City/Chelsea; there is a wide mix.  Now you may say if you're in Europe, stay in Europe but the same is true strong teams in Copa America although more of those players do play in their countries top-flight league.  HOWEVER, MLS is NOT a top-flight league so it wouldn't be the same to say if Mexico players stay in Liga MX, why can't US players stay in MLS.  It's just not the same type of competition.

Germany - http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-finals/season=2016/teams/team=47/squad/index.html

Italy - http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-finals/season=2016/teams/team=66/squad/index.html

France(Gignac plays in Liga MX) - http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-finals/season=2016/teams/team=43/squad/index.html

Portugal - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal_national_football_team#Current_squad

Spain - http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-finals/season=2016/teams/team=122/squad/index.html

2016 Copa America

Argentina - https://www.mlssoccer.com/copa-america/argentina/roster

Chile - https://www.mlssoccer.com/copa-america/chile/roster

Brazil(Neymar in Olympics) - https://www.mlssoccer.com/copa-america/brazil/roster

Mexico(mainly Mexican league players) - https://www.mlssoccer.com/copa-america/mexico/roster

Uruguay - https://www.mlssoccer.com/copa-america/uruguay/roster[/quote]

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