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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As if the USWNT are a bunch of donkeys who’ve never taken a first touch. You could have the most technically gifted players but what does it matter if the coach doesn’t employ a style that plays to those strengths?[/quote]

There isn't a universal American style that is ingrained as a language to these players. That is the problem. This is as much a youth system development problem as it is a player selection problem.

Look at board after board in these threads discussing the small, smart technical players who fail to make the travel club A teams at early ages because the club needs to win at U9. We prioritize athleticism as the primary problem solver at the youngest of ages and play to win using the advantages that size and speed brings at 10 years old. We play direct to take advantage of their athleticism and ask the slow fat kids to play in the back and just clear it to the fast kid.

We fail to develop soccer IQ or technical sophistication and nuance. And on top of it we are blissfully arrogant. We seem to fail to really grasp the gains that other nations are making. We seem to think that we actually develop athleticism when it is just genetics plain and simple and we are no more prone to having gifted athletes than any European nation is. We fail to take full advantage of our player pool and athleticism and instead rely on lazy soccer. And that lazy soccer starts at U9 tryouts all across the land.[/quote]

And now we know what this whole moronic thread is about.[/quote]

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