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For the mighty USA and all its GA ECNLs and College idiosyncrasies it’s not an achievement, it’s actually a failure not make the final. But u probably hand out participation trophies so no surprise there [/quote]

Agreed.  Colossal failure.  Yet more circumstantial evidence that the US Youth Soccer &quot;system&quot; is broken.  Starts with these top travel teams/leagues fleecing families out of tens of thousands every year with promises of advanced training by professional coaches, yada-yada-yada.  These girls are the creme de la creme U20S and U17s in the nation, yet they both get ousted by North Korea in the semis.

I'd bet those N. Korean parents aren't taking out second mortgages to finance their DDs soccer dreams like many American families.  I'd bet those parents aren't flying across their country for ridiculous tournaments and showcases.  It's been a rude awakening to see our nation's best kids be taking to task on the soccer field these N.Korean teams.  IMO, the onus for these failures lies squarely on the shoulders of these &quot;top&quot; leagues and US Soccer.  Perhaps we need to start sending our coaches over to NK to get properly certified and licensed because it's certainly looking like a North Korean soccer license &gt; US Soccer license.  [/quote]

I read that since France did not qualify, they’re sending coaches to North Korea for coaching certification courses.[/quote]

To be cynical, I believe those fine young women on the North Korean squad were told that their families would be able to eat if they won.  No win, no food.

Seriously though, there are numerous faults with the US system and the type of player that is valued,  but to think that these North Korean squads aren't training together constantly, living together under an incredibly strict training regime is shortsighted.  Think of the Red Army hockey team back in the day.

I am more considered about our ability to compete against the traditional Euro squads that are now developing high quality women's sides - Spain especially.

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typical lame reductionist copout of why Eastern Bloc or dictator teams do well in some sports.  NK has many other womens and mens sport teams facing the same repression.  Many of them suck, never to sniff the stage.  They all don't get executed.  In a sport like soccer where they might not have the size or speed but tactics technique and conditioning can be equalizers, it's a poor reflection on our youth system and our ID biases that we don't do better.[/quote]

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