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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Two is not true at all USYNT cleans up at all age levels -- problem is USWNT. [/quote]

That's backwards.

The U-17s were runners-up in the first U-17 World Cup in 2008. It was 14 years before they made it back to the quarterfinals in 2022, where they lost to Nigeria.

The U-20s won the first one in 2002 and won again in 2008 and 2012. Since then? Quarterfinals in 2014, fourth place in 2016, group stage in 2018, group stage in 2022. (2020 was canceled.)

Part of the problem is that we spend way more on national team salaries (women AND men) than other countries, who instead focus on developing the next generation.

And part of the problem is that we spend a ton of time on bogus "national championships" instead of just playing competitive games.

“National youth championships in the USA are the most ludicrous thing I've ever heard in my life.” - Horst Bertl, who played in the Bundesliga and the NASL before settling in Dallas to run a youth club that was eventually folded into FC Dallas.

No one becomes a better soccer player on an airplane. You become a better player by playing. FCV's players would be better off skipping the airports and playing a couple more games against Loudoun and Arlington. (Not that such a thing would actually happen.)
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The problem with this approach is that neither Loudon nor Arlington are competitive enough to make anyone else better. The exception may be Arlington 2011G. You have to get on a plane (or take a very long drive) to see any real competition. The good players are too diluted in each age group in this area to be competitive.[/quote]

Play up an age group or two and players will not only get competition, they’ll get an education. No airplane necessary.

It looks good for the club for a team to rack up a gaudy record and goal differential, but it’s not doing jack for the individual players, especially the handful that are doing the dominating. If Arlington - or any other club w/ a team that is dominating - has any balls and actually cares about development, they’ll move a set of those players up in age group for next year. [/quote]

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