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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Good grief the u20s looked horrible against Korea. Watching it reminded me of how the ecnl coaches foamed at the mouth over bull dozer like players with no touch or finesse. Couldn’t make a great touch or pass of life depends on it. Powers that be really needs to change how they go about this. I guarantee you I can find 14-15 college club players and put a team together that would destroy what I saw play Korea…[/quote]

College soccer is not high level soccer. It is amateur part-time soccer. It stifles development. The training is poor, the competitive level of college games are crap shoots and the coaching is prehistoric for the most part. Really good American college players(all conference, etc) would be a bench player in Europe 2nd and 3rd division. The major European league’s(Liga F, super league, etc) 3rd division teams would win the women NCAA tournament. The gap is that big and growing. On the men’s side it is even larger.

People were all upset with the USWNT in the last World Cup. That team was better and would have beaten the 2019 or 2015 teams. The players were better(speed, athleticism, even skill, etc). They maximize the formula that won them the last World Cup- athleticism, huge pool of players and physicality. It’s a style of play that works if you have the best athletes. If you run in to teams with equal athleticism the teams with the higher skill(including coaches skills) will win.

The game has changed. It evolves. Look at the best clubs teams men’s or women’s. Their style of play is nothing like the USWNT. That style of play will make you competitive(specially with our region) but the athleticism and size advantage will not be there in the knockout rounds.

Let’s see if Emma Hayes can change things? This is the first world class coach for USNT team(men and women). [/quote]

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