Not directly related to the YNT but did anybody see the comments from Emma Hayes regarding the CBA and WNT? Apparently the CBA forces her hand on who gets called up, limits who she can call up to the senior team because the roster must be filled with available players first and then can be filled with others if some are not available. Tough.

Anonymous wrote:Congrats to VDA regardless.

Says BP, taking credit…

USA has no style of play. 99% of youth soccer is kick it long, take no chances and let’s hope the other team makes a mistake so our big fast girl can score and we win. ECNL is a huge issue. Claim they are the best but do nothing to elevate or enforce a style of play. You can watch it locally every week. Low block defending and hope for mistakes and set pieces that’s how our country plays it is awful. Spain teaches all of its players the same way regardless of club, and when top players migrate to top academies and national teams they have been playing with possession based principals for years and years. Because of that players have better technique, can deal with pressure and are better decision makers.

Cannot develop technique, grow resistant to pressure on the ball and develop decision making when you just kick the ball. Parents, coaches and leagues all responsible.

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Anonymous wrote:She played great, the entire team had bright spots and with 3 professional players I'm wondering is it the coaching?

If the Fuller girl is the future of our full team then we need to change something fast. There are great players out there that are obviously not getting evaluated properly.

Hard to evaluate talent when these players are chosen from all over the country then come together to beat awful concacaf teams 15-0.

Agreed. Fun to watch and talent is there but the results are due to the fractured nature of EVERYTHING.

Spain as a country has a style of play, here you will get a wide variety of different styles and depending on where these kids came from.

My DD and I watched. It was neat to see players that my DD has played with and against out on a national stage. Pretty cool for her and something to aspire to.

Spain looked really good and as others had said had quite a bit of quality throughout their lineup. Subs that came in made a difference.

Just a few thoughts on things...

How much time has this US side spent playing together versus the Spain squad? Taking a very quick look at the Spain roster (which I think is current), the majority of the squad are at Real Madrid or Barcelona. Easier to put together style of play with that small of a club pool - their senior team was similar as well.

US Squad has players all over the map - you have your pro girls in the NWSL, you have your early college enrollees at Bama and UNC for example and then your club girls...tougher ask overall to get cohesiveness and unified play. Just my opinion, FWIW.

We will continue to watch regardless.

Anonymous wrote:Barcenas is talented but reminded me of a lot of times when seeing girls try to over complicate situations with fancy footwork, the Spain team you could tell is very technically sound but they kept it pretty simple.

Quite a few moments where US girls looked physically overwhelmed and certainly did not like being touched. Reacting with obvious frustration makes you think the way we hype these young players is not a particularly good thing and it clearly showed yesterday.

Barcenas is talented but reminded me of a lot of times when seeing girls try to over complicate situations with fancy footwork, the Spain team you could tell is very technically sound but they kept it pretty simple.

Anonymous wrote:She played great, the entire team had bright spots and with 3 professional players I'm wondering is it the coaching?

If the Fuller girl is the future of our full team then we need to change something fast. There are great players out there that are obviously not getting evaluated properly.

She played great, the entire team had bright spots and with 3 professional players I'm wondering is it the coaching?

Anonymous wrote:Congrats to VDA regardless.

VDA player was a bright spot IMO. She played awesome! It was neat for DD to see a local player in that game.

Not a VDA parent. Please don’t attack me or the child.

Congrats to VDA regardless.

Small keepers only using leg saves. They actually teach this now. Poor girl flopped at last goal and couldn't reach the crossbar if life depended on it. Keep on grabbing those 5'8" girls

The US is so thuggish and clueless.

US girls lose to Spain 3-1 and did not look good.