If only we would just stop keeping score in youth league games, this would all be fixed.

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Anonymous wrote:We have nobody but ourselves to blame. Just look at our country. It’s rotten and our choice in leaders is a reflection of ourselves. You don’t have to spend more than a hot second on any pitch anywhere in the US to realize that we are failing ourselves.

That’s not true. FIFA is also to blame. FIFA has build a wall around Europe to insure European superiority. UEFA gets special treatment, and the rules about minor transfers have an exception for UEFA that makes Europe a soccer development Mecca, attracting the best coaches and minds, but shutting out the rest of the world’s players.

It’s like if the US paid all the best scientists $10m a year to come do their research at US colleges, but then didn’t allow any non-US students to attend any US colleges.

Delusional. It’s about football culture. You think of an egg. Others think of a sphere, something that inherently rolls.

Does culture matter? Yes.

Is culture an excuse? Absolutely.

The US has a soccer culture, if you’re in it, you know. Part of that soccer culture is bemoaning our soccer culture. It’s so dumb. Just like blaming the soccer culture for the lack of kids being world class.

CP, like him or not, is our closest to WC. He went abroad for the last 2 Junior years of development, just 2 years! And became elite. Do you REALLY think it’s culture? Or the lack of access to world class training in order to finish and polish?

Another problem: the story is halfway down the page on ESPN.com.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have nobody but ourselves to blame. Just look at our country. It’s rotten and our choice in leaders is a reflection of ourselves. You don’t have to spend more than a hot second on any pitch anywhere in the US to realize that we are failing ourselves.

That’s not true. FIFA is also to blame. FIFA has build a wall around Europe to insure European superiority. UEFA gets special treatment, and the rules about minor transfers have an exception for UEFA that makes Europe a soccer development Mecca, attracting the best coaches and minds, but shutting out the rest of the world’s players.

It’s like if the US paid all the best scientists $10m a year to come do their research at US colleges, but then didn’t allow any non-US students to attend any US colleges.

Delusional. It’s about football culture. You think of an egg. Others think of a sphere, something that inherently rolls.

Anonymous wrote:We have nobody but ourselves to blame. Just look at our country. It’s rotten and our choice in leaders is a reflection of ourselves. You don’t have to spend more than a hot second on any pitch anywhere in the US to realize that we are failing ourselves.

That’s not true. FIFA is also to blame. FIFA has build a wall around Europe to insure European superiority. UEFA gets special treatment, and the rules about minor transfers have an exception for UEFA that makes Europe a soccer development Mecca, attracting the best coaches and minds, but shutting out the rest of the world’s players.

It’s like if the US paid all the best scientists $10m a year to come do their research at US colleges, but then didn’t allow any non-US students to attend any US colleges.

Anonymous wrote:thought we were supposed to get more competitive, not less, when moving to 'birth year'

Glad we upended the entire youth soccer universe for 10 years to recruit for the national team based on birth year.

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We have nobody but ourselves to blame. Just look at our country. It’s rotten and our choice in leaders is a reflection of ourselves. You don’t have to spend more than a hot second on any pitch anywhere in the US to realize that we are failing ourselves.

Anonymous wrote:thought we were supposed to get more competitive, not less, when moving to 'birth year'

Glad we upended the entire youth soccer universe for 10 years to recruit for the national team based on birth year.

It’s not that. It’s the US system of pay to play. It creates low level of play and players. Without the players who were developed in Europe the US has nothing. Any serious play needs to leave the US by 15/16. We can not develop players in the states.

With the size of the pool and the amount of money spent the US should be adding 2-3 quality players each year the national team. There is no competition at any of the positions.

But MLSNext is the best!

thought we were supposed to get more competitive, not less, when moving to 'birth year'

Glad we upended the entire youth soccer universe for 10 years to recruit for the national team based on birth year.

We had lots of turn overs, too many bad 1st touches. They were stronger and faster, more clinical up top.

Max Arfsten had no business being on the pitch

Anonymous wrote:Yeah. They are looking out of sorts and lost. Really poor in all aspects. Tactically inferior. Inferior effort. Athletically inferior. Yikes.

Aren’t the tickets really expensive? Hate to have shelled out money to see this game!

Yeah. They are looking out of sorts and lost. Really poor in all aspects. Tactically inferior. Inferior effort. Athletically inferior. Yikes.

Wow. The US has regressed. Booed off the field at the 1/2. Gregg Berhalter has left a great legacy!