Anonymous wrote:If someone calls you a racist name, you sweep the leg. Then it ends.

After centuries, who knew all we needed was a leg sweep

If someone calls you a racist name, you sweep the leg. Then it ends.

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Anonymous wrote:The trend is set in stone recently.

The odds of your son representing the USA at youth level (or even getting in the selection pool) is 99.95% through the MLS Club Academy route.

There’s another thread around here that linked to the U15 US ID clinic invitees from the area, and while it was mostly MLS Next players, there were a few ECNL players as well. So no, it’s not set in stone.

Show me the final pool of any age group over the past year that wasn't 99.95% MLS and International Academy players.

The initial regional list is just paper.

Anonymous wrote:The trend is set in stone recently.

The odds of your son representing the USA at youth level (or even getting in the selection pool) is 99.95% through the MLS Club Academy route.

There’s another thread around here that linked to the U15 US ID clinic invitees from the area, and while it was mostly MLS Next players, there were a few ECNL players as well. So no, it’s not set in stone.

Anonymous wrote:If you’re going to play against international teams then expect this type of back and forth and respond accordingly. The world is not always the way you want it to be so don’t be a victim.

Respond accordingly? What the hell does that mean?
The tournament should have kicked the Croatian team out after the incident. Until more teams like the Red Bulls start treating this seriously, nothing will change.

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Anonymous wrote:If you’re going to play against international teams then expect this type of back and forth and respond accordingly. The world is not always the way you want it to be so don’t be a victim.

Acting like a victim and actually being a victim are two different things

Unsure of the specifics of the incidents, but these are children and the clubs have a duty to protect them. If they felt that the MLS was not doing so, they were right to leave.

Anonymous wrote:If you’re going to play against international teams then expect this type of back and forth and respond accordingly. The world is not always the way you want it to be so don’t be a victim.

Acting like a victim and actually being a victim are two different things