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Anonymous wrote:Speed, Size and strength can beat skill. Ask any girl who plays soccer with boys after puberty.

Or womens national team playing U15s…

Skill wins in soccer, we're just jaded here with this thinking because everybody associates quality soccer with big, fast, and strong players. Players can't outrun quality passes, and a game of time and space isn't always won by fast and strong players.

skill combined with size and speed wins.. messis are rare…. Get over it… tell me you are a parent of an small kid without telling you are a parent of a small kid. Look at the top 20 players in the world.. the average height is around 6 ft..

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Anonymous wrote:Nope. He went to the academies and they all declined. That's why he ended up in Europe.

This doesn't seem correct, he was playing in the old development academy and was scouted by Dortmund by the young age of U16.

Anonymous wrote:Nope. He went to the academies and they all declined. That's why he ended up in Europe.

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Anonymous wrote:Everybody will have to just get used to it. American soccer is a bubble that isn't exposed regularly to international soccer, we have what we have and until either the game is aligned with FIFA here or more clubs move beyond the physical play, things will remain the same.

Quest for 300.

Christian Pulisic won’t be happy. He got lucky he went to Germany to develop. Otherwise he wouldn’t have Made it here. When this physicality idea changes in the US, the USMNT will win a World Cup.

And he had parents that knew the system and a dad with connections so that he didn't get politicked out and buried under the BS most soccer players in the US without that support have to go through.

Even with his unbelievable talent--I definitely think he probably wouldn't have made a top team with some of the horsesh*t I've seen in this area. Size at 14-15 would have been his biggest obstacle in the DMV.

Disagree. His skills and pace would have found him a spot on almost every team and it would have been an easy call.

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Anonymous wrote:Size in soccer is just additional information on the scouting chart after the required soccer skills qualities

Tall Goalie but lacks hand-eye coordination and can't dive to her left isn't starting over the short athletic goalie

Red herring. You aren't going to find a goalie at the ECNL level or age without hand/eye coordination.

If you take two goalies with similar skill but one is a 6 inches taller you know the coach is going with the taller of the two. Nice try though

So you concur size is nothing without required skills

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Anonymous wrote:Skill and timing beats size and strength 100% of the time. So, yes US soccer has a lot to learn.

add speed and size… and then its complete

size is nothing in soccer, in fact in most cases makes the player much more slow to react to interaction with the ball.

Terrible take. Size is a definite advantage. My striker child loves to see a short goalie. You will see at least one chip shot goal every time the goalie is short. Headers are another time when size matters. I've seen smaller players be lifted and dropped to the side by a bigger player to get better positioning on a throw in.

But like a PP said earlier. Say you have a small player without saying it. Keep dreaming.

My player is average, not small so you are wrong. But I have played the sport, so I know how it is in there. Goalies are a different story. YOU DON"T need size to play. You would understand if you had actually played and not just watched your kids chipping the tiny goalie

I played for years. Our family is full of current and former players and coaches. I know very well what an advantage size is. Goalies aren't a different story at all.

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Anonymous wrote:Everybody will have to just get used to it. American soccer is a bubble that isn't exposed regularly to international soccer, we have what we have and until either the game is aligned with FIFA here or more clubs move beyond the physical play, things will remain the same.

Quest for 300.

Christian Pulisic won’t be happy. He got lucky he went to Germany to develop. Otherwise he wouldn’t have Made it here. When this physicality idea changes in the US, the USMNT will win a World Cup.

And he had parents that knew the system and a dad with connections so that he didn't get politicked out and buried under the BS most soccer players in the US without that support have to go through.

Even with his unbelievable talent--I definitely think he probably wouldn't have made a top team with some of the horsesh*t I've seen in this area. Size at 14-15 would have been his biggest obstacle in the DMV.

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Anonymous wrote:Everybody will have to just get used to it. American soccer is a bubble that isn't exposed regularly to international soccer, we have what we have and until either the game is aligned with FIFA here or more clubs move beyond the physical play, things will remain the same.

Quest for 300.

Christian Pulisic won’t be happy. He got lucky he went to Germany to develop. Otherwise he wouldn’t have Made it here. When this physicality idea changes in the US, the USMNT will win a World Cup.

And he had parents that knew the system and a dad with connections so that he didn't get politicked out and buried under the BS most soccer players in the US without that support have to go through.

Even with his unbelievable talent--I definitely think he probably wouldn't have made a top team with some of the horsesh*t I've seen in this area. Size at 14-15 would have been his biggest obstacle in the DMV.

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Anonymous wrote:Everybody will have to just get used to it. American soccer is a bubble that isn't exposed regularly to international soccer, we have what we have and until either the game is aligned with FIFA here or more clubs move beyond the physical play, things will remain the same.

Quest for 300.

Christian Pulisic won’t be happy. He got lucky he went to Germany to develop. Otherwise he wouldn’t have Made it here. When this physicality idea changes in the US, the USMNT will win a World Cup.

Anonymous wrote:This thread will not get to 300 at this pace, be better

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Anonymous wrote:Size in soccer is just additional information on the scouting chart after the required soccer skills qualities

Tall Goalie but lacks hand-eye coordination and can't dive to her left isn't starting over the short athletic goalie

Red herring. You aren't going to find a goalie at the ECNL level or age without hand/eye coordination.

If you take two goalies with similar skill but one is a 6 inches taller you know the coach is going with the taller of the two. Nice try though

So you concur size is nothing without required skills

No. Just reemphasizing that physical traits are an advantage. Bringing up unrealistic scenarios won't change that.