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Of course they don't like each other. The scheme is to be constantly competing with each other for playing time. It’s cut throat stuff. That’s why they lose so much.

The players looked unhappy yesterday. Most of them looked miserable. Sad that is what the program has come to.

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The DA program takes out the all important winning mentality. It strips out the feisty tournaments and trophies that teach kids resiliency and how to win. It takes away all the fun. The leadership and coaching leave a lot to be desired.

The competition seems to be against each other for playing time and they don’t seem to have any team unity.

It"s even worse at US Club ECN League, kids and parents pivot a team sport into private showcase activity, with nobody interested in watching their travel stars.

Throw another bag of crap on this dumpster fire.

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Without commenting on the broader "what's wrong with the USMNT?" discussion.

For a very long time, the US has been blessed by a string of world-class, or near world-class, keepers. Meola. Friedel. Keller. Howard.

Right now, we don't really have any. Zach Steffen has at times looked brilliant, and is now off to Europe. But at other times, he's terrible and does stupid sh1t; and he stunk like a rotten fish against Ecuador.
Ethan Horvath is also in Europe, but hurt.

Everyone else is either a MLS retread, or elderly.

Excellent goalkeeping has long kept the US in many matches they had no business being in otherwise. But for now, that's gone.

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The DA program takes out the all important winning mentality. It strips out the feisty tournaments and trophies that teach kids resiliency and how to win. It takes away all the fun. The leadership and coaching leave a lot to be desired.

The competition seems to be against each other for playing time and they don’t seem to have any team unity.

That is probably why they lose so much.

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BDA is too big and yet too small all at the same time. It's too big in that it lets in too many players who aren't top talent but can pay. That doesn't make our top players better, it just gives them practice cones. It's too small in that USSF only looks there and it doesn't nearly capture all the nation's better players. Too much talent is missed. Honestly going back to ODP would be better

Agree 100% you do not make a living fishing with a small net....

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Or maybe closed, youth national leagues do more harm then good in a country the size of the United States.

For all its weaknesses - and there were many - old system had a basic respect for geography, which also meant local variability on things like calendars to reflect local seasonality.

amen brother, preach; Euro style is not ours. Lets get the guys with the funny accents out of our leadership and re-connect the US boys to run our show. Our guys know the culture better.

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Without commenting on the broader "what's wrong with the USMNT?" discussion.

For a very long time, the US has been blessed by a string of world-class, or near world-class, keepers. Meola. Friedel. Keller. Howard.

Right now, we don't really have any. Zach Steffen has at times looked brilliant, and is now off to Europe. But at other times, he's terrible and does stupid sh1t; and he stunk like a rotten fish against Ecuador.
Ethan Horvath is also in Europe, but hurt.

Everyone else is either a MLS retread, or elderly.

Excellent goalkeeping has long kept the US in many matches they had no business being in otherwise. But for now, that's gone.

Zach Steffen didn't play against Ecuador. That was the U20 team. But thanks for playing.

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Zach Steffen didn't play against Ecuador. That was the U20 team. But thanks for playing.

Meant Venezuela. Steffen was directly responsible on the first goal, and not blameless on the other two.

But the keeper against Ecuador wasn't terribly sharp, either. In general, if a keeper finds himself unable to see the player with the ball because there's a defender in the way, he (the goalie) needs to move, because a) he needs to know when the shot is coming, and b) if the defender screens the keeper, that means the two players are both effectively guarding the same section of net. The first goal was a bullet, but if the goalie were a few feet to the left where he should have been standing, he probably could have saved it.

(Few things annoy me more than TV commentators letting errant goalkeepers off the hook with "the goalie had no chance at that one", when it's obvious to anyone that the goalie was not positioned correctly, and with smarter positioning he could have covered all the shooter's angles).

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Our USWNT!! What a bargain. Best in the world and at half the price as our lowly boys side.

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Our USWNT!! What a bargain. Best in the world and at half the price as our lowly boys side.

1/10th the price.

Women’s coach gets $25,000 per month. Men’s coach gets $300,000 per month.

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1/10th the price.

Women’s coach gets $25,000 per month. Men’s coach gets $300,000 per month.

She is probably the highest paid women’s soccer coach in the world. Sad

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She is probably the highest paid women’s soccer coach in the world. Sad

It's 25k a month better than what the world's best female Baseball coach makes..which is zippo.

Perspective.

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The USWNT coach might make $30,000 per month but money can’t buy you class.

Watching that disgusting behavior today was disturbing. Cackling and acting Ike drunken hyenas laughing & dancing after running up 10//11/12/13 goals was embarrassing. What a bunch of classless Aholes. I hope they lose after seeing their behavior.

Score 30 goals but do with class.

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The USWNT coach might make $30,000 per month but money can’t buy you class.

Watching that disgusting behavior today was disturbing. Cackling and acting Ike drunken hyenas laughing & dancing after running up 10//11/12/13 goals was embarrassing. What a bunch of classless Aholes. I hope they lose after seeing their behavior.

Score 30 goals but do with class.

I don’t disagree

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The USWNT coach might make $30,000 per month but money can’t buy you class.

Watching that disgusting behavior today was disturbing. Cackling and acting Ike drunken hyenas laughing & dancing after running up 10//11/12/13 goals was embarrassing. What a bunch of classless Aholes. I hope they lose after seeing their behavior.

Score 30 goals but do with class.

Even my kid’s team stops celebrating after a three goal lead. They keep playing hard and trying to score but don’t rub it in.

Sad to hear so many Americans rooting against the USWNT.