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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThe bottom line from any right minded soccer coach or parent in the US has to do is look at the last 12 years of the DA system for boys and see that it has not worked. Now I’m the Girls DA system (yes it’s in it’s infancy) you should be very weary of the results it will produce when it’s following the exact same formula the boys program has. Euro soccer heads can say all they want about American soccer being inferior- however- the model we had with our USNT being a selection of college all stars worked and we were competitive. This gold cup is going to be a disaster for USA soccer DA if the women win the WC while the men fail to advance in the first round.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostI was under impression that the U20 MNT team exceeded expectations at the World Cup. Why would that be a failure of the DA?
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostI was under impression that the U20 MNT team exceeded expectations at the World Cup. Why would that be a failure of the DA?
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostI guess it depends on the expectations. Two wins were Qatar and Nigeria. France was a bigger win. But then they lost to Ecuador who finished 3rd overall. Unlike in the past more of these players are playing professionally instead of college. That is what is needed. College soccer is a developmental dead end. All of their competition is playing professionally. But MLS competition vs international? Ocean sized gulf.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThe USA U20 & U18 programs always compete well at the international level. That’s like bragging about your JV team goes 15-1 each year while your varsity team is 8-8 each year. The reason the u20 teams do well is because the best 18 & 20 year olds for Germany, Spain, Holland, England, Portugal, etc... are playing up on their National Team level. Just like a jv team that wins 15 games per year, they are playing programs where the best sophomores and freshman are already playing varsity. You can claim college is a dead end all you like but the facts of when the USMNT was competitive was using the college pipeline. The WNT has always used the college pipeline and they are still the best in the world. You tell Anson Dorrance that college soccer is a dead end!
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