Has M.A. fallen out of favor with the national teams?

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Has M.A. fallen out of favor with the national team?

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Why? What's going on now?

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Who is MA

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Who is MA

She's the lady I visit when your dad goes to work.

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She's just not good enough.

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Equally possible that she has decided she wants different things out of life, like an education and a good paying job after graduation. Who the heck knows?

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Has M.A. fallen out of favor with the national team?

She's been off the list for a long time. That's soccer. There are kids who are barely starters in MA who could take the place of some anointed stars. Soccer is the most subjective game in the world and player selections for particular teams are affected by coach philosophy, trends and buzz.

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She's been off the list for a long time. That's soccer. There are kids who are barely starters in MA who could take the place of some anointed stars. Soccer is the most subjective game in the world and player selections for particular teams are affected by coach philosophy, trends and buzz.

Well put. Presumably she'll end up playing professionally and may end up back in the spotlight at that point.

One still has to wonder what made her choose to transfer to that particular college and not one that seems more in line with schools where NT players go.

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Well put. Presumably she'll end up playing professionally and may end up back in the spotlight at that point.

One still has to wonder what made her choose to transfer to that particular college and not one that seems more in line with schools where NT players go.

Here's a thought - maybe she chose the school for the SCHOOL, not the soccer

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The school in question is USC.

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The school in question is USC.

Who would go to that sh**hole place?! lol... folks have nothing better to do with their time?

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Well put. Presumably she'll end up playing professionally and may end up back in the spotlight at that point.

One still has to wonder what made her choose to transfer to that particular college and not one that seems more in line with schools where NT players go.

Give me a break with that mentality of schools where only NT players go. That is a ridiculous concept. There are plenty of kids playing at D1 schools all across the country that are just as good and just as worthy of making the NT pools. If that is US soccer's approach to only select players from certain so-called "NT only" schools, then they are missing the boat completely and it is no wonder that the rest of the world is catching up and surpassing the US.

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Give me a break with that mentality of schools where only NT players go. That is a ridiculous concept. There are plenty of kids playing at D1 schools all across the country that are just as good and just as worthy of making the NT pools. If that is US soccer's approach to only select players from certain so-called "NT only" schools, then they are missing the boat completely and it is no wonder that the rest of the world is catching up and surpassing the US.

But that's exactly how the system works. USC maybe a great school, but the question is, is the coach "connected"? That's how the game is played.

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But that's exactly how the system works. USC maybe a great school, but the question is, is the coach "connected"? That's how the game is played.

Only in your small little mind.

At the end of the day, what the NT is about is being in the group of THE best players in the entire world. The margins for that are incredibly slim and once you get to that level it is not a not a terrible sin to get passed over. Its more of an ego hit than anything. Some of the POV in this discussion is sort of like criticizing a player for not getting elected to the hall of fame. Rather silly when just being in the conversation is an amazing feat.

MA is a great player that is winding down towards the end of her college soccer career. Undoubtedly she has many options available to her so is everyone so sure they understand where she herself wants to go and that her personal goals absolutely include the US National Team? That group isn't exactly a bed of roses and sunshine and there might actually be more attractive options for a player of MA's ilk out there that she is trying to set up with this move.

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Only in your small little mind.

At the end of the day, what the NT is about is being in the group of THE best players in the entire world. The margins for that are incredibly slim and once you get to that level it is not a not a terrible sin to get passed over. Its more of an ego hit than anything. Some of the POV in this discussion is sort of like criticizing a player for not getting elected to the hall of fame. Rather silly when just being in the conversation is an amazing feat.

MA is a great player that is winding down towards the end of her college soccer career. Undoubtedly she has many options available to her so is everyone so sure they understand where she herself wants to go and that her personal goals absolutely include the US National Team? That group isn't exactly a bed of roses and sunshine and there might actually be more attractive options for a player of MA's ilk out there that she is trying to set up with this move.

Thanks pal. What a generous post coming from you. And good to see you back in the saddle.