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Another disaster 😡

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Blow it all up and start over. Organization, coaching, DA, all of it. But right now headquarters has turned into Lord of the Flies, everyone out to save themselves.

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Blow it all up and start over. Organization, coaching, DA, all of it. But right now headquarters has turned into Lord of the Flies, everyone out to save themselves.

MLS is going to take care of it ... they are leaving DA entirely after this year.

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MLS is going to take care of it ... they are leaving DA entirely after this year.

great so there will be a new league that is re branded, and regurgitated and marketed as the best league ever (with all the same knuckleheads as coaches/trainers/administrators) !!!!!

Its all a crock of sh_t.

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great so there will be a new league that is re branded, and regurgitated and marketed as the best league ever (with all the same knuckleheads as coaches/trainers/administrators) !!!!!

Its all a crock of sh_t.

MLS clubs aren't in it to make money off parents. They're in to develop talent for their own teams or to sell off to other teams. It's a completely different mind set than the for profit clubs and USSF. USSF shouldn't even be in the youth market to begin with.

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MLS clubs aren't in it to make money off parents. They're in to develop talent for their own teams or to sell off to other teams. It's a completely different mind set than the for profit clubs and USSF. USSF shouldn't even be in the youth market to begin with.

has anyone ever seen the movie animal house where everyone started sneezing "BULLSH_T"? this is the same thing.

fyi, nobody mentioned anything about money (only you just did)...same crap training by the same crap knuckleheads as coaches/trainers/administrators....just operating under a different badge.

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has anyone ever seen the movie animal house where everyone started sneezing "BULLSH_T"? this is the same thing.

fyi, nobody mentioned anything about money (only you just did)...same crap training by the same crap knuckleheads as coaches/trainers/administrators....just operating under a different badge.

The vast majority of the best youth players are with MLS academies. Fact. It's free to play and most times (not all) better training than most non MLS clubs. What MLS clubs want out of a youth system (professional players) isn't the same as what most families want (college). That's one of the biggest issues. Few will ever go pro or even have the skills and mental toughness to go pro. College is the goal. The system is too big for what's realistic to achieve. Let MLS pull out and leave all the rest - college bound players - in a separate league

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The vast majority of the best youth players are with MLS academies. Fact. It's free to play and most times (not all) better training than most non MLS clubs. What MLS clubs want out of a youth system (professional players) isn't the same as what most families want (college). That's one of the biggest issues. Few will ever go pro or even have the skills and mental toughness to go pro. College is the goal. The system is too big for what's realistic to achieve. Let MLS pull out and leave all the rest - college bound players - in a separate league

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well most of the men and woman on the USNT played college...as well as many many pro international players.....so your above statement is BULLSH_T!!!!!! perhaps you should use a little bit of "mental toughness" yourself and do a little research before you write sh_t!

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well most of the men and woman on the USNT played college...as well as many many pro international players.....so your above statement is BULLSH_T!!!!!! perhaps you should use a little bit of "mental toughness" yourself and do a little research before you write sh_t!

exclamation guy is back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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well most of the men and woman on the USNT played college...as well as many many pro international players.....so your above statement is BULLSH_T!!!!!! perhaps you should use a little bit of "mental toughness" yourself and do a little research before you write sh_t!

Chew on these facts -

Women have no real pro league to play in - US college soccer is, for now, the goal for many players, even international ones.

More male players are eschewing college to go pro or at least not playing in college for long. College ball is not the same as playing professionally. It's HS ball on steroids where the wins help the coach keep his job. Our international competitiveness starts to slip once we hit U17 or so because all over the world players are playing internationally, not in DA or in college. By the time a player graduates that much more developmental time is gone

Players who couldn't cut it at international academies are taking US college and MLS spots over our US players. When that trend stops, or even slows down, then you'll know we're making progress

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Chew on these facts -

Women have no real pro league to play in - US college soccer is, for now, the goal for many players, even international ones.

More male players are eschewing college to go pro or at least not playing in college for long. College ball is not the same as playing professionally. It's HS ball on steroids where the wins help the coach keep his job. Our international competitiveness starts to slip once we hit U17 or so because all over the world players are playing internationally, not in DA or in college. By the time a player graduates that much more developmental time is gone

Players who couldn't cut it at international academies are taking US college and MLS spots over our US players. When that trend stops, or even slows down, then you'll know we're making progress

Sorry, the trend will never stop...for the men side at least...the us is simply not a soccer 1st country (soccer is 4th or 5th at best behind football, baseball, and basketball....the men will never, ever win the world cup...ever....there is just no $$$ in US soccer to attract elite level athletes like football, baseball, and basketball.

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Sorry, the trend will never stop...for the men side at least...the us is simply not a soccer 1st country (soccer is 4th or 5th at best behind football, baseball, and basketball....the men will never, ever win the world cup...ever....there is just no $$$ in US soccer to attract elite level athletes like football, baseball, and basketball.

Yes and the flawed DA can't develop shyt!

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Yes and the flawed DA can't develop shyt!

Yeah! Go EDP!!!!!!

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Sorry, the trend will never stop...for the men side at least...the us is simply not a soccer 1st country (soccer is 4th or 5th at best behind football, baseball, and basketball....the men will never, ever win the world cup...ever....there is just no $$$ in US soccer to attract elite level athletes like football, baseball, and basketball.

I agree we won't ever be a soccer dominant society. But that doesn't mean we cant be doing better with what we have. We have the resources and enough talented players to cobble together decent national and olympic teams. What we suck at is how to utilize those resources, coaching, talent identification and development

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I agree we won't ever be a soccer dominant society. But that doesn't mean we cant be doing better with what we have. We have the resources and enough talented players to cobble together decent national and olympic teams. What we suck at is how to utilize those resources, coaching, talent identification and development

nope, sorry, we don't have the talent (we think we do, because what we have is only what we see). Again, all of our elite level athletes (the 1 in 10,000 kid) is being gravitated to more lucrative games like Football, Baseball and Basketball. so what soccer is being left with is kids that athletically speaking are not as gifted. There is no $$$ in soccer in the US plain and simple.