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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostUS Womens soccer is behind the world. They just recently won the world cup.
Their success is based on athleticism. The USWNT has some of the top athletes in the country where other countries did not. Now you have other countries starting to field top athletes....combine that with top training methods and now you have a USWNT that is behind.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostNow, now. They've advanced to the knockout stage of the past two World Cups, so they are at least second-tier in that regard (first-tier nations can get to the quarters, third-tier nations qualify but fail to advance, and fourth-tier nations don't even qualify).
The reason the women's program is struggling is the rest of the world is catching up to it--not because of any change in training for American girls. (And it's something that we, the defending world champs in women's soccer, are concerned about the health of the program only two years out from winning the WC).
But I'm sure you've got a club and a program that will single-handedly Fix Everything That Is Wrong With American Soccer, if we just put you in charge and got rid of the money-grubbing coaches and bureaucrats that are obviously holding the program back. Right?
Ten years and we've barely moved the dial. The best young talent to emerge recently, Pulisic, didn't follow a traditional DA path. Other young players are bailing, or at least trying to bail, and go abroad. International players increasingly take top college roster spots. It's about leadership and coaching. A small country like Iceland can emerge on the world stage in seemingly little time, and it's all driven by leadership and coaching. We have very little of both.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostWait a minute, I thought athleticism had nothing to do with success in soccer??? You lemmings on this chat board said that technical dribbling through and around cones was what made a great soccer player and team. Now you got me all confused
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostBut wait - I thought DA was going to fix everything?
Ten years and we've barely moved the dial. The best young talent to emerge recently, Pulisic, didn't follow a traditional DA path. Other young players are bailing, or at least trying to bail, and go abroad. International players increasingly take top college roster spots. It's about leadership and coaching. A small country like Iceland can emerge on the world stage in seemingly little time, and it's all driven by leadership and coaching. We have very little of both.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostUS Women have been doing great. Without US Soccer involved.
US Men are boring and not very good. With US Soccer involved.
So US Soccer wants to get involved with women and take the fun and the quality out.
They will take all the joy out of the game which will have a negative effect.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostUS Soccer is the Walmart of soccer. Only out to make money. They will lower the quality on women's side.
They will take all the joy out of the game which will have a negative effect.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostWait a minute, I thought athleticism had nothing to do with success in soccer??? You lemmings on this chat board said that technical dribbling through and around cones was what made a great soccer player and team. Now you got me all confused
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The women's team is finally starting to pick some more tactical & technical player like Mal Pugh & Rose L. Simply picking the tall fast girls at ulittles and moving them through the ranks isn't working anymore. USWNT is starting to see the light but change will take time. At least they are trying.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostRemember this crucial aspect that Iceland has no competition from other sports. Try being relevant on the Men's side of sports in the USA with the unbridled passion, commitment, participation and tv/advertising dollars for Football, Basketball & Baseball. Soccer has never had or ever will have a seat at the table, just a place for food cart junkies. When we do have a kids with the requisite talent to relevant at the world level it's best they go abroad, which is common sense. American high level coaches have no desire to gravitate to the sport of Soccer.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostIceland has 330,000 people; we have nearly 330million. If they can create one top notch mens' team from the equivalent of a small US city, so can we. I agree with the OP - it's about leadership and coaching. We have the athletes, plenty of them in fact.
We are not Iceland where Soccer is King. We are the USA where Trump is king.
Apples and Oranges my friend.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostUS Soccer is the Walmart of soccer. Only out to make money. They will lower the quality on women's side.
They will take all the joy out of the game which will have a negative effect.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostIceland has 330,000 people; we have nearly 330million. If they can create one top notch mens' team from the equivalent of a small US city, so can we. I agree with the OP - it's about leadership and coaching. We have the athletes, plenty of them in fact.
When your country doesn't love the sport above everything else it doesn't matter the population. When your country does love the sport above all like Iceland, Netherlands & Belgium you can do great things with a small population.
This is the USA, Soccer is not a sport of our people. Heck, NASCAR has a better following.
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