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Anybody know what process US soccer has in place to identify and develop players
Posted on 6/25/14 at 11:49 am
Posted on 6/25/14 at 11:49 am
I saw in a link posted in the thread about Wynalda's crazy comments that when Klinsman signed the contract through 2018 that he also was given the additional position of technical director of the US Soccer Federation.
Which makes me wonder if he will try to revamp whatever system they have in place to identify and develop young talent. Are they getting the best talent they can? Are they grooming them properly?
Anybody here have any insight into what they do now to find and develop young talent? I know they have the ODP (Olympic Development Program) which is supposed to do this to an extent. Other than that I don't know what system they have in place to sort of scout the club teams, colleges and maybe some High Schools to find players at a young age.
Which makes me wonder if he will try to revamp whatever system they have in place to identify and develop young talent. Are they getting the best talent they can? Are they grooming them properly?
Anybody here have any insight into what they do now to find and develop young talent? I know they have the ODP (Olympic Development Program) which is supposed to do this to an extent. Other than that I don't know what system they have in place to sort of scout the club teams, colleges and maybe some High Schools to find players at a young age.
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Posted on 6/25/14 at 11:56 am to Methuselah
The most comparable thing we have to the major European academies is the U-17 residency program in Bradenton, FL. It has produced Donovan, Altidore, Beasley, Bradley, among others. The MLS clubs have also been working to develop their academies in the last 10 years with mixed success.
Posted on 6/25/14 at 11:56 am to Methuselah
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Are they getting the best talent they can?
Yes
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Are they grooming them properly?
We'll see. U-20's got into the hardest group (Spain, France, Ghana) at the U-20 WC last year.
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Which makes me wonder if he will try to revamp whatever system they have in place to identify and develop young talent.
Jurgen is bringing on people who have had success in the World Cup. He's already revamping the system and is making the youth teams play a similar style to the national teams to build continuity.
LINK
This post was edited on 6/25/14 at 11:57 am
Posted on 6/25/14 at 11:57 am to Methuselah
The concussion scare with football is doing some of the work on its own. More kids going to basketball and soccer
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