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Potential of the USA in soccer
Posted on 4/22/12 at 5:29 pm
Posted on 4/22/12 at 5:29 pm
when will the USA become a powerhouse in soccer and what has to happen. The Women have a established a dominant team, but what do the USMNT have to do to accomplish a dominant team
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Posted on 4/22/12 at 5:31 pm to fightingtigers98
No particular order.
1.) Get a stable domestic league, and let it grow.
2.)Get stable academies and a stable game plan for our youth
1.) Get a stable domestic league, and let it grow.
2.)Get stable academies and a stable game plan for our youth
Posted on 4/22/12 at 5:34 pm to fightingtigers98
Odd. I thought that all of us fake-Euro, club jersey-wearing, un-American snobs needed to change our ways in order for the US to have a solid program.
Posted on 4/22/12 at 6:15 pm to WarSlamEagle
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Odd. I thought that all of us fake-Euro, club jersey-wearing, un-American snobs needed to change our ways in order for the US to have a solid program.
That dude was a complete idiot.
Posted on 4/22/12 at 6:19 pm to BleedPurpleGold
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That dude was a complete idiot.
He is a professional troll. All he does is try to get under the skin of other posters.
Posted on 4/22/12 at 6:30 pm to glassman
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He is a professional troll. All he does is try to get under the skin of other posters.
...in the name of God.
Posted on 4/22/12 at 6:36 pm to WarSlamEagle
Just check out the Food Board. 
His Top Ten lists of NOLA restaurants by neighborhood are a hoot. He probably hasn't been to 75% of the ones listed.
His Top Ten lists of NOLA restaurants by neighborhood are a hoot. He probably hasn't been to 75% of the ones listed.
Posted on 4/22/12 at 7:29 pm to fightingtigers98
Develop a competitive domestic league where young talent is going up against some of the best of the best week in week out.
Have kids in our youth system play against players much better than them. Some young players in Europe that are signed by clubs go up against Rooney, RVP, Messi in practice everyday because of this they get exponentially better with every practice and compete for first team time in their teens and early twenties.
Have kids in our youth system play against players much better than them. Some young players in Europe that are signed by clubs go up against Rooney, RVP, Messi in practice everyday because of this they get exponentially better with every practice and compete for first team time in their teens and early twenties.
Posted on 4/22/12 at 7:34 pm to fightingtigers98
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what do the USMNT have to do to accomplish a dominant team
Get more of our best athletes to stick with soccer once they hit High School. The reality, however, is that so few public high schools have soccer teams, that the best athletes automatically move to Football, Basketball, and Baseball. And the second tier guys join the chess club, start smoking dope, or play Dungeons and Dragons.
Posted on 4/22/12 at 7:40 pm to LuckySo-n-So
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start smoking dope,
If the NBA tested for herb there would be no league.
Posted on 4/22/12 at 7:47 pm to glassman
I am pretty sure they test in season.
Posted on 4/22/12 at 8:00 pm to Vicks Kennel Club
If so their results are swept under the rug if that is the case.
Posted on 4/22/12 at 9:43 pm to fightingtigers98
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when will the USA become a powerhouse in soccer and what has to happen
There have been 8 different World Cup Champions in 19 World Cups. In addition to those 8 nations, only four others have made a final, and one of the nations doesn't exist anymore.
The likelihood of any nation that isn't a powerhouse now ever rising above "very good" is limited, IMO.
Posted on 4/22/12 at 10:06 pm to Sheep
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The likelihood of any nation that isn't a powerhouse now ever rising above "very good" is limited, IMO.
Pretty much. Pray for a great class of players to be born in the same 4-6 year span. And have all of them be uninjured for the duration of the tournament. It's going to be harder and harder to be an elite team as soccer moves forward with better training techniques available to a wider group of countries. We're a pretty good team on our day, and literally can beat anyone, but to put all that together of the course of a tournament will take a special group of players.
Posted on 4/22/12 at 10:43 pm to fightingtigers98
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when will the USA become a powerhouse in soccer
probably not for a while
Posted on 4/22/12 at 11:22 pm to fightingtigers98
There has to be economic incentive to play domestically. Once players can make millions of dollars a year in the us, we'll be at least England good.
Posted on 4/23/12 at 3:58 am to inelishaitrust
Send the best youth overseas.
Posted on 4/23/12 at 4:36 am to RollTide4Ever
I think we will continue to make strides.. we are obviously better now than we were15 years ago, I think in another 15 years, as more people play/ there are more former players to foster youth growth (as parents and coaches), we will see growth that we are a formidable foe to any team. I doubt we will win a world cup in my life time but we will be more consistant and will compete with any team without being complete underdogs
Posted on 4/23/12 at 10:00 am to petar
As others have said - we have to develop a large scale, nationwide academy system that will allow our best players to exclusively play other top flight talent year round, starting at a very early age. That is step one. Improvement in the quality of our domestic professional league will happen as the talent pool it has to draw from improves (see academies).
From a more "big-picture" perspective, I have always thought that if the best natural athletes we, as a nation, produce each year would choose soccer over all the other sports, the potential ceiling for the USMNT is limitless. There is no question the US produces the the largest pool of naturally gifted athletes in the world - no one else produces as many physical freaks as us (size, speed, strength, agility, balance), and I'd be willing to bet it's not even close. Now part of that comes from the sports themselves our athletes choose to play; a lifetime of training to be a NFL WR will produce a different physical body from a lifetime of training to be a World Cup level striker. But it's still fun to think about what a team with physical freaks like Lebron James at center back and Calvin Johnson at striker would be like.
From a more "big-picture" perspective, I have always thought that if the best natural athletes we, as a nation, produce each year would choose soccer over all the other sports, the potential ceiling for the USMNT is limitless. There is no question the US produces the the largest pool of naturally gifted athletes in the world - no one else produces as many physical freaks as us (size, speed, strength, agility, balance), and I'd be willing to bet it's not even close. Now part of that comes from the sports themselves our athletes choose to play; a lifetime of training to be a NFL WR will produce a different physical body from a lifetime of training to be a World Cup level striker. But it's still fun to think about what a team with physical freaks like Lebron James at center back and Calvin Johnson at striker would be like.
Posted on 4/23/12 at 10:07 am to EastcoastEER
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But it's still fun to think about what a team with physical freaks like Lebron James at center back and Calvin Johnson at striker would be like.
Cam Newton as an attacking midfielder. Game over.
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