re: Why Can't the United States Assemble a Championship Soccer Team?

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FIFA hasn't changed the Laws of the Game to further accomodate possession football, like the NFL and NBA have to inflate scoring.

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well i think they've pushed for refs to call it differently. it's not a formal rule change

it's an opinion, obviously

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We have great athletes, better athletes than almost everyone else. We just need these athletes to be above average technical players. Right now we have probably 8-9, technically gifted players and some other projects.

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yeah we're not that technically gifted

honestly, assuming aggressive play in the midfield was allowed, i could see a good american counter to the tika-toka game by having athletic "destroyer" types in the midfield to constantly disrupt and wear down the smaller players. there are only 3 subs in a game, and if you can wear down 4-5 players, you gain the advantage late

the problem is that it would require a 3-4 man midfield with a lot of athleticism but a bunch of positional awareness (that the US doesn't have in abundance) on defense.

basically it would be a war of attrition

that's not why i have my opinions though. i respect spanish possession soccer. i just dislike systems that skew styles of play to force everyone into that style of play. this applies to any sport

i'm starting to become tired of the NBA becoming a pick and roll/driver league, and the NFL becoming a spread passing league, too