re: Do you believe the US will win a World Cup in your lifetime?

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If the current state of our technical abilities is any indication, the knock-out stage is our ceiling, though if we have another golden generation we could push on. We just don't produce the type of player that succeeds at the international level, and the likelihood of us producing that type of player without a complete overhaul of everything we've built so far is infinitesimally small, as is the chance we will overhaul our entire youth structure and philosophy.

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i'm sure the same was said about football in the 40's and 50's but look at it now….

things change… hell, America's pass-time is PAST time…. i'm sure back in the 40's and 50's no one imagined a little league like the NFL would end up dominating a short time later…

with many parents now not letting their kids play football due to injury concerns, those athletes go to other venues, one of which is soccer… i'm not saying they will all become Messi's or Ronaldo's or anything, but we WILL have better athletes to select from…. if there's a big emphasis put on the technical aspects of the game in the future here in the states, it's possible to field teams that are in the upper echelon of international teams out there in the near future...