re: Can someone explain to me why our youth system is bad?

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Really the exact opposite of our issue.

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It is and lord knows I've tried to explain it over and over. My experience with you is hoping the next starlet who is destroyed other 16 year olds can do it at the top level, and honestly the only player who has minimally lived up to expectations has been Jack Wilshere, which I think is a testament unto itself. Wilshere would be utterly ignored in the American system, as would numerous talented, undersized players, and that is the place where America should focus its recruitment efforts, not the 6-3 receiver who is an amazing athlete, but in all likelihood, would end up as a goalkeeper at best.