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Posted on 7/6/26 at 10:03 pm to Big4SALTbro
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The USSF should pair that with crating boarding school academies that are basically the soccer version of those speciality sport schools for football and basketball and like Europe has for soccer.
That's a good idea. Never thought of that. Definitely have them in basketball. Cooper Flagg played for one.
I always wondered what what happen if MLS had an under-23 team with nothing but American players. After you turn 23 you age out and have to play in Europe or for some other MLS team. But in the mean time you pay them really well so they don't go to Europe, and all the best young American players play on the same club team.
Posted on 7/6/26 at 10:03 pm to KiwiHead
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We are not as quick as the Europeans....or the Brazilians. Soccer need not be just fior the upper middle class kids
We absolutely are as quick. We weren’t as technical and our touches look like elephants compared to Belgiums tonight. Troussard and that 13 year old beanpole striker tore us up. They’re not nearly as athletic as our players.
This isn’t a tier of athlete problem. It’s a coaching, technical, and system problem. When a slow 5’7” 141 lbs dude is tearing you up it’s not strictly an athletic issue.
This post was edited on 7/6/26 at 10:08 pm
Posted on 7/6/26 at 10:05 pm to The Boat
The reality of the US at the World Cup. Since our golden moment in 2002, we have beaten the following teams in the World Cup:
Algeria
Ghana
Iran
Paraguay
Australia
Bosnia.
That’s the entire list over the last 6 tournaments.
I’m not sure we are going backwards. We are just stuck being a largely a JV squad and unable to play teams with a roster filled with European league players.
Algeria
Ghana
Iran
Paraguay
Australia
Bosnia.
That’s the entire list over the last 6 tournaments.
I’m not sure we are going backwards. We are just stuck being a largely a JV squad and unable to play teams with a roster filled with European league players.
Posted on 7/6/26 at 10:06 pm to St Augustine
Our touch and skill isn’t nearly as bad as it looked tonight. Just a collective shitting of the bed from the whole team.
Moment so clearly got to them
Moment so clearly got to them
Posted on 7/6/26 at 10:07 pm to SUB
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Balogun didn't play bad but he should have had a goal or two
That's honestly debatable. Bad? No, but we never really looked threatening.
Posted on 7/6/26 at 10:11 pm to St Augustine
Nah they were out quicking us to the ball tonight. A lot of times they were stepping in front of passes
Posted on 7/6/26 at 10:12 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
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AAU has destroyed basketball.
NBA players have never been more skilled. You have 7-footers shooting 3 pointers and taking people off the dribble.
NBA players are softer these days and more likely to be head cases, but they've never been more skilled.
Posted on 7/6/26 at 10:14 pm to The Boat
You must not remember 2006 or being Ghana's bitch.
Posted on 7/6/26 at 10:15 pm to KiwiHead
Because they’re more technical and smarter players. When the ball is put right where it needs to be and received with smooth first touch it buys significantly more time. Compare that to our passes that were often just a bit off and clunky first touch for most of the night allowing the Belgians not be exposed by our clear physical advantages. It has nothing to do with raw athleticism.
This post was edited on 7/6/26 at 10:32 pm
Posted on 7/6/26 at 10:16 pm to RollTide4Ever
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You must not remember 2006
That team drew the champions down a man
Posted on 7/6/26 at 10:20 pm to The Boat
And also got blown out in first game by a team that got grouped.
Posted on 7/6/26 at 10:22 pm to The Boat
Clear overreaction
We’re on the right trajectory but our ceiling will always be capped until our club system is more aligned to the European format.
Which, unfortunately, may or may not happen.
We’re on the right trajectory but our ceiling will always be capped until our club system is more aligned to the European format.
Which, unfortunately, may or may not happen.
Posted on 7/6/26 at 10:51 pm to Hayekian serf
4th? Pro soccer is far behind the NHL in this country.
Oh, and the American hockey boys showed, grit, heart, skill, speed and brought home Gold.
Oh, and the American hockey boys showed, grit, heart, skill, speed and brought home Gold.
Posted on 7/6/26 at 10:54 pm to ElRoos
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First two goals weren't his fault.
The goalie's job isn't just saving balls...it's setting up the defense, communicating, etc. He clearly didn't communicate for shite because our back line looked like whack-a-mole with players all out of sorts
Posted on 7/6/26 at 11:59 pm to RB10
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All 4 goals were direct results of frick ups from the back line (Ream, Richard’s, Freeman and Freese)
Dest was atrocious on the first goal
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Sound defense is always going to be needed.
Berhalter had fantastic defense but the games were boring because we were offensively anemic. Until today I thought I enjoyed how we were playing under Poch better.
Posted on 7/7/26 at 12:07 am to The Boat
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The Boat
No cap. That team had that DAWG in them! BIG B
Posted on 7/7/26 at 12:11 am to St Augustine
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Because they’re more technical and smarter players.
And this is because of our youth system. It’s simple as that. We have just as many talented players (and we’d have more if things were cheaper) as other nations but it alllll comes down to development.
We do NOT develop our guys the same way and the most crucial ages, which is like 6-15.
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