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RollTide4Ever
| Favorite team: | Harvard  |
| Location: | Nashville |
| Biography: | Blasian Libertarian |
| Interests: | Film, Traveling |
| Occupation: | CPA |
| Number of Posts: | 20257 |
| Registered on: | 11/8/2006 |
| Online Status: | Online |
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re: Every 4 years we lose the World Cup and the “if we only did X we would win” arguments come
Posted by RollTide4Ever on 7/8/26 at 9:53 am to Tiger1242
There is no magic bullet. No one size fits all solution. We need to copy what Japan does as well.
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re: Alexi Lalas: "stop vilifying pay-to-play youth soccer"
Posted by RollTide4Ever on 7/8/26 at 9:50 am to Broski
Ncaa soccer refuse to be part of the solution, hence growing irrelevance.
re: Path to Success is Exclusive Academies not a Million Fields
Posted by RollTide4Ever on 7/8/26 at 9:49 am to Violent Hip Swivel
Before that age, it's just having fun playing football. The more touches the better. After, they're learning tactics. Tom Byers is a great source on this.
re: Alexi Lalas: "stop vilifying pay-to-play youth soccer"
Posted by RollTide4Ever on 7/8/26 at 9:46 am to Bigdawgb
Maybe get public schools involved? This can help with rural area situation.
Does travel soccer help develop skills?
Does travel soccer help develop skills?
re: Alexi Lalas: "stop vilifying pay-to-play youth soccer"
Posted by RollTide4Ever on 7/8/26 at 9:42 am to SabiDojo
The federation needs to be decentalized.
re: Path to Success is Exclusive Academies not a Million Fields
Posted by RollTide4Ever on 7/8/26 at 9:26 am to RB10
If they flipping from those sports to soccer, they might not be good. Rather the other way.
re: Path to Success is Exclusive Academies not a Million Fields
Posted by RollTide4Ever on 7/8/26 at 8:34 am to MOT
Japan uses college to catch the late bloomers. Zidane was a late bloomer as was Diego Forlan. Didier Drogba and Griezemann also come to mind.
re: Path to Success is Exclusive Academies not a Million Fields
Posted by RollTide4Ever on 7/8/26 at 8:30 am to RollTide4Ever
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1. How are you going to identify the 50-100 best 10 year olds in an area nearly 4 million square miles?
2. Many of the best 10 year olds flame out, and some of the average 10 year olds become global superstars
1.) It's been recently announced that ussf is using ai to scout on large scale.
2.) Donovan and Giuseppi Rossi talk about this. The latter has his own academy.
re: Path to Success is Exclusive Academies not a Million Fields
Posted by RollTide4Ever on 7/8/26 at 8:26 am to RB10
I think our best bet is with immigrants and the like. That's where our current team is coming from any way. Folks like Chris Richard's and Freeman are the outliers. Even weston Mckennie comes from military family.
re: Path to Success is Exclusive Academies not a Million Fields
Posted by RollTide4Ever on 7/8/26 at 8:22 am to IamNotaRobot
Damn, we had the same thoughts....lol
re: Path to Success is Exclusive Academies not a Million Fields
Posted by RollTide4Ever on 7/8/26 at 8:20 am to Riseupfromtherubble
Could we use Japan's example and include public schools in this process? Maybe every new pe hire gets coaching license? Best young players get moved up in age level.
Build monkey cages in densely populated areas?
Speaking of MLS academy, Philadelphia and NY bulls seem to be killing it lately.
Build monkey cages in densely populated areas?
Speaking of MLS academy, Philadelphia and NY bulls seem to be killing it lately.
re: Path to Success is Exclusive Academies not a Million Fields
Posted by RollTide4Ever on 7/8/26 at 8:02 am to lionward2014
Tanner prob. played soccer off and on growing up, along with American football. No telling how old he was when he first picked up a soccer ball.
re: Path to Success is Exclusive Academies not a Million Fields
Posted by RollTide4Ever on 7/8/26 at 7:46 am to TomRollTideRitter
You can have both.
re: Spot on about the US and future World Cups
Posted by RollTide4Ever on 7/6/26 at 10:32 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
All athletes need to start with soccer as Harbaugh advocated.
re: If you want US men’s soccer to do well there one quick thing you can do….
Posted by RollTide4Ever on 7/6/26 at 10:29 pm to KiwiHead
Zidane was too slow for the Algerian team.
re: In theory why wouldn't this work? Or why might it work?
Posted by RollTide4Ever on 7/6/26 at 10:21 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
23 seems too old but I think Japan has a team in Europe for this purpose.
re: US Soccer is going backwards
Posted by RollTide4Ever 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.
re: US Soccer is going backwards
Posted by RollTide4Ever on 7/6/26 at 10:14 pm to The Boat
You must not remember 2006 or being Ghana's bitch.
re: This is why soccer will never take off in this country.
Posted by RollTide4Ever on 7/6/26 at 10:04 pm to UnluckyTiger
No it wouldn't. I want a new federation but that ain't it.
re: This is why soccer will never take off in this country.
Posted by RollTide4Ever on 7/6/26 at 10:03 pm to RollTide4Ever
Soccer is a sport where intelligence trumps athleticism. We need to become consistently smart.
re: This is why soccer will never take off in this country.
Posted by RollTide4Ever on 7/6/26 at 10:02 pm to Nitrogen
We need to target immigrants. I'm aa and soccer isn't going to become popular in the hood. Soccer starts at home.
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