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Cirus
#31 17-07-2024, 10:29:34 AM
We don't have the infrastructure, culture or tactical knowledge to be good at it. We can't simply throw more money at it for a quick fix.

The problem starts from the lack of good coaching in the US. If American kids show talent and want to take soccer seriously, their parents need to get them into a club team that offers real coaching. These cost thousands of dollars, and how many parents are able to pay for that? In Europe, clubs will send scouts to local village matches to find the most talented kids. The best talents are identified and brought into club academies to receive professional training. This doesn't cost the parents much (if anything), and it's a relatively trivial investment for the clubs as well, with the potential of one of these kids being worth a ton of money in the future. (There are issues with the youth system to be sure, particularly for the kids who are good enough to stay until they turn 18, but not good enough to make a living professionally). Fortunately, American academies are more common now. It's common for a few teenagers to get sold from MLS teams to European clubs every year. They're getting better coaching and playing against elite opposition every week. There's a long way to go but the talent level is improving.

Another issue is that the USSF is full of nepotism. When we hired Jurgen Klinsmann in 2011, he was quick to point out how the systemic problems of US soccer. Much of his tenure was spent implementing European-style coaching and stressing that our best players need to leave MLS if we ever want to improve. He brought in many players who were raised/trained in Germany and dropped popular Americans from the 2014 World Cup squad. When he was fired in 2016, we brought in Bruce Arena who had done a lot previously but was a terrible choice for the modern team. We missed qualifying for the 2018 World Cup as a result. Then we signed Gregg Berhalter who was an awful coach and fired him in 2022... then we re-signed him in 2023 so he could fetch us over again and crash us out of the group stage of the Copa America, despite having a ridiculously easy group.

Finally, Americans can't stand being anything other than #1. Do you think the average American is going to celebrate if we make the quarterfinals at a World Cup? We're happy to tell ourselves "we'd be the best in the world if we took it seriously" and leave it at that. Realistically, there's no reason the US can't consistently be a top 10 team on the world stage, but I don't know that it'll ever happen.


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#32 10-08-2024, 20:25:20 PM
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We don't have the infrastructure, culture or tactical knowledge to be good at it. We can't simply throw more money at it for a quick fix.

The problem starts from the lack of good coaching in the US. If American kids show talent and want to take soccer seriously, their parents need to get them into a club team that offers real coaching. These cost thousands of dollars, and how many parents are able to pay for that? In Europe, clubs will send scouts to local village matches to find the most talented kids. The best talents are identified and brought into club academies to receive professional training. This doesn't cost the parents much (if anything), and it's a relatively trivial investment for the clubs as well, with the potential of one of these kids being worth a ton of money in the future. (There are issues with the youth system to be sure, particularly for the kids who are good enough to stay until they turn 18, but not good enough to make a living professionally). Fortunately, American academies are more common now. It's common for a few teenagers to get sold from MLS teams to European clubs every year. They're getting better coaching and playing against elite opposition every week. There's a long way to go but the talent level is improving.

Another issue is that the USSF is full of nepotism. When we hired Jurgen Klinsmann in 2011, he was quick to point out how the systemic problems of US soccer. Much of his tenure was spent implementing European-style coaching and stressing that our best players need to leave MLS if we ever want to improve. He brought in many players who were raised/trained in Germany and dropped popular Americans from the 2014 World Cup squad. When he was fired in 2016, we brought in Bruce Arena who had done a lot previously but was a terrible choice for the modern team. We missed qualifying for the 2018 World Cup as a result. Then we signed Gregg Berhalter who was an awful coach and fired him in 2022... then we re-signed him in 2023 so he could fetch us over again and crash us out of the group stage of the Copa America, despite having a ridiculously easy group.

Finally, Americans can't stand being anything other than #1. Do you think the average American is going to celebrate if we make the quarterfinals at a World Cup? We're happy to tell ourselves "we'd be the best in the world if we took it seriously" and leave it at that. Realistically, there's no reason the US can't consistently be a top 10 team on the world stage, but I don't know that it'll ever happen.
brilliant post most accurate view you will see of the USA football landscape cant get over the fees soccer academies want for kids league outrageous thousands in the states for a season about maybe 20-50 bucks here crazy stuff. American colleges are always scouting here in Ireland for players they will offer a full scholarship and all other expenses paid but lot of the players turn it down  becuase USA soccer being a bad career path for good footballer when young


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#33 17-08-2024, 20:37:42 PM
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is there a way to watch it in the US without paying $80 a month for FUBO




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#34 18-08-2024, 02:39:35 AM
Peacock will stream the majority of Premier League matches. This doesn’t include the main matches every week, which will be on either NBC or USA. ESPN+ has La Liga and Bundesliga.


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#35 18-08-2024, 18:13:09 PM
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what about champion's league




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#36 18-08-2024, 18:29:14 PM
CBS, CBSSN, Paramount+


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#37 18-08-2024, 18:30:54 PM
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oh cool

I guess we'll just keep all of our 12 streaming subscriptions




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#38 20-08-2024, 21:17:21 PM
How much do all of your streaming services cost in total?

I don't have any streaming services so I pay $0.00.


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#39 20-08-2024, 22:55:05 PM
How much do all of your streaming services cost in total?

I don't have any streaming services so I pay $0.00.
dude same




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#40 20-08-2024, 23:19:22 PM
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probably over a hundred bucks

on one hand I myself wouldn't have signed up for any of them, but she'd dig in her heels if I tried to get rid of more than a couple, and she'd inevitably sign up for it again a few months later because there's a new show she wants to see on it (Apple TV+), and then once in a while I'll want to watch something and we already have it

it's funny because right now we're just reading a lot every night so we're not using any of them




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#41 21-08-2024, 00:56:07 AM
It’s hard to put a price on watching the beautiful game


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#42 26-08-2024, 02:05:20 AM
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It’s hard to put a price on watching the beautiful game


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#43 27-08-2024, 21:45:46 PM
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#44 13-09-2024, 09:49:31 AM
https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2024/09/mauricio-pochettino-named-head-coach-us-mens-national-team

Pochettino’s appointment is supported in significant part by a philanthropic leadership gift from Kenneth C. Griffin, Founder and CEO of Citadel and Founder of Griffin Catalyst. Additional support has been provided by Scott Goodwin, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Diameter, and several commercial partners.

God bless America  :usa:


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#45 18-09-2024, 11:08:00 AM
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may the richest team win




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