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Possession has been good but their quality when they get chances is just so much better.
The USA is a good team but quite young and inexperienced in this type of high level game. I hate saying it but the future looks bright.
The substituted player, Wright just scored at the 75th minute!
Great call, Coach!
Had our chance. Outside backs both got **** in too far on that goal. Robinson has great speed and effort, but I’m not as sure of his soccer IQ.
Me neither but one thing I am sure of is it is much higher than mine.
Dutch just have far superior technical ability and defensive soundness
‘Futball’ Meh… Go Dawgs! 🤣😇
USA needs to go out and hire whoever is considered the best coach in Europe or South America and throw the bank account at the guy. There is no reason that a sports-obsessed nation of 350 million people with the best athletic training facilities in the world can't field a globally competitive soccer team. We only beat Iran 1-0. That is embarrassing. Iran. Tied Wales, a nation with the population of Connecticut. Soccer is the #1 sport in America based on how many people play, it's HUGE at the youth level, but for some reason kind of drops off at the HS and college level. American kids grow up playing soccer just like European kids. Team USA has gotten a lot better the last 20 or so years, but it's still way behind.
USA women’s soccer is dominant, though.
Men have football, baseball and hoops draining the talent pool. Women have only hoops and softball. That may be part of the reason. Not sure how average salaries compare across sports. I do think US men's soccer is improving. Not sure it's coaching that's the problem. It lies, I think, in the area of development and who is available to be developed.
It’s the transition around 11-12 years old where in other countries the players commit to a much more rigorous training schedule. They basically commit to the game over academics. Have had multiple European coaches tell me this.
Resulting in very wealthy uneducated players?
Maybe we need an IMG style soccer thing in the US.
You want to send 11-12 year old kids off to training centers and live away from home? I think that is what happens in many European countries. I can see it for HS aged kids - maybe - I mean a good # of IMG kids leave to go back home after a year or two . But...11-12 year olds? Maybe you just meant high school age kids?
In some cases, but in others not so wealthy. However over there the lower division often pay quite well. There are many guys making $1 million in lower divisions.