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@TmalfosterTom @ManagerTactical Ah interesting... would have thought by now stadiums and quality of field is good enough this shouldn't move the needle as much as it does

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9 hours ago

@SpahbodiBuyuk @ManagerTactical Crazy, still makes it just as crazy since Japan is doing SUPER well on the world stage with ohter teams

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9 hours ago

@ASPET_MTM @Jermainejunior @USMNT @MLS @ussoccer Well, not fully true. The academies in the us DO develop a lot of American players, just not all the way through to pro....

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10 hours ago

@ASPET_MTM @Jermainejunior @USMNT @MLS @ussoccer Yeah, I mean the top 11 teams have national development pathways good enough to produce world class talent. The US exports the final phase

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11 hours ago

@kevinmd80 @ManagerTactical I know hence my comment….

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To me, it's so ingrained anyway that if you get half decent you should be going off to Europe, so that's not going to change anything. If anything, winning is going to grow the sport a lot. I know that's a little cliché, but it still helps Also, interestingly, the United States develops a lot of their players to a point and then they go finish their development in Europe. By contrast, if you look at a team like Morocco, virtually all of their top players have zero development in Morocco whatsoever.

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13 hours ago

It’s a sports take She didn’t hate on his personality You don’t go around apologizing for a sports take loll Otherwise everyone go around like idiots apologizing nonstop for making predictions or any opinions That’s ridiculous it’s sports Also, she’s right in that he ended up being the outlier - I.e. exception doesn’t ruin a good argument

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13 hours ago

@BrettKollmann 100% Every single top soccer country historically has had a great street soccer culture And we know based off studies and data that that contributed even more to their success than early high level academies (Even though both are needed)

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13 hours ago

@WarEagleAzzy @dominicjlavoie So soft

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14 hours ago

@crogers_htown Hahha Honestly I read that and just felt his frustration coming through and felt so bad for him 😂

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14 hours ago

@Pancho007 @dominicjlavoie Perkins is a joke and does this but a million times worse all the time lol

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15 hours ago

@MassiBuilds @ademir2z Appreciate your elaboration. I still like it as an argument in general, but you're right, refs do it differently. either way I see it as a pen as well. Off his feet, slide tackle, hitting the forward who had the ball...

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15 hours ago

The best soccer countries in history have all had one thing in common. Street soccer cultures, (AKA; unorganized play). And with the World Cup happening, it's a reminder of the contrast of what developed the world's best soccer players, vs. what is happening in America with kids in general. Look at any top soccer country through history, and they’ve had an amazing street soccer culture, where kids get tons of practice through unorganized play. Parents are NOT supervising, kids figure out rules on their own, and they learn to compete on their own. Street soccer came first, and organized programming came second, after the base was developed, and after the passion was already there. Contrast that with America. We used to have more unorganized play, (LOTS more). And there are real reasons for that. The "stranger danger" panic made parents afraid to let kids out the door alone. Screens and social media took over. And travel ball/organized activity ate whatever time was left, scheduling kids into every open hour instead of leaving any of it open. And it might be impossible to bring back since there's no money in it