Everton's American potential

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i think the OP had a very good point, american's are good athletes and they're talented, which means there is potential if they are handled correctly. i think it would be smart for everton to invest in a scouting network within the states, gems are few and far between, but they exist.

how can you all come on here saying americans are ****e at football when mls clubs have beaten everton the last two times we've played them. i understand its just preseason and all that, but thats the only stage they ahve to prove their international worth, and they came out on top, surely that deserves some respect right?

whoever mentioned coaching clinics was spot on, more people would fall in love with the sport if they knew how to play it correctly, and thats what its about. also a big issue is parents, while they let their kids play soccer, teach their kids to eat sleep and breath baseball, football, and basketball. if teams from around the world established more of a presence in the US, enough to catch the eye of youths looking for a sport to pour their souls into, the popularity of football would slowly grow and you would see a much greater percentage of talented youngsters maturing into great footballers.
in his short time with us, mcbride was excellent and could have possibly done great things at everton too, theres no reason to completely ignore the potential of american players.

and for the record you only come off as arrogant for making fun of people who call it soccer, the same is done in australia and south africa, how do you think cahill and pienaar would feel about that :P:P. also ghost, i think soccer is 100 times better than american football, but i would still say most wide receivers are in better shape than the average footballer. having watched extensive amounts of both sports, i actually have a basis for comparison. what's yours?
 
I'd love to sell Anichebe and pick up Jozy Altidore. I was at the game against Trinidad & Tobago and he's a strong well built guy. He knows how to hold to ball up when needed to and gets in behind defenders. It's sad he hasn't really been given a chance at Xerez. the T&T game was his first 90 mins in forever and he still banged in 3.
 
T&T played awful though. Altidore is a good player, but I wonder how he, and the rest of the US national team will fair against a south american or european squad.
 
alexander said:
T&T played awful though. Altidore is a good player, but I wonder how he, and the rest of the US national team will fair against a south american or european squad.
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Well in 2008 we drew Argentina 0-0 and only lost to Spain 1-0 in Spain. So I'm going to say we'll be able to fair pretty well against the competition.
 

American players are some of the best in the world up to about age 18, then they severly drop off. Part of this is due to the college system where they can only train 20hrs/week. Another is the lack of competetion and no academy system once they get out of high school. Many American players also want to play in England even though the American game isn't really suited for the premiership and is too high a level of footie for them so I think alot of them go to MLS instead of Holland or Germany.

Altidore ironically would have been better off in the prem though. He would have been best at CF in a system like they have at Villa. In 2 years a partnership of Young, Gabby and him would have been tremendous. He would also be a good striker for us given that we have problems getting a head on ball in front of goal in open play. He's going to be good though but not for a few years.

Adu is a victim of his own ego. The best way to describe Adu is well, say if Shawn Wright Phillips woke up one day and said, "I'm not a winger, my game is more like Kaka's so I'm going to cut inside every time, to hell to the fact that in the center of the pitch I can't use my pace, get dispossessed every time, and leave a huge hole on the right side for the opposing team to counterattack." There's no excuse for him to be sitting on the bench on a mediocre French team while other players who's he as talented as such as Kun Agureo are stars. He needs a manager like Moyes to kick him in the ass. Bradley (the US coach) is smart to leave him on the bench for the US squad for that reason.

Donovan well finally woke up and realized that his career doesn't have too much time left and wants to make a name for himself. Unfortunately even though I thought he played decent at Bayern he didn't get a goal in 3 months and was shipped back to LA. A couple of his shots on goal were robbed by the keeper. He was played out of position at stiker at Bayern when he's better as an attacking mid.
 
Rook said:
American players are some of the best in the world up to about age 18, then they severly drop off. Part of this is due to the college system where they can only train 20hrs/week. Another is the lack of competetion and no academy system once they get out of high school. Many American players also want to play in England even though the American game isn't really suited for the premiership and is too high a level of footie for them so I think alot of them go to MLS instead of Holland or Germany.

Altidore ironically would have been better off in the prem though. He would have been best at CF in a system like they have at Villa. In 2 years a partnership of Young, Gabby and him would have been tremendous. He would also be a good striker for us given that we have problems getting a head on ball in front of goal in open play. He's going to be good though but not for a few years.

Adu is a victim of his own ego. The best way to describe Adu is well, say if Shawn Wright Phillips woke up one day and said, "I'm not a winger, my game is more like Kaka's so I'm going to cut inside every time, to hell to the fact that in the center of the pitch I can't use my pace, get dispossessed every time, and leave a huge hole on the right side for the opposing team to counterattack." There's no excuse for him to be sitting on the bench on a mediocre French team while other players who's he as talented as such as Kun Agureo are stars. He needs a manager like Moyes to kick him in the ass. Bradley (the US coach) is smart to leave him on the bench for the US squad for that reason.

Donovan well finally woke up and realized that his career doesn't have too much time left and wants to make a name for himself. Unfortunately even though I thought he played decent at Bayern he didn't get a goal in 3 months and was shipped back to LA. A couple of his shots on goal were robbed by the keeper. He was played out of position at stiker at Bayern when he's better as an attacking mid.
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He's nowhere near as talented as Kun Agüero to be honest, he certainly wouldn't be sitting on the bench at Monaco if that was the case and he would have been used at Benfica more. He's talented but Agüero is on a different level.

Another thing, if your not a winger you won't play like a winger. He's naturally going to cut inside, that's his game. You can't have a go at him for playing his natural game.
 
GhostOfDixie said:
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Ego? Hmm, maybe.
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The international results have proven that the national team can play with anyone under 21. We have tore top teams up like Brasil up on the national stage.

The same thing happens in Mexico too. Mexican football always seems to have great teams under 21 but they never take the next step. Maybe its a CONCAF thing. I don't know.

Adu's game may be cutting inside, and I'm sure its worked....when he was 13. Great players learn to adapt and change their game and he's proven that he can adapt, that is if he wants too. He really does need a coach to slap him upside his head.
 

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