Why have America never produced a world class football player ?

[USABlue]

I bow to your first hand knowledge.
Just one question.......do college's have soccer scholarships? They do for most sports. Even golf.
Not that that would make much of a difference anyhow. I suppose it's all about what sports people have been brought up with. What your national sport is.
And then having that raw natural talent to then succeed. As noted we in Britain just don't take to baseball....American football....basketball. We are useless.
America will get there.......I think.

Yes most Division 1 schools have soccer scholarships. That being said a few schools may cut their soccer programs due to the revenue lost from Coronavirus. University of Cincinnati already has. Also most college players arent going to make it far as pros if you think about the development timeline compared to other nations. By the time you are out of college youre 21/22, most quality academy players globally tend to make their first team appearances at 17-19.

Talent isnt the issue, its identifying it and developing it is where US Soccer comes up short. The pay to play model is disastrous to our development and a key reason we lag behind. Look at all the top performing nations. They have pro teams with their own academies and youth systems in nearly every city in the country.

Article on Pulisic's development from 2 years ago. Helps his father was a coach.

How did Borussia Dortmund star Christian Pulisic make it into the European big leagues?

We take a look at Christian Pulisic's curious journey to the top of the European game, from Brackley Town to the Bundesliga.

www.bundesliga.com

 

[chrismpw]

Because as a nation being as if they are the kopites of the planet they convince themselves they're the best at everything and don't have that push you need to prove it.

*scarpers

 

[Efcjake]

Discuss

It's a pay to play system that stops the young lads from poorer areas (who typically become the best footballers because a ball is the only thing they have) from having a chance at making it.

It's all Barca Academy this and thousands of dollars on travel across the country to find teams of a decent standard to play against.

Not to mention the ridiculous charlatans they have making a bomb off of coaching.

If any of you have ever player league two level I'm sure you could pull six figures here as a coach with some level of professional experience.

The homegrown coaches are a laugh though. Most of them are far too focused on athleticism rather than technique and understanding the tactical side of the game.

Then the kids themselves are mostly FIFA beauts and gloryhunters who are more arsed over whether they can do a Ronaldo chop than putting a decent cross in.

 

[Goat]

Cos they lack technical skills and intelligence.

 

[orly]

Cos they lack technical skills and intelligence.

And they are hugely obese and like sports with lots of breaks

 

[Efcjake]

Cos they lack technical skills and intelligence.

Basically what I said but without four paragraphs

 

[Efcjake]

I wonder more about why the Mexican leagues don’t produce more world class footy players ?

So many people watch the Mexican footy, yet it produces very few footy players outside of the leagues,

This is a more interesting question.

I think it's because it doesn't pay that we'll over there when you're starting off and the families need the kids working and bringing in an income.

They also don't really have the best infrastructure over there and the wealth gap between the rich and poor is insane so I imagine a lot of their promising footballers drop out for financial reasons.

They have the passion for the sport and have produced some good players at times so it is a bit of a mystery.

 

[COYBL25]

This is a more interesting question.

I think it's because it doesn't pay that we'll over there when you're starting off and the families need the kids working and bringing in an income.

They also don't really have the best infrastructure over there and the wealth gap between the rich and poor is insane so I imagine a lot of their promising footballers drop out for financial reasons.

They have the passion for the sport and have produced some good players at times so it is a bit of a mystery.

Mexican footy is massive in the States, especially in L.A.

It’s on the Spanish speaking channels non stop.

All the Hispanic kids are footy mad and are more like English kids, in that with them it’s more of a working class sport, rather than the white middle class American kids who play it, because they can’t hack American footy.

You’d have thought it was a way out for the talented ones ?

 

[Efcjake]

Mexican footy is massive in the States, especially in L.A.

It’s on the Spanish speaking channels non stop.

All the Hispanic kids are footy mad and are more like English kids, in that with them it’s more of a working class sport, rather than the white middle class American kids who play it, because they can’t hack American footy.

You’d have thought it was a way out for the talented ones ?

I don't think they bring in as much money as our clubs so the pathways to develop the players aren't as well funded and the families probably need them working and earning to help support them.

All the best players I've played with over here are latinos or the children of immigrants or immigrants themselves. There are some good homegrown players but they end up going into the college/university system and burn out their love for the sport a lot of the time.

 

[COYBL25]

I don't think they bring in as much money as our clubs so the pathways to develop the players aren't as well funded and the families probably need them working and earning to help support them.

All the best players I've played with over here are latinos or the children of immigrants or immigrants themselves. There are some good homegrown players but they end up going into the college/university system and burn out their love for the sport a lot of the time.

I love the way they play footy too.

It’s all about attacking first and defending second.

Makes for mad and exciting games.

 

[Efcjake]

I love the way they play footy too.

It’s all about attacking first and defending second.

Makes for mad and exciting games.

Just like their boxing. They give the people what they want.

 

[RAFUH]

This is a more interesting question.

I think it's because it doesn't pay that we'll over there when you're starting off and the families need the kids working and bringing in an income.

They also don't really have the best infrastructure over there and the wealth gap between the rich and poor is insane so I imagine a lot of their promising footballers drop out for financial reasons.

They have the passion for the sport and have produced some good players at times so it is a bit of a mystery.

MLS has been a boon for Central American and Caribbean players

 

[Efcjake]

MLS has been a boon for Central American and Caribbean players

I meant the Mexican league teams probably don't pay much for their young academy lads.

The MLS has definitely been an opportunity for some players.

I imagine a lot of the players from central america or the Carribean are taking a gamble and going for a trial rather than the MLS having anything to do with their youth development.

A lot of those countries are in a worse state than Mexico financially.

 

[bigjonny]

Football is one of the few sports where technique reigns supreme over athleiscm no good being athletic if you can't trap a bag of cement.

I went to see New Jersey when Cahill signed and one of the locals said much the same, we can produce guys that run all day but.....

 

[Brendan Janus]

Has everyone forgot Cobi Jones, World Class !!

And Alexie Lalas !!

lol