December 8, 20223 yr On 11/29/2022 at 3:38 PM, Chisoxfn said: It is very different. Us loses a ton of its best athletes to other sports. And the reality is the way we develop here is still different than those upper echelon countries. Less people here Vs other countries end up getting home schooled at young ages to fully focus on soccer. It is starting to happen here and at young ages (think 7 or 8)…but even than that is typically involving people relocating but I know a program in my area that is setting up a home school around lower elementary age into middle school with plan to than send them into international team feeder programs (vs today more of the clubs at best get ties to our MLS clubs that are ultimately sub standard). But if we didn’t have the draw to MLB, NBA and NFL I think you would see our striker play, if nothing else get more on par with the best in the world. And with that said - this is the us team with the most upside I have ever seen in my lifetime and the next cup cycle could be special. Key word is could be. This is no knock cause the Donovan, Altidore, Dempsey era was pretty damn good. It's not even just that anymore The USA isn't even dominant in men's basketball anymore. They're certainly not dominant in baseball. They can possibly continue to be fairly dominant in some "American" sports, but probably not in most more global sports.
December 8, 20223 yr 3 hours ago, CentralChamps21 said: Especially since he seems to be not particularly good at it. Pulisic's crosses and set pieces were god awful this tournament. Edited December 8, 20223 yr by chw42
December 8, 20223 yr 23 minutes ago, SleepyWhiteSox said: It's not even just that anymore The USA isn't even dominant in men's basketball anymore. They're certainly not dominant in baseball. They can possibly continue to be fairly dominant in some "American" sports, but probably not in most more global sports. US won the last WBC. I think they have a good shot this upcoming one too.
December 9, 20223 yr Wow, what a day! Got home just in time to see Croatia score the late equalizer, then crush Brazil in PK. Saw the entire Argentina-Netherlands game. Can't get a much better day of action than today.
December 10, 20223 yr 3 hours ago, Kyyle23 said: If they find evidence of foul play…. . . . then the US will do nothing, just like they've done with Saudi Arabia and every other nation we buy oil and gas from.
December 18, 20223 yr 4 hours ago, SoxAce said: Greatest World Cup Final I've ever watched. Greatest soccer game I've ever watched. Sad that the US will not play competitive matches against anybody better than Mexico and Canada before the next World Cup.
December 19, 20223 yr 17 hours ago, CentralChamps21 said: Greatest soccer game I've ever watched. Sad that the US will not play competitive matches against anybody better than Mexico and Canada before the next World Cup. Word is we might play in the Copa America in 24.
December 19, 20223 yr 6 hours ago, chw42 said: Word is we might play in the Copa America in 24. That would be nice.
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