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MAP you are correct but I would add it's already underway. China's President is a huge soccer fan. China has the world's largest soccer boarding school-Named " Evergrande " staffed with a bunch of Spanish coaches as the non-Chinese name of the school implies. President Xi wants to have something like 50,000 schools with strong soccer programs by 2025.

For those who are curious and interested here is an overview of their long range plan: https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/01/04/world/asia/china-soccer-xi-jinping.html
Japan and now the Chinese have hired Spanish coaches. Yet, we keep on hiring the English coaches....go figure.
 
Wow, that right back for the US on the last goal had a terrible sequence. First, her bad positioning holds the Chinese striker on side. Then she stops and (wrongly) signals off side for the ref while the girl she was supposed to be guarding slips right past her for the easy goal. View attachment 1214

Her awareness, especially being on a youth national team, should have been much greater. It seems like a lot of defenders forget that you're not just defending the goal from the ball, but where the ball can and to who it can go to as well. Those who do, I feel as though miss out a lot on ynt experience, because of size of physical lacking. There's more to soccer than that, the biggest strongest girls aren't always the best. Take Rose Lavelle, no real significant YNT experience, or any?, and easily keeps up with the other elite nations and should be a consistent starter on the team IMO. She's fast and strong, yes, but doesn't really have any significant muscle mass (take in comparison to Morgan, Lloyd, or say Short), but somehow :confused: manages to get past defenses with her vision and technique, and knowing when to use her speed and strength. Imagine!

I'm, of course, not saying that there shouldn't be a balance between technique and physicality/strength in elite players, but simply put the coaching and scouting needs to improve. I don't get into these conversations a lot, but here it is. We cannot win by just outrunning the opponents, or being more physical. France's teams all the way from the youth level to the full wnt is stacked with speedsters (we all remember the SheBelieves Cup). These girls need to be learning and understanding the game better than ever before, isn't that the whole point of a YNT in the first place?!?! Women's soccer evolves, and it's simply disappointing that it seems like we, who lead the pack and got women's soccer to where it is today, are falling behind. We have the talent.
 
Can't remember which age it was, but at the YNT vs Japan games at Stub Hub a few months ago, it was clear that height wasn't much of an advantage. The Japanese players were super tiny and quick in comparison to the US players. And the way they moved the ball.... phew, made it look like our girls are light years behind.
 
Her awareness, especially being on a youth national team, should have been much greater. It seems like a lot of defenders forget that you're not just defending the goal from the ball, but where the ball can and to who it can go to as well. Those who do, I feel as though miss out a lot on ynt experience, because of size of physical lacking. There's more to soccer than that, the biggest strongest girls aren't always the best. Take Rose Lavelle, no real significant YNT experience, or any?, and easily keeps up with the other elite nations and should be a consistent starter on the team IMO. She's fast and strong, yes, but doesn't really have any significant muscle mass (take in comparison to Morgan, Lloyd, or say Short), but somehow :confused: manages to get past defenses with her vision and technique, and knowing when to use her speed and strength. Imagine!

I'm, of course, not saying that there shouldn't be a balance between technique and physicality/strength in elite players, but simply put the coaching and scouting needs to improve. I don't get into these conversations a lot, but here it is. We cannot win by just outrunning the opponents, or being more physical. France's teams all the way from the youth level to the full wnt is stacked with speedsters (we all remember the SheBelieves Cup). These girls need to be learning and understanding the game better than ever before, isn't that the whole point of a YNT in the first place?!?! Women's soccer evolves, and it's simply disappointing that it seems like we, who lead the pack and got women's soccer to where it is today, are falling behind. We have the talent.

Rose LaVelle was a YNT player. She was on the 2014 U20 WWC team and was on the U18 WNT prior to that. I understand your point though.
 
Can't remember which age it was, but at the YNT vs Japan games at Stub Hub a few months ago, it was clear that height wasn't much of an advantage. The Japanese players were super tiny and quick in comparison to the US players. And the way they moved the ball.... phew, made it look like our girls are light years behind.
It was the under 20's. Went to that game. Japan was clearly the more tactical and technical team. And, displayed a great deal of creativity. Our ladies lumbered around with one idea go forward over the top or on occasion tried a through ball.
 
I concur. Coaching is everything. And a coach willing to not chose players that fit a single mold.

Imagine what would happen if we got a Spanish coach and all of a sudden we with our vast resources started producing results. What would that do to the establishment? And would that be exporting American jobs or making America great again?

It's such a conundrum. Or is it????
 
Imagine what would happen if we got a Spanish coach and all of a sudden we with our vast resources started producing results. What would that do to the establishment? And would that be exporting American jobs or making America great again?

It's such a conundrum. Or is it????
Great questions for thought. Think the establishment would have to make an uncomfortable change. At least for them. I would hope US Soccer and American coaches would embrace this change and build from it by making it their own. It could help shape and establish a style of play that we have yet to call our own. I think it is a condrum because will anything really happen to take US Soccer forward in a way we all want it to go.
 
https://farpostfooty.com/2014/06/06/the-cost-of-development-tom-byers-effect/

Here's an article about what Japan has done for about a couple of decades to develop a bumper crop of talented players. They have clearly broken through on the women's side and IMO it's pretty obvious the US women's team has to adopt a similar approach or face getting outskilled and outmaneuvered on the pitch because we lack ball mastery in tight spaces.

Japan has not broken through on the men's side but again IMO, they are playing a more attractive and skilled brand of soccer, and they are closer to catching up with the European and South American powers than we are.
 
https://farpostfooty.com/2014/06/06/the-cost-of-development-tom-byers-effect/

Here's an article about what Japan has done for about a couple of decades to develop a bumper crop of talented players. They have clearly broken through on the women's side and IMO it's pretty obvious the US women's team has to adopt a similar approach or face getting outskilled and outmaneuvered on the pitch because we lack ball mastery in tight spaces.

Japan has not broken through on the men's side but again IMO, they are playing a more attractive and skilled brand of soccer, and they are closer to catching up with the European and South American powers than we are.
Good article. Enjoyed it. Makes you think why we can't get it right when so many do.
 
Imagine what would happen if we got a Spanish coach and all of a sudden we with our vast resources started producing results. What would that do to the establishment? And would that be exporting American jobs or making America great again?

It's such a conundrum. Or is it????
That would depend on if the coach was legal or not.
 
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