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re: Dan Wetzel blames "Travel Ball" for the lack of development of US Soccer
Posted by magildachunks on 7/8/26 at 11:37 am to lsusteve1
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Football
Basketball
Baseball
Soccer
Not so fast...
Popularity of sports among the younger generations (Z and Alpha)
Football
Basketball
Soccer
Baseball
Soccer has officially overtaken baseball as a favorite sport among young Americans.
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re: Does Poch stay or go?
Posted by magildachunks on 7/6/26 at 11:44 pm to GeorgeTheGreek
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Well, I don’t know the candidate pool but you could hire Arenas, Bradley and Berhalter and get the same results apparently. I don’t think the bar for potential hires is extraordinarily high.
He took over the team that Berhalter put together and ultimately got him fired for disappointing results.
He inherited a mess and made it respectable.
He also holds the record for all time World Cup wins for a US coach.
re: This is why soccer will never take off in this country.
Posted by magildachunks on 7/6/26 at 11:20 pm to TheTideMustRoll
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US fans are never going to take the sport seriously when we spend most of our international time playing countries that are fly specks compared to us.
Ohio State is taken seriously and their conference is filled with fly specks
re: Does Poch stay or go?
Posted by magildachunks on 7/6/26 at 11:12 pm to GeorgeTheGreek
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don’t feel strongly that he needs to be retained.
Who should we replace him with?
re: Unsophisticated analysis of USA soccer’s latest embarrassing collapse
Posted by magildachunks on 7/6/26 at 11:11 pm to Sharlo
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tonight I sat down and watched USA soccer get bitch-slapped by a wimpy little country that is slightly smaller than Maryland.
Belgium is the higher ranked team.
We were the underdogs tonight trying to punch above our weight.
re: Does Poch stay or go?
Posted by magildachunks on 7/6/26 at 11:07 pm to GoShoughYourself
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He must be fired
re: Does Poch stay or go?
Posted by magildachunks on 7/6/26 at 11:02 pm to Linoge
Pay the man to stay.
He is the answer. The Argentine Moses that will lead us to the promised land.
He is the answer. The Argentine Moses that will lead us to the promised land.
re: This is why soccer will never take off in this country.
Posted by magildachunks on 7/6/26 at 11:00 pm to ghoast
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Pulisic is really the face of your team? Bro disappears every time we need him to show up.
This needs more attention and 100% agree. So embarrassed of CP and this was HIS WC.
Wasn’t even the in the top 5 best US players this WC.
Sounds like Argentina fans talking about Messi before 2022
re: Spot on about the US and future World Cups
Posted by magildachunks on 7/6/26 at 10:55 pm to IamNotaRobot
Our population provides us with the largest talent pool of the top 20 ranked teams in the world. The only 2 countries with larger population to pool from are China (#91) and India (139).
The problem is that we don't know how to use that talent pool effectively.
The elite of the elite athletes are always going to gravitate to football and basketball... depending on their physical makeup.
But those athletes aren't the right type of build for a top tier soccer player.
Quit focusing on those select few and look for the athletes that are just as athletic as the NFL and NBA talent, but don't have the physical makeup required.
Look for the athletic kids that have all the same abilities, but are too short and too small to play those sports at the highest level and turn them to soccer.
The problem is that we don't know how to use that talent pool effectively.
The elite of the elite athletes are always going to gravitate to football and basketball... depending on their physical makeup.
But those athletes aren't the right type of build for a top tier soccer player.
Quit focusing on those select few and look for the athletes that are just as athletic as the NFL and NBA talent, but don't have the physical makeup required.
Look for the athletic kids that have all the same abilities, but are too short and too small to play those sports at the highest level and turn them to soccer.
re: Hopefully Pulisic stumped toe is okay.
Posted by magildachunks on 7/6/26 at 10:42 pm to WDE24
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Most talented player on the team, but he’s soft as baby shite, whines too much, is a bit off a prima Donna and shrinks from big moments.
We're talking about soccer players, not LeBron.
RAd to move this post to MSB
re: If you want US men’s soccer to do well there one quick thing you can do….
Posted by magildachunks on 7/6/26 at 10:33 pm to RollTide4Ever
Would only work for a keeper.
re: United States of Free Flo vs Wondo'd | World Cup Round of 16 | 7pm CT (FOX)
Posted by magildachunks on 7/6/26 at 10:31 pm to TS1926
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Number 15 but ok. Still a top 16 team and therefore making it in the round of 16 to get blown out by number 10.
According to FIFA's ranking on June 11th, 16. Another site says 17, and another 15.
The other claim to be the most recent whereas FIFA official site shows the last ranking before the start of the World Cup.
re: In theory why wouldn't this work? Or why might it work?
Posted by magildachunks on 7/6/26 at 10:27 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
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MLS NEXT Pro is a professional men's soccer league in the United States and Canada that serves as the third tier of the American soccer pyramid and the primary developmental pathway for Major League Soccer (MLS). As of the 2026 season, the league consists of 30 teams: 27 reserve sides of MLS clubs and three independent teams (Carolina Core FC, Chattanooga FC, and CT United FC). [1, 2, 3, 4]
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Major League Soccer (MLS) academy teams compete in MLS NEXT, the premier youth player development platform in North America. The league operates two tiers: the elite Homegrown Division featuring the 29 official MLS academy clubs, and a broader Academy Division. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
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They're way ahead of you
re: Hey, guys, sorry. This loss was on me…
Posted by magildachunks on 7/6/26 at 10:20 pm to BamaChemE
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don’t think any amount of juju would’ve gotten us through tonight. The team played so terribly.
What if an LSU fan and an Auburn fan were to bury a gris-gris bag of Belgian chocolate at mid field of Jordan-Hare while burning an "Adventures of TinTin" collection as Black Sabbath plays in reverse at 78 rpm?
re: Hey, guys, sorry. This loss was on me…
Posted by magildachunks on 7/6/26 at 10:15 pm to kingbob
re: United States of Free Flo vs Wondo'd | World Cup Round of 16 | 7pm CT (FOX)
Posted by magildachunks on 7/6/26 at 10:08 pm to WaltTeevens
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Belgium is still a good squad, but we played under our ceiling by miles.
Belgium is a top 10 ranked team in the world. They're #9.
US is ranked 17th. We were the underdogs tonight, not them.
And like I said: the boys were starting to take control of the game after half, Belgium starting to park the bus because of the pressure the US was increasingly putting on their 1/3.
And then Freese made the worst mistake in USMNT history and all the steam left the boys. Belgium was able to take control back and the US was completely disheartened.
Berhalter gave them some fight, but it was too late. Poch should have subbed him in right after the 3rd goal.
On every team there's the most talented guy, the most respected guy, and the most inspiring guy. Berhalter is the last one.
After that kind of mistake, you don't need the most talented or the most respected. You need the most inspiring in there to lead the team
re: So Christian Pulisic is the best American born player ever?
Posted by magildachunks on 7/6/26 at 9:56 pm to Vandergriff
Sounds like Argentina fans talking about Messi before 2022
re: So... does Spain house this Belgium squad?
Posted by magildachunks on 7/6/26 at 9:44 pm to tzimme4
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They haven't lost a match in regular time in 34 straight matches and their one loss during that span was in PKs
They also couldn't score on Cabo Verde
re: United States of Free Flo vs Wondo'd | World Cup Round of 16 | 7pm CT (FOX)
Posted by magildachunks on 7/6/26 at 9:43 pm to roadGator
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Do countries like Belgium recruit foreigners and grant them citizenship?
Do we?
Every player on our team is an American citizen.
I don't know about Belgium, but it would be weird if they had players on their team from an old colony of theirs.
They're not the most popular of the "Colonizers" from Europe
re: So... does Spain house this Belgium squad?
Posted by magildachunks on 7/6/26 at 9:39 pm to trussthetruzz
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Another France Argentina final. How exciting
Morocco has a really good chance of getting the win over France.
There's not a huge difference between the #2 ranked team and the #7 ranked team out of 211 teams.
re: World Cup Daily Thread - Mon., July 6
Posted by magildachunks on 7/6/26 at 9:32 pm to Shorter Yards
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Not upset but obviously there are some here who couldn’t play a real sport that are.
I played both football and soccer in high school. 4 years of football as a running back and free safety.
Junior year I got recruited to the soccer team because they needed more players.
In the 4 years of playing football, I never got hurt.
In the two years of soccer I had a tooth knocked out, get stitches on my chin, and blew out my knee.
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