@JeremyH1610 @jeramye That’s what happens when spots are determined by money and not soccer
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Brian Smith
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Brian Smith
@AgentSmith34
Player Development is education. Myrtle Beach Mutiny Coaching staff, and Business Development. USSF B, PFSA Talent ID Level 1, PFSA Op Analysis Level 1
Myrtle Beach, SC Katılım Mart 2012
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@IHateSoccerPod Oh you’re meant from within the city. I think I read that wrong.
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Detroit is special.
Where else can you go to all four major sports stadiums within a five minute walk?
Tigers
Lions
Red Wings
Pistons
Soon to be about a 3 minute drive to DCFC.
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@jcardosoh @TaylorTwellman @Bonetti The problem isn’t the number of foreigners in Serie A. It’s the reliance on foreign goal scorers. Italy stopped developing strikers and now has only 1 player in the top 10 in Serie A
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@TaylorTwellman @Bonetti Foreigners aren’t the difference, every top league has them.
Italy is actually #2 in foreign player share in Europe (≈67%), just behind England (≈70%). And yet England is producing elite talent again.
The difference isn’t who you sign. It’s what you do with your own players.
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Italian issues were rightfully discussed by the great Roberto Baggio. (@Bonetti with the great summary of those).
Funny how that 1st one resonates with me.
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@UltimateTrevor @kev_egan Donovan was softer than anyone we currently have on this team
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@kev_egan Landon Donovan and any other answer is retarded.
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If you could bring any former #USMNT player back in their prime for this World Cup, who is it and why?
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@kev_egan Howard, Keller, or Friedel.
Hands down. Goalie has gone from greatest strength to biggest liability.
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@BeneSB_ Teaching players to dribble still requires decision making. When to pass when to dribble. However, possession requires players capable of outplaying the opponent 1v1 and being press resistant. It’s also necessary when teams sit deep. Plus dribbling is more exciting
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People want to develop individual players.
So they go and say: "let them dribble. Let them express themselves."
The problem is: this teaches football from an individual perspective. Players do what is good for them.
But this inherently limits them. Because they don't see the many options they'd have if they attack together.
Possession-based football doesn't suppress players.
Players have MORE options to dribble. More options to be creative. More options to "express themselves." Because they see the game from a team perspective.
What's good for the player becomes what's good for the team.
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Youth sports & sports in general have jumped the shark. The whole thing is cheesy & overkill. It’s destroyed Sundays & family and is truly an ideology / religious practice. This worship of competition. It’s zero chill. Antisocial. It has zero culture. There are niche exceptions.
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That mindset is born in football cultures like Argentina’s street game. When kids play freely with their friends, without constant correction or fear of mistakes, authenticity appears. In that space, where kids can try, fail, and try again, creativity naturally grows.
The Footy Section@FTBLsection
PABLO AIMAR: "There’s no greater frustration than hearing someone say, 'There are no creative players.' Especially after repeating 800 mechanical drills, all the same. Where the hell is creativity supposed to come from if everything becomes an automatic loop?... If we tell a 15-year-old kid who wants to try a dribble not to do it because he lost the ball two or three times, what do we expect to happen?... At that age, he’s going to lose it twenty times, and that’s OK! Because it’s in those twenty falls where courage is born, where the vision sharpens, and that spark ignites—something that can’t be replicated."
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@kieronbutton17 @SundayShare10 Detach yourself from the outcome.
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Youth Football/Soccer Coaches⚽️👇🏼
What’s the best coaching advice you’ve ever heard? Let’s hear it.
@SundayShare10 #SundayShare
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@MCameron008 There are studies showing a correlation between ACL injuries in female athletes and menstrual cycles.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38919370/
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The ACL epidemic in youth athletes, especially female athletes, is out of control. To me, it's at the point where it's sickening. Young athletes and their parents need more education on injury prevention, load management, and should be acting on what they learn…
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@StephenChaconas @chrisman PE is coming for college soccer as well. There’s at least one group currently in talks to take it over.
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@chrisman I’ve done extensive research on this topic regarding PE firms and youth sports. I can at this point almost objectively tell you that virtually everything that goes on “behind the scenes” in youth sports is PE owned now. Events, leagues, platforms, software and tech, etc.
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I had to pay for entry into my own kids soccer game if you’re wondering how the PE takeover of kids sports is going.
J.B. Sauceda@jaybsauceda
My kid just got into cheer. We’re at her first big competition. I couldn’t believe how expensive it was. Quick Google provided the answer. Varsity Cheer is private equity owned. PE is ruining kids activities.
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@AgentSmith34 men's too but you weren't finding internationals when i was there men's HC at my school or now as the women's
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check my roster. 0 internationals for the last 8 years and prior green card only.
still no problem with internationals taking spots (yes, even at a D1 school)
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@IHateSoccerPod My favorite was the guy saying essentially “17 yr old Americans not being about to compete with 22 yr old Europeans is a development problem.”
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I’m getting a kick out of the internationals in college soccer conversation…
Especially the deeply thought out responses like
“Get over it”
And
“Boo hoo, be better than”
I’m going to say this to you when AI takes your job in 3 years.
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@PaulSpacey @kestrelpsych He’s just asking you to link your source for the numbers.
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You’re not getting it Tom.
I’m not trying to show this is the *only* way. But it is the *best* way to be a top 100 player, as evidenced by the top 100 players (you can argue over how accurate that list is obviously).
If there is a better way to be a *top* player, show me the data that supports it? You can’t because the story of the top players is almost always the same.
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Show. The. Data.
Who decided the top 100 players?
How was 80% specialization calculated?
What about all the other people that did exactly the same and never “made it”.
“I did my research” vs actual research. 🤦🏻
Paul Spacey ⚽️@PaulSpacey
"Start playing football later and don't specialize." TOP 100 PLAYERS Average starting age: 5 Football specialization: 80% Started playing by 8 years old: 100%
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Soccer coaches are hilarious.
Rip on private training for not being realistic while their sessions are consistently 6v2 to goal while the defenders are “passive.”
I truly hate soccer.
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@USSoccerColl Chris Richards found his way to Bayern through FC Dallas’ affiliation with GPS, and subsequently Bayern. But he’s the only one
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Most of these types of programs have produced little to nothing of substance from a footballing perspective. They’ve purely been money grabs. Barca is the only one that’s prioritized football. How? They have a serious talent ID motion and they play decent competition.
Bayern & Germany@iMiaSanMia
Bayern are planning to open an academy in California. The club intends to permanently lease space at the 'Chula Vista Elite Athlete Training Center' in order to have their own Campus there for U15 and U17 players. Since players of that age are not yet allowed to move to Germany, the new academy would allow Bayern to secure talents from the US market earlier. Furthermore, it is intended to strengthen the cooperation with Los Angeles FC [@altobelli13]
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My southern kids don’t get to see measurable snow on a regular basis. If we get the snow they’re talking about tomorrow night we’re going to rip some sweet donuts!
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@JeremyH1610 @BeastModeSoccer Good thing it’s not about soccer
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Am I the only person who thinks Ted Lasso is an overrated show?
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