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@Teamgrassroots_ Just because you are a former player, doesn't mean you should coach like one.

🗣️ What's the best piece of advice you've ever received as a grassroots coach, parent or player?

An update from the College Football 27 Team. #CFBGoPlay

@afcbournemouth Immediately comes to mind...

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I feel like we have a version of this, but I can't think of it. I think that's a great incentive though because when you put a goal on the field right after a possession game/rondo - my mixed abilities rec players right away start backing off into their own goal. A lot of clubs use the SSG of defending 2 goals (4 goals on field total) as a result. I like your illustration and may have to explore this a bit because anything that teaches both sides of the ball is massive. My next upcoming challenge is the transition from 9v9 to 11v11 for these players haha.

@Matt10L @JahangirAsgha10 and if it concedes, it's eliminated and one of the kids waiting outside takes it's spot. You can use pylons instead if you're worried about injuries. Sneakily teaches both sides of the ball, how to get past someone and so on. While it's a fun game. Dn't know if you have those.

I don’t really care about the obsession with youth soccer development in this country. My issue with pay to play is the way it markets fear to parents. It convinces mom and dad that if their 5 year old isn’t getting private training, elite coaching, extra development, and playing on the right team, they’re falling behind. 99% of these kids are not going pro. Most of this system exists because parents want to feel like they’re doing something serious for their child. Developmentally, most kids are better off playing cheap rec leagues, trying multiple sports, being outside, competing, and actually enjoying the game. That’s why rec sports matter. just let kids play.

@OioiioWOW @mrhurriicane @CornflakesCRF It will be there for Version 2. I suspect there will be a patch update next week as well.

@Matt10L @mrhurriicane @CornflakesCRF All American?

Version 1.0 of the #CFB27 Heisman Sliders are posted. Thanks to @mrhurriicane and @CornflakesCRF for testing. Enjoy!

@lif_taaloga @mrhurriicane @CornflakesCRF I'm on PC and PS5, so yeah you can definitely use PC.

@Matt10L @mrhurriicane @CornflakesCRF Would you say these would be effective for PC players too? Or just console players?

@Titans_Truths @shane_pitt3 @mrhurriicane @CornflakesCRF It's very early days, but yeah, hoping W&T can matter more as well. Cane will be looking into it for sure.

@shane_pitt3 @Matt10L @mrhurriicane @CornflakesCRF I really want W&T to matter but it never will because it only ever affects you. The CPU never gets bothered by it. Played with this set last night. Auburn ran their RB1 27 times as well as 5 passes to him. I hit-sticked him every time I could. He never lost a step.

Support Fulham for 25 years, SportingKC/Wizards for just about the same. MLS games are definitely exciting and high quality. You have to be a real snob on purpose to think otherwise. There are many different tactics deployed, along with a good variety of players from Concacaf, Conembol and Europe - some of which have represented well in this World Cup and before.

I want to watch quality soccer. MLS teams have gone out of their way to praise Freese and Ream this week. Says all I need to know about that league

You can already see how some fans don't understand how valuable of a player he is. Highly press resistant 6 that doesn't just find teammates, but delivers passes that allow them to be in successful positions. Anyone with a football brain can see how simple he makes the game look in difficult moments.

@ColBennettH4 I like him more than most fans, but we can get a younger replacement at the same level for a lot less than £45m

Berge is one of my favourites and i want him to stay. But if we get a big offer for him we might have to sell him. £45m would be a good business for Fulham

@FulhamTransfer Please leave him alone. Hopefully Arbeloa can convince him to stay if this goes further.

🚨 Man Utd rate Sander Berge internally very highly. If a move for Ederson fails at the medical stage then it's expected Man Utd will move for the Fulham midfielder. Fulham would look for a significant profit on the £25m they paid for him 2yrs ago. The thought is Fulham would want around £45m for the Norwegian. 🇳🇴 ⚫⚪#FFC #Transfers #TransferNews

Agreed, even their feet getting caught in the net and they flip over and the worst things can happen. I think the liability risk is just so high - and it hurts everyone. I'd resolve to public parks and purchase a cheap portable goal for $30 off Amazon. I'll say growing up overseas I very rarely played on actual goals, let alone wore shoes. The ball was the highest priority to obtain and if we fell short of that, it'd be a tennis ball. More movements to get pick up games going in the first place is where I'm at.

@TuckerItaliano @sgevans Those are the most dangerous. Get four twelve year old boys trying to showing off and bad things happen.

Honestly, these age old debates about American player development and youth soccer would be a lot more fruitful if people actually knew or acknowledged what has been going on for the past 20 years or so.

I think that's why it makes more sense for UEFA because let's consider the demographic. Do we think 8-14 year olds should be coached more tactically, more structurally versus the play-practice-play SSG model? Genuine question because I've been through Indonesian coaching as a player and it was very Dutch based 4-3-3 total football approach - geared for the professional environment. As a coach, I understand more so the USSF model because the demographic are these recreational players to elite MLS/ECNL players. the country is massive, therefore the diversity is even more so.

@Matt10L @HendrickD82 Both. Classes are smaller & more rigorous. Huge focus on mentorships. Much more on field observation. Greater emphasis on tactical knowledge. It’s hard to find good resources here. USSF teaching model is too narrow IMO. Lots of “let the kids play and figure it out.” 4-3-3 heavy

America's two best players are Balogun and Tillman. What do they have in common aside from not being born in America? They were trained in Europe. Anthony Robinson, trained in Europe. Serginho Dest, trained in Europe. Giovanni Reyna, trained in Europe. Pulisic is their biggest star. Trained in Europe from 16. Weah trained in Europe from 14. America's development infrastructure is massively lacking. It's not about "athletes", it's not about "it's our 5th sport", it's about the lack of proper development infrastructure. The lack of high level coaching. The lack of pathways. The lack of proper academies.

Exactly, and running for farther distances to recover after they've done those tekkie movies, or understanding what a back-line is supposed to have in terms of shape, defensive pressure-cover-balance, etc. Futsal is great tool for fundamentals and touches - but full pitch is truly understanding the game and making an impact with the ball, but also the majority of the time without it.

@ScottyWegs9 It's not that simple. American soccer is also lacking the tactical context of a full pitch. You can have a ton of super tekkie players, but if they don't understand how the game is played at full sprint on a massive field, they're worthless.

You want America to be better at soccer. HAVE YOUR KIDS PLAY FUTSAL. Have them play 3v3 games. Have them play 5v5 games. You learn REAL QUICK: How to get creative. How to control the ball. How to move into open space. How to weight a pass. How to have a first touch.

We had all the momentum down 2-1, their long balls to bypass our press weren't working anymore. It was a simple long ball that led to our keeper supposed to clear the ball - that didn't and we got caught out. I just can't get on board with these specific moments being so linear to us not having quality as a team. Just like that post I quoted the other day with someone saying "a goalkeeper with proper training doesn't make that mistake" - that is such a linear argument. Sports just don't work like that. The World Cup is where it's simply about defining the moment or the moment defining you (Tin Cup, great movie), and that's where we let the moment define us. It wasn't only us, but other teams folded and did the same thing that included the likes of Brazil, Germany, Netherlands, Uruguay and Turkey. Speaking of Germany, beaten by Paraguay, if they lack the quality - they still had the fight and heart that beats past this "team try-outs" mentality the US showed against Belgium. There'd be no chance that a Paraguayan player would've waited for his teammate to head the ball out the way McKennie and Dest did on the first goal.

@Matt10L @jeffreyboadi_ I disagree. I saw a team outmatched in every phase vs Belgium. Belgium had a tactical and technical baseline that USA couldn't touch and they could take advantage of the physical advantages they had.

Here’s what I’ve realised about the American athlete discourse in the World Cup: A lot of people who weren’t around for USA ‘94 have seen in the last few weeks that football is by far and away the biggest and best sport in the world - nothing comes close. But the US being really average at it compared to European nations upsets them, so it’s been a case of doing mental gymnastics to try and prove that they could be elite if the Russell Westbrooks and LeBron James’ of this world played from a young age. It just doesn’t work like that - athleticism only gets you so far when a highly technical sport like football is played in the brain first. Some of the best players in the history of the game don’t even look remotely athletic - yet you can’t get near them. My American friends: I promise you it’s okay that people from other parts of the world are better than you at something 😬

Okay, so generalizations even to that comment aside. What specifically is "stark"? I've been through USSF and United Coaches courses. They are focused on game model and environment. Is UEFA's testing objectively harder or is it more along the lines of the professional ecosystem that coaches enter after they get the badge?

@Matt10L @HendrickD82 Coaching education in the United States is a joke compared to UEFA. The difference between UEFA coach badges and USSF coach badges is stark.

That's it though. Noone here was saying oh man USA got lucky or they played bad in those games. I dont care who the opponent is, because they weren't outclassed by Belgium, they folded in defining moments. It's the world cup, and it's proved that it's not about quality - it's about mental strength to overcome moments that try to define you. We failed at that in that match. We didn't fail in that in other matches, including one where we were down a player for the majority of the match.

@Matt10L @jeffreyboadi_ I think you are being very generous. USMNT played low tier teams who also played into their desired style of play. Looked great vs Paraguay, ok against Aus, ok vs Bosnia and the first top 20 team they faced showed their immaturity even if they played poor.