Tab Ramos

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@MicheleG3 @tigres_english Agreed, nothing better! 🟡🔵

I know it sucks really bad for Cincinnati and MLS, but man, I f*cking love El Volcan so much. When it’s on, there’s nothing better in North America.

@BullcrazyMusi @PerfilTigre Perfección! 👏👏👏

Si en gol lo hubiera narrado Don Robert…así hubiera sido … #conelalma

@golz_tv I applauded coaching 👏👏👏 , I called out the system within which coaches have to apply their trade. Its robotic. Little room for creative thinking.

USMNT legend Tab Ramos has called out coaching in American youth soccer 🗣️ He believes due to various circumstances, coaches are making things too complicated for young players— which ultimately harms them instead of helping them develop. “I was able to coach youth soccer outside of the national teams for a period of about 10 years,” Tab began. “Unfortunately nowadays, the game has gotten so complicated, the pyramid of soccer in this country has gotten so complicated that it's very difficult for coaches.” “By the way, it's a really big effort to get your C license, your B license, and your A license. It's an effort. It takes a lot of time. It takes a lot of money. And so now these coaches are going to go back to a club, you know, after spending all this money on their coaching education, those coaches have to get paid.” “And in order to get paid, you have to sort of not only teach the players, but you have to kind of put on a show of all of the things that you learn.” “So now I get to the complicated area. Because now what if you hired me in California? Here I am. I'm the former U.S. Soccer technical director and under-20 national team coach for four World Cups, and I have my pro license, and you bring me in and I take your players, because you just hired me to coach your team, because I'm this incredibly knowledgeable guy. And I come in and I just do small sided games with your players.” “The parents of the kids on your team are gonna be sitting around and going, ‘Wait, why are we paying for this?’ But this is what happens.” “See, I would have enough confidence to go there and do that. But the problem is that every coach in the country has to respond to a technical director.” “And because of that, they have to put on this very, you know, difficult training session that's in sequence from your activation, to your small five v two, to your small sided possession, to then the body of your work, to then the tactical to then the big game, right? You got to go through the whole thing.” “They have to do that. And the reason they have to do that is because their technical director is under pressure.” “Because for the technical director to have his club in this league, the ECNL, or whatever, you need to have all of these standards.” “And because of those standards, now the technical director is forced to hire someone who can do all these things.” “Well, at the end of the day, there's all these standards and all these things going on. And who's not benefiting is the player, because the player would benefit more from things being simple, right?” “And of course, it's only my opinion, but I think I've gotten enough experience. Forget the playing side. I've gotten enough experience on the coaching side at all levels, from youth national teams to coaching in MLS at Houston Dynamo to say, ‘Okay, let's put the brakes on this. Our training sessions are getting too complicated. How about let's go back to the beginning, right?’” “That's what matters. This is how players learn the most. And of course, every once in a while you have to have your tactical sessions, and your exercises, where you have the certain patterns to goal, and like I get all of that.” “Of course, we all know that stuff. But the simpler we make it, the more we put players in game like situations and one v one, the better.” [via Sports Recruiting USA]

Talking a little Copa America ‘95 w/ Roberto Carlos, LEGEND, today at the Bernabeu. @Oficial_RC3 👍

Academic schedule September - June 👇

With Marcelo and Alex @realmadrid @MarceloM12

Best two-way performance I’ve ever seen a player have….. 👏👏👏 Federico Valverde 🇺🇾 WOW!

Difficult for it to get much better than this! @ChampionsLeague night.

@FreeJack54 @InsideAmSoc @tombogert @_TonyMeola Do it

@InsideAmSoc @tombogert @RamosTab @_TonyMeola Id love to get a pod cast and have all the Kearny and Harrison guys who grew up going to Cosmos game, were ball boys, and then 3 of you Tab, Tony, and John. 2 being captains also David D'Errico from Harrison was MNT Capt. So much soccer history in Hudson County. Others in NASL.

How rare is it to play a World Cup at home? The 1994 #USMNT knew exactly what that moment meant. Full episode: shorturl.at/BsgCP @tombogert @RamosTab @_TonyMeola

Is beating England in 1993 one of the most underrated moments in USMNT history? Full episode: shorturl.at/BsgCP @tombogert @RamosTab @_TonyMeola

Is Jermaine Jones the most underrated #USMNT player ever? Full episode: shorturl.at/BsgCP @RamosTab @MattDoyle76 @tombogert

Aidan Meola vs. the O'Brate scoreboard Pt. 2😡 @aidanmeola1 blasts one off the scoreboard for 3 more for the Pokes

Congrats, Doc!!!!! 👏👏👏

The positive impact of the USA vs Iran match at the 1998 World Cup. Full episode: shorturl.at/BsgCP @RamosTab @MattDoyle76 @tombogert

30 min halftime show for the final …. now commercials …

What needs to happen for soccer to become a top sport in the United States? Full episode: shorturl.at/BsgCP @RamosTab @MattDoyle76 @tombogert

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Inside American Soccer! This week me and @RamosTab talk about what happened *after* the great 1994 World Cup, wonder if we've already lost @tombogert's kid to hockey, and list our 5 @MLS guys who've got to turn on the juice and impress Poch. youtube.com/watch?v=aVHrmw…

@tombogert Complicated. Very MLSy, BUT Josh should have landed in @stlCITYsc in front of his hometown @StLouligans .

St. Louis City will receive $500k GAM + $200k GAM add-ons for the right of first refusal as part of Toronto’s deal to sign Josh Sargent. 1 of 1 situation. Not just discovery rights. MLS eliminated Allocation Order when STL came into league and allowed them to select one player to have rights for. They picked Sargent. Hence the big number.