hawkfan68":3c3gm8u6 said:
Sgt. Largent":3c3gm8u6 said:
hawkfan68":3c3gm8u6 said:
USMNT has poor development and management. That is why they lag behind in soccer. Germany and France have both strong men’s and women’s national team. There’s absolutely no excuse the USMNT is this poor competitively in the sport. Poor meaning they aren’t in the top 10. Where they should be on a consistent basis. They are losing to countries they have no business losing to....Jamaica, Trinidad, and Venezuela. We’ll see how they fare against Trinidad tonight but I don’t see the team heading in a positive direction.
France didn't even qualify for the World Cup in the 90's and got bounced twice in the group stage in the 2000's.
So disappointment and underachieving is a thing even with the major soccer powers......of which the US isn't one.
And to expect us to be is naive and not a realistic expectation. Our expectations should be solely based in growth and development......only then will the results on the world stage follow.
Guess what the US finished 3rd in World Cup in 1930. I’m not talking about something 20+ years ago. Where does France rank currently? They are in the top 5. US ranked #5 in 2006. Since that time they have gone backwards. Getting back to that level is realistic. What makes it seem unrealistic is having passive attitude about it. Which is what has created this problem in the first place.
There is no passive attitude. However, discontent doesn't ring as loud here in the US. Results from a tournament 80 years ago, set in an entirely different era (as well as tournament structure) is ignoring so many other factors.
Looking at 2006, things gave gone backwards, but only recently. They also went backwards for Italy, Chile, Netherlands. Cycles are quite common and the usmnt took the first steps in addressing it before the fall off in the top team. Now they've taken the 2nd step with the new coach. Will the new coach and all these young players merge into a strong unit?
There are not easy fixes to these things. England underachieving massively for 20 years and there are still doubts their purple patch is real. France just got shredded by Turkey with the best team in the world.
Lot to be said how things shake out but the differences between us soccer in 2006 and 2019 are about the same as 1930 to 2006. The organization from the lowest level is far more structured and deep then ever before. The playing and development opportunities for a US soccer player are far more expansive than ever before.
The difficulty on top of it is that the US is also transitioning from many vets to many young players.
Some positives from the TT game though