Comments on: My State of the US Men’s National Team Address http://soccerlens.com/my-state-of-the-us-mens-national-team-address/7049/ Football News Sat, 26 May 2012 07:19:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ahmed Bilal http://soccerlens.com/my-state-of-the-us-mens-national-team-address/7049/#comment-86062 Ahmed Bilal Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:36:58 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/my-state-of-the-us-mens-national-team-address/7049/#comment-86062 Erik - good article, and you're right, the focus on playing stronger teams will help the US team in the long run. Capello has done some of the same with England by dropping as many of the 'Jamaica friendlies' as possible (although the FA still want to milk the cultural vote by playing T&T). The thing to keep in mind is that it will take a long time for the US to rival the big leagues / nations on a consistent level. They players you're seeing today are the product of what was happening in the last 10-15 years at youth level. The next decade will give us a good benchmark in terms of how far along the US (and the MLS) will improve once they start taking youth football seriously. Erik – good article, and you’re right, the focus on playing stronger teams will help the US team in the long run. Capello has done some of the same with England by dropping as many of the ‘Jamaica friendlies’ as possible (although the FA still want to milk the cultural vote by playing T&T).

The thing to keep in mind is that it will take a long time for the US to rival the big leagues / nations on a consistent level. They players you’re seeing today are the product of what was happening in the last 10-15 years at youth level. The next decade will give us a good benchmark in terms of how far along the US (and the MLS) will improve once they start taking youth football seriously.

]]> By: Rob http://soccerlens.com/my-state-of-the-us-mens-national-team-address/7049/#comment-86046 Rob Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:58:30 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/my-state-of-the-us-mens-national-team-address/7049/#comment-86046 I like Bradley as the US coach, he has that we'll play anyone anywhere mentality. Look at our next 2 friendlies, @ England and @ Spain. He doesn't want us to freeze up when we see some of the top footballing nations in the world. Congrats Bradley you are doing fantastic, keep up the good work. I like Bradley as the US coach, he has that we’ll play anyone anywhere mentality. Look at our next 2 friendlies, @ England and @ Spain. He doesn’t want us to freeze up when we see some of the top footballing nations in the world. Congrats Bradley you are doing fantastic, keep up the good work.

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