Comments on: Should The MLS Become More European?

By: fearflash

fearflash — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:27:57 +0000

I don’t disagree that the US needs to improve its youth level. You sound like you’re the only one who knows about it, you motormouth. The problem might take years to get fix or it may never happen. There’s a lot of writers/people that comments on this website that’s pretty knowledgeable about the game. You think you know better than anybody else because you are a ‘football purist’. HA HA HA. You remind me of Rafa Benitez. Save your rant to those people who would LISTEN to you.

By: Creighton

Creighton — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:24:41 +0000

Hey fearlash, one more thing you little prick, the only country in the world that is still losing ground in this game at the youth level is the US. The Dutch, the French, they’ve pretty much all reached out to African, Asian and Oceanic nations and have helped with developing youth systems as much as those nations will allow. Look what’s goin on in Russia. Russian National team….a Dutch coach. Zenit….a Dutch coach, so why does this country refuse to go with a system and program that can produce player’s? A few things, for one our system is ran by British coaches, coaching licenses and all. Another problem is the structure of American youth soccer, parents run all the clubs and they treat them like any other business model meaning unit count. It’s all about the unit count and not enough good coaches to cover the unit count and no system in place. Thirdly, it’s Americanized, Americans refuse to do it any other way. There is absolutely no real corporate sponsorship in American youth soccer. You like Man U huh? Did you know that Man U’s youth system has a bunch of Dutch coaches in it. These guys go to England and the British system turns them into average coaches. They even sound like Brits now. Well done lads, oh that’s a lovely ball.

By: Creighton

Creighton — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:00:46 +0000

Hey fearflash, i’ve played with internationals from all over the world so don’t ever question my knowledge about this game or my abliltiy to coach it. And yes I mean people who have played for their national team at the junior and senior level. The article is should the MLS become more European. The obvious answer is yes, i’m just making some observations that most people in this country don’t even consider when they start or are part of a youth club. Man U is not the all be it, have you ever seen them train? These Brits can’t even call an inside scissor an inside scissor, they call it a step over when you don’t actually step over the ball you scissor around it. Man U’s senior team is one of the luckiest group of player’s i’ve ever seen. Remember 1999 and how the colors for Bayern were already on the trophy until Satan himself showed up to help Man U put a couple in the net? Let me ask you something, when was the last time England won the World Cup? That’s right 1966. Who has consistantly produced top level players in Europe year after year and has the internationl record to prove it? It’s the Dutch, the Germans, Italians and now Spain and Russia is coming along quite well. Bayern is a good youth system, one of the best. Man U is average. Barca can produce but so can Lyon or Zenit for that matter and one of the best of course is Ajax. You do know that most of the clubs in Europe use pretty much the same drills with variations don’t you? Look at American soccer and tell me what the British influence has done for the youth in this country. That’s right, next to nothing. Pop in some old internationl matches from the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s and notice the difference in technique between a team like West Germany and England. Or the Dutch, the Russian’s or the French. Should I continue? Should we continue this little party or should we just agree to disagree and let somebody else chime in here?

By: fearflash

fearflash — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:10:20 +0000

@creighton
you are trying to make a point by stating the obvious,you twit. Ofcourse i doub’t there’s a youth system in this country that can compete with a big club with a long history like Bayern’s youth team which i think it’s not even the best in Europe. If you wanna talk about youth systems -Barcelona, Man Utd. or Arsenal are the ones that continually produce great footballers. Of Bayern’s current squad only 3 have come from their youth academy- Rensing,Lahm, and Schweinsteiger. And they came through the ranks years ago.
Can Europe provide a baseball youth system that can compete with that of this country or some of the latin american countries. I doubt that. Because the passion for the game is not there like the passion for european football is not that great in this country with four other major sports. Stop arguing the obvious like you actually know about the game. And if you don’t like this SOCCERlens website, then pull your head out of you ass and get out!

By: Creighton

Creighton — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:09:23 +0000

Jesus, what a website and what a blog. And yes, it’s football. No I’m not a Brit. As a matter of fact in my personal opinion the Brits have ruined the game in this country but it is called football unless you’re an American with a rec mentality. Do any of you people actually play the game or are you all armchair? Just curious. So back to the subject, yes American Soccer (there, you happy you fricken whiners) should become more European. Do you know of any premier youth teams in this country that can compete with Bayern’s youth system? Or even one of those EPL teams that everyone in this country loves so much? Not going to happen. Europe trains five days a week, how often do American clubs train? Two days a week at best. If we want to be capable of competing with the best, then train like the best. Don’t expect to Americanize everything and get the same results as Europe. 100 years guys and gals, this country has had over 100 years to get there crap together and put the right system in place. Do you think they’ll be able to do it within the next 100? I bet not, unless they tear the whole thing down, get rid of the bloated dead weight that’s hanging on to their jobs for dear life and put in the proper structure. Yeah, like a bunch of parents are going to be able to put together a program that can compete with Bayern Munchen. JESUS PEOPLE, PULL THE HEAD OUT!

By: Erik

Erik — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:58:33 +0000

I’m sitting here laughing my ass off at all the “football purists” on SOCCERlens bitching about people calling the game soccer vs. football. And TC-COYS post is pretty funny as well.

For the record, I’m an American and I generally call the game soccer. If I talk to my friends and tell them I’m going to play football, they automatically assume I’m wearing a helmet in pads. The times I’ve been in Europe I’ve ventured to call it football, which I agree makes more logical sense, but I feel like a total fraud when I do it. Like I’m trying to be more European, which is just weird.

When it comes down to it, who gives a damn what its called. Its fun to play and fun to watch. How about you spend time arguing about how lucky the US was to get through to the semis and how bad we’re going to lose to Spain instead of arguing over what the game is called.

By: TC - COYS

TC - COYS — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:13:09 +0000

The term “soccer” is derived from “association football”. “Association” began being referred to as “assoc” and then later “soccer”.
By the way, this all happened in England so if anyone wants to place blame with where/why/who calls football soccer, than look to the UK.
Australia’s nickname for it’s national team is the Socceroos.
Many countries have other sports that are also referred to as football. Using the term soccer enables the speaker/writer to differentiate from rugby, ARF, American Football, etc.

Everyone posting here should get off their high horse regarding NOT calling the game soccer. FYI – you’re on a site called SOCCERlens and you came here knowing what you’re getting into. If you don’t like it, go away.

By: fearflash

fearflash — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:51:06 +0000

first of all i’m not in europe so i’m used to calling football ’soccer’ as i’m into NFL as well as any other sports. Football here is NFL and european football is soccer. Maybe if i’m outside North America then it would be wise for me to use ‘football’ when referring to the game. Maybe i shouldn’t use the word ’soccer’ here in Soccerlens. Again, the article is about MLS, not German, Russian, or Australian football. No need to give the psycho mambo jambo about me using the term ’soccer’ which doesn’t mean that i don’t know much about football or i’m dim witted. You ask ‘What in the world would you do with a sock in the first place?’ Only a kid would try to make a point with a remark like that.

By: Creighton

Creighton — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:21:50 +0000

First of all i’m a purist when it comes to this game. America is one of those countries that has to be different. We go to Germany and we expect them to speak english. We go to Russia and we expect them to speak english…..pretty arrogant don’t you think? For some reason this country wants to do everything different from what every body else is doing without consideration to what actually works. America is one of a few countries that call the game soccer. Even countries that call it commonly soccer such as Australia officially call the game football. The federation in Australia is called Football Federation Australia. So think about it for a second, do you use your foot or a sock to move the ball around the field? What in the world would you do with a sock in the first place? Does it really have any importance in the equation other then to help keep a shin guard from falling off your leg? What is Soc-cer, or Socc-er anyways? Doesn’t make any sense does it?

By: fearflash

fearflash — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 01:31:36 +0000

so why is this site you’re in is called soccerlens?