USA misses the 2018 World Cup

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  1. bhrangerfan0809

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    they got Trinidaddy-dicked
     
  2. Kevintensity

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    If only we had someone with some connections to Russia that could get us in :huh::huh:
     
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  3. duc15

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    I remember what those fuckers did to Adam Banks in the Goodwill games
     
  4. ohhaithur

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    the biggest problem, imo, is cost in the USA. getting good at soccer is expensive as fuck. we really slice our player pool there, and then the players who make it aren't making it on merit always.

    as opposed to brazil where you play soccer 24/7 using a milk carton and the most hungry and talented make it out
     
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  5. ashy larry

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    yea but did they stand for the anthem
     
  6. Joe_Pesci

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  7. southlick

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  8. TC

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  9. Kevintensity

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    Dead
     
  10. joey jo-jo jr shabadoo

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    they have much better coaching though

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  11. bertwing

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    Once again the USA embarrasses themselves on the world stage

    Seems to be happening quite a bit the past few months
     
  12. Arkadin

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    go croatia

    or italy

    i havent decided
     
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  13. jorge

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    I'm cheering for France.

    VIVE LE ROI
     
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  14. Seavie

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    :redcard:
     
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  15. SuperCam

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    Sounds like they should cancel Top Golf and start building soccer stadiums. Dynasty
     
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  16. Charlie Sadler

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    i can't take twellman seriously
     
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  17. TheFreak55

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    think I'll cheer for this degenerate in 2018
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  18. The Banks

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    T&T paying us back for knocking them out of the Junior Goodwill Games

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  19. Homo Erectus

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    For reference the US losing to Trinidad in soccer was like Texas losing to KU in football. It should cost everyone their fucking job.
     
  20. SD_Irish

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    Burn the system down. Burn it all down. The failures across the board for US Soccer are myriad. Time to go back to the drawing board and develop a new system for player identification and development.

    Sad that Bradley, Dempsey, Howard, Cameron, etc. won't play in another WC for the US. This is a huge setback for the USMNT.
     
  21. TheFreak55

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    Forgive me as I'm a novice here but aren't they largely at fault for missing it?
     
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  22. KNOTT

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    Yeah its Germany or France for me.
     
  23. construxboy

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    Howard sucked tonight.
     
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  24. Menelaus

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    This would be genuinely sad if our team wasn't so terrible and downright hateable outside a few players. We didn't deserve to go.
     
  25. Voodoo

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    Dempsey is old but he actually looked like he cared tonight.

    Cameron is one of our better players and was on the bench because the coach is a fucking moron who seemingly places value on playing in the MLS.


    But yeah Bradley can get fucked and Howard isn't what he used to be.
     
  26. TheFreak55

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    also believe I remember the USMNT thread bitching about Dempsey lallygagging in least one other wcq before tongith
     
  27. Gunners

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    Rooting for or expecting to win? France isn't close to a favorite right now.

    Brazil, Germany, Spain, maybe Belgium(probably will choke) in the top group. Portugal probably deserve to be 4th.
     
  28. laxjoe

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    That was stunning. I'm not a huge soccer fan, but I love the camaraderie that comes with us soccer playing in world cup games. This is very disappointing
     
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  29. TheFreak55

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    so fuck him on missing his last wc
     
  30. KNOTT

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    He gave up one goal and the other was
    Rooting for. I like the way Portugal has played as well.
     
  31. BellottiBold

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    Bad coach
    Over-coddled player pool that has largely been told they are great despite minimal achievements.
    A culture that doesn't demand more.

    And "best athletes" is not the issue.
    We need kids that grow up dying to play, and a system that identifies their passion and rewards it by sponsoring development opportunities, while rewarding technical quality rather than strength and speed. That is how you get good at *this* sport. And as long as that can't be found in the U.S., our most promising talents need to get the fuck to Europe post-haste.
     
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  32. Nantucket

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    Maybe if we would've played just Tobago we could've won. Anybody think about that?
     
  33. Arkadin

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    Soccer is largely a sport for privileged white kids in America. That's the problem :twocents:
     
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  34. Tiffin

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    Will be rooting for Italy. Was in Italy when they won in 06. Was a great time.
     
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  35. BellottiBold

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    Yup, hence *sponsored* development opportunities
     
  36. SD_Irish

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    There's too much money in all the wrong places in US Soccer. Kids aren't getting identified and developed unless they have money and can travel/play on extremely expensive club and academy teams. Merit has less and less to do with the guys being selected for our national teams and ODP. The system is broken, and that - more than anything - is what is holding US Soccer back.
     
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  37. Teflon Queen

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    You shut your whore mouth talking about Captain America like that
     
  38. -Prime-

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    At least the CFB writers I follow won't talk about how much better soccer is than football.

    I'll still watch the WC
     
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  39. Nole0515

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    will be rooting for Poland
     
  40. TheFreak55

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    He's a bitch that plays in a league you regularly make fun of
     
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  41. construxboy

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    One goal from like fucking Miami. And slow on the own goal. He is done. Out to pasture. Brad should have been in there, but he’s not the answer for 2022.
     
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  42. KNOTT

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    That only happens when you begin with a pool that includes the "best athletes". Your model is basically what the US has done for 30 years and that hasn't worked.
     
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  43. KNOTT

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    No he is totally old but how do you not have an ability to score more than one goal versus T&T? Thats whats fucking with me.
     
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  44. BellottiBold

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    ...no, it absolutely is not.
     
  45. steamengine

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    Let's go Egypt
     
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  46. Señor Cockblock

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    It's not athleticism, it's development. Messi is 5'7" 160, Neymar is 5'9" 150. Even someone regarded as huge, da gawd Lukaku is 6'3" 205. The college systems ruins development. An 17/18 yearr old national talent should be training with professionals day and night. The rest of the world pulls kids from full time school before they are teenagers.
     
  47. Homo Erectus

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    There has been an increased amount of talent coming from the US since the academy system has been put in place vs the AAU style system before that.

    Its just that a lot of it is too young to play on usmnt and there hasnt been a cohesive system to maximize it either.
     
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  48. SD_Irish

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    The US has no identity. Even with the Academy system, we have no clear fundamentals that all coaches can fall back on and teach consistently. The Academies have been an improvement, but so long as we lack a cogent identity and cohesive style of play, we will continue to struggle - biggest/fastest athletes be damned.
     
  49. Señor Cockblock

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    Now I can resume regular scheduling and have England rip my heart out for the thousandth time.
     
  50. KNOTT

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    Because you guys refuse to accept needing a better pool to work from, the US mens soccer will continue to fail.