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World Soccer XXIII - "Pay" Up Pompey?

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jmh said:
Interesting article on USMNT tactics, 1990-today
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Wow, that is a good article.

Combine that with the general consensus that US youth soccer breeds big, system players and you have the basis for long term concern. We will continue to produce run fast, play hard players unless we can matriculate enough immigrant players through a 'pay to play' system.

Regional and tournament brackets consist of 3-4 big system teams and 2-3 non-English speaking teams. Usually the big teams win but I'm seeing more parity as players age and size evens out.

A big club team will have "stars" at u11-u14 who tend to be the kids who are the oldest and biggest. But they aren't the most skilled on the pitch...they overcome that with the run fast, play hard theme
 
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Seemed to me the author was pro Bradley and anti Klinsmann. I didn't like Bradley and I'm glad he's gone.
I think if there's anyone who can change US soccer it's Klinsmann, but it won't be easy. We have too many coaches in the development ranks who do not know what they are doing, so they try to beat you with conditioning.IE. Work hard, play hard. But this is not a winning strategy.Tim Howard is right, we have to be better at adjusting, and our average player isn't exposed to what that is.
 
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I was watching highlights of the Fulham U18s beat the Chelsea U18s 5-0 (because it's awesome), and it got me thinking: how badly would a Premier League academy U18 team beat a good US high school team (which is about the same age group)?
 
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jmh said:
I was watching highlights of the Fulham U18s beat the Chelsea U18s 5-0 (because it's awesome), and it got me thinking: how badly would a Premier League academy U18 team beat a good US high school team (which is about the same age group)?
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How badly would a Premier League academy U18 team beat <em>any</em> randomly collected assembly of U18 players in England or Wales? When you compare academy (selective) to high school (largely not), you're comparing apples to oranges.

If you want a USA-England apples-to-apples comparison, try a PL academy team against an MLS academy team or other elite club team. That way, at least the level of selectivity is roughly comparable.
 
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DEVIL LOON!

Also, I kinda dig it.
 
Surprised no comments on RM-ManU game. What do people think of that call? Harsh but not completely unjustified is my view.
 
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pirate said:
Surprised no comments on RM-ManU game. What do people think of that call? Harsh but not completely unjustified is my view.
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More yellow than orange for me, though that judgment is admittedly from a single view via animated gif.
 
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I had a nice conversation today with some people around Liverpool, and most of them are not at all shocked about rooney possibly leaving man U. They pointed out it was roughly 38 million pounds that would be saved. Also they like suarez, and hope he stays around. They also like Rodgers btw.
I thought this all somewhat surprising given Liverpool's record this year, though I like Rodgers.
 
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pirate said:
Surprised no comments on RM-ManU game. What do people think of that call? Harsh but not completely unjustified is my view.
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The call was harsh. Yellow yes. Banished, no way. Not in that game.
 
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I've seen a photo from another angle and a shot of the aftermath for Arbeloa, and I've gone from leaning yellow to leaning red. He got raked pretty badly.
 
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So... uh... Barcelona came to play today.

Also, I'm hoping for a last minute goal out of Schalke, if only to see Drogba go home early.

Edit: Maybe should've asked for a last minute goal out of Galatasaray, because I can't get enough of Drogba having success. *sigh*
 
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ExileOnDaytonStreet said:
So... uh... Barcelona came to play today.

Also, I'm hoping for a last minute goal out of Schalke, if only to see Drogba go home early.
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You would have needed two last minute goals out of Schalke, even before Galatasaray potted their third.
 
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Watching the replay of Barca-Milan on FSC, and wow, it could have been 3 - 0 twelve minutes in. Yowza.
 
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So in a bit of history Seattle eliminates Tigres 3-2 on aggregate in the CONCACAF Champions League becoming the first MLS team in 11 years to eliminate a Mexican team in a two game tie. And they did it with 3 second half goals after going 2-0, including this goal from Djimi Traore:
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Houston faces Santos Laguna in Mexico up 1-0 and LA plays Herediano of Costa Rico at home 0-0 tomorrow. Seattle plays the Houston/Santos winner in the Semis.
 
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Craig P. said:
You would have needed two last minute goals out of Schalke, even before Galatasaray potted their third.
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They went 1-1 in Istanbul, it was 2-2 at the time in Germany, so Scheisse only needed the one goal.

Jimjamesak said:
So in a bit of history Seattle eliminates Tigres 3-2 on aggregate in the CONCACAF Champions League becoming the first MLS team in 11 years to eliminate a Mexican team in a two game tie. And they did it with 3 second half goals after going 2-0, including this goal from Djimi Traore:
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Houston faces Santos Laguna in Mexico up 1-0 and LA plays Herediano of Costa Rico at home 0-0 tomorrow. Seattle plays the Houston/Santos winner in the Semis.
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Wow, that was a heck of a kick. The only thing that would've been more impressive is if he did it on the volley.
 
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