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[codysas @CodySas]

@IHateSoccerPod Clubs like @SteelCityFC are fielding teams with academy players. USL2 and UPSL are such a game changer when it’s being used to get 15-18 year olds games with and against adults.

[codysas @CodySas]

In today’s episode of World Cup fallout…

[Steve · Millionaire Habits @SteveOnSpeed]

Name one thing that Europe does better than the United States.

I'll go first: Public transportation.

[codysas @CodySas]

@IHateSoccerPod Which version of ourselves is supposed to answer this? The emotion bound version of ourselves of what we thought before the Belgium game or the emotion bound version of ourselves from after the Belgium game?

[codysas @CodySas]

@3four3 @SpangledBallers Cherundolo walked away from MLS because he liked living in Germany more than LA. Hardly an MLS hire. This take is a reach.

[codysas @CodySas]

@IHateSoccerPod @shipwreckedcrew So many of these questions would be answered and dictated by a freely open marketplace and I think that is the opportunity the Pro/Rel crowd is arguing for. They are probably right to argue for it and can’t fault them for that.

[codysas @CodySas]

We keep trying to “fix” youth soccer from the bottom up instead of from the top down. Make no mistake, we have the most vastly developed youth soccer network and opportunities in the world.

The pressure needs to come from the top to have representation scouting at ALL levels. Not some showcase you have to pay to attend. Not some league structure that is exclusive. We have all that.

We need a mandate from US Soccer that MLS and USL Pro club attend and scout a certain number of matches and weekends from U8-U15 at ALL LEVELS of the sport in their given region. This process needs to be open, information on who is attending and where publicly available, and a mandated part of being a Professional League in this country.

Bring the game to the players.

[codysas @CodySas]

@AmFootballin I think his point is not that SHOULD be but that that is IS expensive. The fully funded MLS academies cost $40,000 per year per player for those kids to be playing. Facilities, refs, travel, league fees…all these things add up fast.

[codysas @CodySas]

@AmFootballin Realized my messages were closed. Still very interested in this.

[codysas @CodySas]

@AmFootballin In. Message me.

[codysas @CodySas]

@IHateSoccerPod @3four3 I’m confused about what you’re confused about. The teams and clubs already exist. They already play in leagues. Those leagues just be entered into a structured open system. Whether you agree with the pro/rep people or not, why is this part of the conversation hard to understand?

[codysas @CodySas]

A central midfield of juventus, leverkusen, and Bournemouth is more than capable of not getting exposed by Aston Villa and Rangers. The talent gap did not exist and was not the problem last night.

[Kylen Mills @KylenMills]

In the last few weeks so many people asked me - the USA can win it all, can’t we? I said not so fast, there are levels to this. This US team has much more talent than in years past, but still is nowhere near the top European and South American powers. This Belgium team completely exposed that. #usmnt

[codysas @CodySas]

A lot of talk on this app about youth development and identification in #ussoccer. We have 3-5 million youth players.

The truth is that they are being developed, challenged, and identified just fine until about 15 years old. After that, there is nowhere but youth set ups for them to continue playing in. Whereas in the rest of the world you are starting to play against men by 16.

That is where development ends and identification begins. It’s hard to be missed when you are getting it done week in and week out against grown men. This does not happen here.

[codysas @CodySas]

@IHateSoccerPod Last night was NOT a talent gap issue. They had a central midfield composed of Aston Villa and Rangers. We should be able to play with those.

The players reverted to exactly who everyone thought they were before the tournament. Mental midgets.

[codysas @CodySas]

I think the idea is that an open system could inject new money into the soccer ecosystem in America. More incentive for foreign dollars to come in at a cheaper entry fee and build something that has potential to be great.

That’s the idea at least. How feasible it is, and how long it would take to produce feasible change is up for debate.

[codysas @CodySas]

@IHateSoccerPod This group turned out to be everything we thought they were before the tournament started.

[11 Yanks @11Yanks]

No fight, no heart, no desire to show something. Just a bunch of scared little boys who crumble under the slightest adversity.

[codysas @CodySas]

@IHateSoccerPod Tonight? Mark Sanchez

[Dave Portnoy @stoolpresidente]

Embarrassing effort from the United States. Lights were way too bright for US soccer team. Stage way too big. If we’re gonna keep creating international incidents over soccer it may be time to institute a soccer draft #usmt #soccer #usa

[codysas @CodySas]

Anyone who is using words like “cheating” in reference to the Balogun situation is baiting, uninformed, or simply unintelligent.

The result is correct. You may not have liked the process. But nobody here has been cheated of anything.

[codysas @CodySas]

This dude seriously doesn’t realize the NFL season doesn’t start until the fall and we crown the world champions of football way before summer starts.

[Rasmus Jarlov @RasmusJarlov]

The World Cup starts tomorrow. I have only one wish:

For God's sake dont call it soccer. The name of the world's most popular sport is football.