@JerryTurin@usasupersoccer Reached quarterfinals with more MLS talent than they had this year. 11 players on the 23-man roster were playing in Major League Soccer (MLS) at the time in 2002
Former MLS midfielder and U.S. youth international Andrew Carleton shared his perspective on the debate surrounding youth development in the United States on Twitter.
“THE YOUTH SYSTEM IS NOT THE PROBLEM. Anyone telling you that either doesn’t know what they’re talking about or they’re protecting MLS.
The USMNT will never become an elite national team as long as MLS continues spending millions on young foreign players instead of giving meaningful minutes to young Americans.
Every MLS club has talented academy players who sign Homegrown deals. Fans get excited, then those players spend the next 3–4 years sitting on the bench or in MLS NEXT Pro. By the time they’re 21 or 22, the window to become truly world-class is gone.
There’s a reason the only young Americans who consistently break through in MLS are outside backs and, occasionally, center backs. Those are the positions clubs typically don’t spend big money on. Meanwhile, they invest millions in midfielders and forwards, making it nearly impossible for a 17-, 18-, or 19-year-old American to play over a 20-year-old South American the club paid a $10 million transfer fee and a multi-million-dollar salary to.
Until that changes, you can overhaul the youth system all you want—it won’t matter. If young Americans aren’t actually playing meaningful first-team minutes during their most important development years, the pipeline will never consistently produce world-class players.”
@RedEdd_@FabrizioRomano You support a club that has changed in many ways since it's inception. Stop with the "back in my day" act. Things change for a newer generation. It's not meant for only you to like it. Don't like, don't watch.
@RedEdd_@FabrizioRomano Calling you a hypocrite wasn't rude, it was accurate. I sarcastically said genius since you didn't actually answer my question, you deflected to say that they've always received it. It was a yes or no answer. Stop pretending that you're a purist.
“The World Cup was awesome! I’m gonna watch it again in four years!”
No, you won’t. You watched it this year because it was in your time zone and convenient. You’re not getting up in the middle of the night in four years to watch a sport you didn’t care about for the previous four.
@CrunkATL Every time that I hear the weak argument the US doesn't have culture, I remember that the average European couldn't withstand an SEC atmosphere. Maybe most of the Big 10 as well
@KevinFrazier you sounded like a fool on Dan Patrick. You cherry picked Alexi's comment. But you are an entertainment "reporter". I shouldn't expect anything better of you , I guess.