Landing Mauricio Pochettino to lead the #USMNT was a triumph. Rehiring the coach who oversaw the most humiliating World Cup loss in program history would be indefensible. @FOXSoccer: https://t.co/8OXmtF20Xz
America's two best players are Balogun and Tillman.
What do they have in common aside from not being born in America?
They were trained in Europe.
Anthony Robinson, trained in Europe.
Serginho Dest, trained in Europe.
Giovanni Reyna, trained in Europe.
Pulisic is their biggest star. Trained in Europe from 16. Weah trained in Europe from 14.
America's development infrastructure is massively lacking. It's not about "athletes", it's not about "it's our 5th sport", it's about the lack of proper development infrastructure. The lack of high level coaching. The lack of pathways. The lack of proper academies.
From @TheAthletic: It’s time to admit the uncomfortable truth: The U.S. may never win a men’s World Cup. "This sport belongs to the world. We borrow it every few years," our columnist writes. "America is not built for the beautiful game." https://t.co/inGTxGSMrC
You can be as fast and strong as you want….but the ball will always move faster
Technical quality will always prevail at the highest level vs physicality
The Belgians destroyed the US because they are technically superior (and always will be)
Y’all are comparing America to places where the kids start playing soccer barefoot at 4 years old. It’s not just accessibility, it’s culture, those kids breathe soccer
The biggest problem with USMNT pundits and 🇺🇸 media is they analyze the USMNT as you would a semi finalist team.
When in fact we are closer to Paraguay than to France or Spain.
It starts right there. Learn your place and grow from there.
aaaaaaaaand THAT attitude from the "old guard" of US soccer is why the round of 16 is our ceiling
"who's gonna pay for all this free soccer?" is about the dumbest response to all this that I've seen... not shocked it comes from Alexi Lalas
This World Cup is amazing, now the world knows how racist the latin/hispanic comunity in South America truly is.
I feel bad for my Afro brethren over there; this is the type of shit they have to deal with every single day, and on top of it, they are gaslighted by the racists latin/hispanics that the racism is not happening to them