![golz_tv's tweet photo. “There is no way there should be professional soccer in this country without the Cosmos. So for the Cosmos to disappear, that's not acceptable.”
New York Cosmos are back. They have entered USL League One this season and played their home opener on Saturday.
Cosmos legend and former USMNT goalkeeper Shep Messing was at the game and spoke about how important the Cosmos are for American soccer.
“I'm looking up. I want to see Pelé and Franz [Beckenbauer] in front of me. But this is beautiful,” the 76-year-old said.
“This is in the history of soccer in America, you know what the Cosmos mean. They're part of the culture.”
“So for the Cosmos to disappear, that's not acceptable, and for us to be back now, I think it's great for soccer at every level in this country.”
“People for generations know the name. They know the team, and I'm very proud to have been a small part of it.”
“The landscape in soccer professionally has been up and down in this country, with teams coming, teams moving, teams folding, Major League Soccer, USL, but the Cosmos team, the name, the logo, it transcends all of that.”
“There is no way there should be professional soccer in this country without the Cosmos.”
“So I was always confident they'd come back, and a lot of my former teammates are here today to applaud them.”
Messing, who’s also worked as a commentator of New York Red Bulls for many years, has a message for over 4,000 fans that showed up.
“To the fans, to the supporters that are here today, you’re our life blood,” he said.
“When I played back in the day in front of 77,000 people, yeah, there was the game on the field, but we’d be in the tailgate before the game and after the game.”
“You're our lifeblood. Without you, we don't play so, you know, support the team. They'll support you, and we'll give you our best on the field.”
[via rogerssportsnetwork and theexchangefc]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HDqJQNpXEAAOLfk.jpg)
![golz_tv's tweet photo. USMNT legend Tab Ramos has called out coaching in American youth soccer 🗣️
He believes due to various circumstances, coaches are making things too complicated for young players— which ultimately harms them instead of helping them develop.
“I was able to coach youth soccer outside of the national teams for a period of about 10 years,” Tab began.
“Unfortunately nowadays, the game has gotten so complicated, the pyramid of soccer in this country has gotten so complicated that it's very difficult for coaches.”
“By the way, it's a really big effort to get your C license, your B license, and your A license. It's an effort. It takes a lot of time. It takes a lot of money. And so now these coaches are going to go back to a club, you know, after spending all this money on their coaching education, those coaches have to get paid.”
“And in order to get paid, you have to sort of not only teach the players, but you have to kind of put on a show of all of the things that you learn.”
“So now I get to the complicated area. Because now what if you hired me in California? Here I am. I'm the former U.S. Soccer technical director and under-20 national team coach for four World Cups, and I have my pro license, and you bring me in and I take your players, because you just hired me to coach your team, because I'm this incredibly knowledgeable guy. And I come in and I just do small sided games with your players.”
“The parents of the kids on your team are gonna be sitting around and going, ‘Wait, why are we paying for this?’ But this is what happens.”
“See, I would have enough confidence to go there and do that. But the problem is that every coach in the country has to respond to a technical director.”
“And because of that, they have to put on this very, you know, difficult training session that's in sequence from your activation, to your small five v two, to your small sided possession, to then the body of your work, to then the tactical to then the big game, right? You got to go through the whole thing.”
“They have to do that. And the reason they have to do that is because their technical director is under pressure.”
“Because for the technical director to have his club in this league, the ECNL, or whatever, you need to have all of these standards.”
“And because of those standards, now the technical director is forced to hire someone who can do all these things.”
“Well, at the end of the day, there's all these standards and all these things going on. And who's not benefiting is the player, because the player would benefit more from things being simple, right?”
“And of course, it's only my opinion, but I think I've gotten enough experience. Forget the playing side. I've gotten enough experience on the coaching side at all levels, from youth national teams to coaching in MLS at Houston Dynamo to say, ‘Okay, let's put the brakes on this. Our training sessions are getting too complicated. How about let's go back to the beginning, right?’”
“That's what matters. This is how players learn the most. And of course, every once in a while you have to have your tactical sessions, and your exercises, where you have the certain patterns to goal, and like I get all of that.”
“Of course, we all know that stuff. But the simpler we make it, the more we put players in game like situations and one v one, the better.”
[via Sports Recruiting USA]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HDgFjY5W0AA0kWp.jpg)
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It echoes critiques of other industries: in pharma, where incentives can lean toward managing illness over curing it, and in defense, where ongoing conflict sustains production. Similarly, pay-to-play can depend on keeping the system expensive and exclusive rather than widening access.
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🗣️ Ferguson: “People talk a lot about tactics today, and of course the game has evolved in that sense. Managers are more detailed, teams are more structured, and everything is analysed more than ever before. But at the end of the day, football will always come down to players and mentality.
At Manchester United, we focused on building winners. That wasn’t just about ability, it was about character, how players handled pressure, and how they responded when things weren’t going their way. You can have the best system in the world, but if the players don’t have the belief or the personality, it won’t last.
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The DFB had a similar “breakthrough” a few years back when they finally embraced Horst Wein’s 4-goal mini games for development.
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“There is no way there should be professional soccer in this country without the Cosmos. So for the Cosmos to disappear, that's not acceptable.”
New York Cosmos are back. They have entered USL League One this season and played their home opener on Saturday.
Cosmos legend and former USMNT goalkeeper Shep Messing was at the game and spoke about how important the Cosmos are for American soccer.
“I'm looking up. I want to see Pelé and Franz [Beckenbauer] in front of me. But this is beautiful,” the 76-year-old said.
“This is in the history of soccer in America, you know what the Cosmos mean. They're part of the culture.”
“So for the Cosmos to disappear, that's not acceptable, and for us to be back now, I think it's great for soccer at every level in this country.”
“People for generations know the name. They know the team, and I'm very proud to have been a small part of it.”
“The landscape in soccer professionally has been up and down in this country, with teams coming, teams moving, teams folding, Major League Soccer, USL, but the Cosmos team, the name, the logo, it transcends all of that.”
“There is no way there should be professional soccer in this country without the Cosmos.”
“So I was always confident they'd come back, and a lot of my former teammates are here today to applaud them.”
Messing, who’s also worked as a commentator of New York Red Bulls for many years, has a message for over 4,000 fans that showed up.
“To the fans, to the supporters that are here today, you’re our life blood,” he said.
“When I played back in the day in front of 77,000 people, yeah, there was the game on the field, but we’d be in the tailgate before the game and after the game.”
“You're our lifeblood. Without you, we don't play so, you know, support the team. They'll support you, and we'll give you our best on the field.”
[via rogerssportsnetwork and theexchangefc]
![golz_tv's tweet photo. “There is no way there should be professional soccer in this country without the Cosmos. So for the Cosmos to disappear, that's not acceptable.”
New York Cosmos are back. They have entered USL League One this season and played their home opener on Saturday.
Cosmos legend and former USMNT goalkeeper Shep Messing was at the game and spoke about how important the Cosmos are for American soccer.
“I'm looking up. I want to see Pelé and Franz [Beckenbauer] in front of me. But this is beautiful,” the 76-year-old said.
“This is in the history of soccer in America, you know what the Cosmos mean. They're part of the culture.”
“So for the Cosmos to disappear, that's not acceptable, and for us to be back now, I think it's great for soccer at every level in this country.”
“People for generations know the name. They know the team, and I'm very proud to have been a small part of it.”
“The landscape in soccer professionally has been up and down in this country, with teams coming, teams moving, teams folding, Major League Soccer, USL, but the Cosmos team, the name, the logo, it transcends all of that.”
“There is no way there should be professional soccer in this country without the Cosmos.”
“So I was always confident they'd come back, and a lot of my former teammates are here today to applaud them.”
Messing, who’s also worked as a commentator of New York Red Bulls for many years, has a message for over 4,000 fans that showed up.
“To the fans, to the supporters that are here today, you’re our life blood,” he said.
“When I played back in the day in front of 77,000 people, yeah, there was the game on the field, but we’d be in the tailgate before the game and after the game.”
“You're our lifeblood. Without you, we don't play so, you know, support the team. They'll support you, and we'll give you our best on the field.”
[via rogerssportsnetwork and theexchangefc]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HDqJQNqWUAABoD5.jpg)
USMNT legend Tab Ramos has called out coaching in American youth soccer 🗣️
He believes due to various circumstances, coaches are making things too complicated for young players— which ultimately harms them instead of helping them develop.
“I was able to coach youth soccer outside of the national teams for a period of about 10 years,” Tab began.
“Unfortunately nowadays, the game has gotten so complicated, the pyramid of soccer in this country has gotten so complicated that it's very difficult for coaches.”
“By the way, it's a really big effort to get your C license, your B license, and your A license. It's an effort. It takes a lot of time. It takes a lot of money. And so now these coaches are going to go back to a club, you know, after spending all this money on their coaching education, those coaches have to get paid.”
“And in order to get paid, you have to sort of not only teach the players, but you have to kind of put on a show of all of the things that you learn.”
“So now I get to the complicated area. Because now what if you hired me in California? Here I am. I'm the former U.S. Soccer technical director and under-20 national team coach for four World Cups, and I have my pro license, and you bring me in and I take your players, because you just hired me to coach your team, because I'm this incredibly knowledgeable guy. And I come in and I just do small sided games with your players.”
“The parents of the kids on your team are gonna be sitting around and going, ‘Wait, why are we paying for this?’ But this is what happens.”
“See, I would have enough confidence to go there and do that. But the problem is that every coach in the country has to respond to a technical director.”
“And because of that, they have to put on this very, you know, difficult training session that's in sequence from your activation, to your small five v two, to your small sided possession, to then the body of your work, to then the tactical to then the big game, right? You got to go through the whole thing.”
“They have to do that. And the reason they have to do that is because their technical director is under pressure.”
“Because for the technical director to have his club in this league, the ECNL, or whatever, you need to have all of these standards.”
“And because of those standards, now the technical director is forced to hire someone who can do all these things.”
“Well, at the end of the day, there's all these standards and all these things going on. And who's not benefiting is the player, because the player would benefit more from things being simple, right?”
“And of course, it's only my opinion, but I think I've gotten enough experience. Forget the playing side. I've gotten enough experience on the coaching side at all levels, from youth national teams to coaching in MLS at Houston Dynamo to say, ‘Okay, let's put the brakes on this. Our training sessions are getting too complicated. How about let's go back to the beginning, right?’”
“That's what matters. This is how players learn the most. And of course, every once in a while you have to have your tactical sessions, and your exercises, where you have the certain patterns to goal, and like I get all of that.”
“Of course, we all know that stuff. But the simpler we make it, the more we put players in game like situations and one v one, the better.”
[via Sports Recruiting USA]
![golz_tv's tweet photo. USMNT legend Tab Ramos has called out coaching in American youth soccer 🗣️
He believes due to various circumstances, coaches are making things too complicated for young players— which ultimately harms them instead of helping them develop.
“I was able to coach youth soccer outside of the national teams for a period of about 10 years,” Tab began.
“Unfortunately nowadays, the game has gotten so complicated, the pyramid of soccer in this country has gotten so complicated that it's very difficult for coaches.”
“By the way, it's a really big effort to get your C license, your B license, and your A license. It's an effort. It takes a lot of time. It takes a lot of money. And so now these coaches are going to go back to a club, you know, after spending all this money on their coaching education, those coaches have to get paid.”
“And in order to get paid, you have to sort of not only teach the players, but you have to kind of put on a show of all of the things that you learn.”
“So now I get to the complicated area. Because now what if you hired me in California? Here I am. I'm the former U.S. Soccer technical director and under-20 national team coach for four World Cups, and I have my pro license, and you bring me in and I take your players, because you just hired me to coach your team, because I'm this incredibly knowledgeable guy. And I come in and I just do small sided games with your players.”
“The parents of the kids on your team are gonna be sitting around and going, ‘Wait, why are we paying for this?’ But this is what happens.”
“See, I would have enough confidence to go there and do that. But the problem is that every coach in the country has to respond to a technical director.”
“And because of that, they have to put on this very, you know, difficult training session that's in sequence from your activation, to your small five v two, to your small sided possession, to then the body of your work, to then the tactical to then the big game, right? You got to go through the whole thing.”
“They have to do that. And the reason they have to do that is because their technical director is under pressure.”
“Because for the technical director to have his club in this league, the ECNL, or whatever, you need to have all of these standards.”
“And because of those standards, now the technical director is forced to hire someone who can do all these things.”
“Well, at the end of the day, there's all these standards and all these things going on. And who's not benefiting is the player, because the player would benefit more from things being simple, right?”
“And of course, it's only my opinion, but I think I've gotten enough experience. Forget the playing side. I've gotten enough experience on the coaching side at all levels, from youth national teams to coaching in MLS at Houston Dynamo to say, ‘Okay, let's put the brakes on this. Our training sessions are getting too complicated. How about let's go back to the beginning, right?’”
“That's what matters. This is how players learn the most. And of course, every once in a while you have to have your tactical sessions, and your exercises, where you have the certain patterns to goal, and like I get all of that.”
“Of course, we all know that stuff. But the simpler we make it, the more we put players in game like situations and one v one, the better.”
[via Sports Recruiting USA]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HDgFjY6W8AAVZlz.jpg)
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