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<blockquote data-quote="slugboy" data-source="post: 923067" data-attributes="member: 282"><p>OK, looks like there are a couple of questions here</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Did we fold? I don’t think it’s “folding” when you play your guts out against a more talented and higher rated team. I watched the game, and the players gave it their all. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Did we have the right strategy? Possibly. We had a very aggressive strategy, and if we’d converted on a couple of early scoring opportunities, we would have a lead and we could switch to bunkering and countering. We need strikers, and we don’t really have great strikers. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Is this a “moral victory”? Nah, it’s a loss. The US is the #16 national team, and you go into games against the #8 team trying to win it. We should have made the round of 16 (and we barely did, unlike some other teams). It’s not an unexpected loss, though—the Dutch would be favored to win 4 out of 5 games, probably—maybe more. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Is Berhalter the right coach? He’s the right coach for NOW. He’s not the big problem though</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">What IS the problem? Spain and Brazil and the Netherlands have had high-functioning futbol academies for longer than most of us have been alive. It’s a long-term solution, and we haven’t been patient enough or had a league like MLS for long enough to have working academies. Philadelphia went all-in on soccer academies, and it made them one of the best teams in MLS. Most of the other teams are trying to develop their academies. I think we’re really looking at 2030 before we see that payoff, but maybe we’re a little better by 2026</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">What’s the other problem? The Dutch team is tall. As a country, they have tall people. Their goalie was 6’8”, and they had lots of 6’5” and 6’6” fullbacks. It’s really hard to cross into that kind of defense. The US has 300 million people, and lots of tall people, but if you’re 6’8” here, you’re playing football or basketball. Our football teams recruit the same athletes that their futbol teams do, and here our football teams win. </li> </ul><p></p><p>[MEDIA=twitter]1599086213876555776[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=twitter]1599055657499430912[/MEDIA]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slugboy, post: 923067, member: 282"] OK, looks like there are a couple of questions here [LIST] [*]Did we fold? I don’t think it’s “folding” when you play your guts out against a more talented and higher rated team. I watched the game, and the players gave it their all. [*]Did we have the right strategy? Possibly. We had a very aggressive strategy, and if we’d converted on a couple of early scoring opportunities, we would have a lead and we could switch to bunkering and countering. We need strikers, and we don’t really have great strikers. [*]Is this a “moral victory”? Nah, it’s a loss. The US is the #16 national team, and you go into games against the #8 team trying to win it. We should have made the round of 16 (and we barely did, unlike some other teams). It’s not an unexpected loss, though—the Dutch would be favored to win 4 out of 5 games, probably—maybe more. [*]Is Berhalter the right coach? He’s the right coach for NOW. He’s not the big problem though [*]What IS the problem? Spain and Brazil and the Netherlands have had high-functioning futbol academies for longer than most of us have been alive. It’s a long-term solution, and we haven’t been patient enough or had a league like MLS for long enough to have working academies. Philadelphia went all-in on soccer academies, and it made them one of the best teams in MLS. Most of the other teams are trying to develop their academies. I think we’re really looking at 2030 before we see that payoff, but maybe we’re a little better by 2026 [*]What’s the other problem? The Dutch team is tall. As a country, they have tall people. Their goalie was 6’8”, and they had lots of 6’5” and 6’6” fullbacks. It’s really hard to cross into that kind of defense. The US has 300 million people, and lots of tall people, but if you’re 6’8” here, you’re playing football or basketball. Our football teams recruit the same athletes that their futbol teams do, and here our football teams win. [/LIST] [MEDIA=twitter]1599086213876555776[/MEDIA] [MEDIA=twitter]1599055657499430912[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]
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