Craig Burley goes off on U.S. Soccer over manager hiring process | Extra Time | ESPN FC

Dan Thomas, Shaka Hislop, Ian Darke, Craig Burley and Gab Marcotti head to ESPN FC Extra Time to answer fan questions, including one about the potential UEFA Champions League and Europa League away goals rule change, Wesley Sneijder's retirement from the Netherlands national team, the best striker Shaka Hislop ever faced (Alan Shearer of Newcastle United), whether former Manchester United and Everton manager David Moyes should coach the USMNT, the U.S. Soccer manager hiring process that could result in the selection of Gregg Berhalter or Peter Vermes (6:12), the 2018 US Open, and more.
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[@thomasip2303]

why do they always play this stupid music as if the show is ending throughout the ENTIRE DISCUSSION?

[@Vincentdeoliveira]

Thomas Ip ikr????? 😂

[@thirdguy4589]

Makes it all the more disposable. Weak stuff

[@louididdy]

It’s worse than elevator music.

[@shortbussurfer]

the music suits the discussion.

[@whoknew2273]

Its only on Extra Time clips also I blame the USA it could be worse imagine Whigfield Saturday night lol

[@thaothao26]

These gentlemen, including those regulars who aren't in this specific video, are the most interesting, entertaining and insightful football pundits. It doesn't matter what they're talking about, football or food, I always have a good time listening to them. Shaka's laugh makes everything better and I love GAB!

[@joesakic91]

I miss Tommy Smyth in ESPN.

[@jdwilliams2567]

I agree with him. We need a manager who promotes players playing in Europe. It’s ok to acknowledge that the MLS is a trash league. Look at Belgium, Croatia, and Brazil. They don’t have good domestic leagues but the national team is amazing because they promote overseas development for their top players and hey if they do find domestic talent the national team helps that domestic player find a good club. I honestly think Van Gaal would be great for the job (if we could persuade him)

[@mycoshe]

jdwilliams2567 Brazil doesn't have a good domestic league, really???

[@deandoesstuff3371]

jdwilliams2567: Belgium actually does have a good domestic league, just not a top league like england, spain, germany etc... The Belgian Pro league is currently ranked 9th on the UEFA ranking, and clubs like anderlecht, standard, Genk, club brugge etc... always participate in the champions league or europa league and manage to get good results, i think it was last year that Anderlecht managed to tie with manchester united, so Belgian clubs should not be underestimated. Also, in the past, the Belgian Pro league was one of the best leagues with clubs like anderlecht or club brugge beating world class clubs like Real Madrid, Barcelona...

[@Leaps-xz3hg]

Brazil doesnt have a good domestic team. Wow dude, where do you think Neymar, Jesus, Arthur, Willian, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Rovaldo, Cafu started? Even then our reserves had many domestic players, one being Everton who was schooling the U.S national team. We dont send them to Europe to get better, we cant hold them cause Europe teams have a lot of money. Brazil domestic talent is very good, and when they win Libertadores they often give headaches to these top Europe team. Brazil used to be better when we kept all of our domestic talent, if anything Europe has downgraded our players dribbling skills and samba style.

[@GG-bw2ph]

To summarize.. mls sucks .. and we need our players to play outside US to develop

[@tdipepsi]

jdwilliams2567 klinsman lowkey was acknowledging that MLS was trash. He was getting criticized for not calling the likes of feilhaber, Trapp, kljestan, regularly and was criticized for criticizing Altidore, Bradley, Bedoya for coming back to MLS. Then when Bruce did call these guys in, everyone was happy. Oh feilhaber is back, oh Beasley is back! We need to know what we want first before we get it.

[@13johnnyemo]

Anyone who actually cares about the men's national team 100% agrees we NEED to find a coach outside of our system, and players outside our system as well

[@reppingeason]

Turn the music off FFS

[@bananana2624]

Craig is honest. Bruce Arena had MLS experience and look how well that worked out. If we get another MLS coach get ready to not qualify for a second time in a row

[@pastaz3]

shaka has me dying in the video lol

[@reycon78]

Jeez how much does Marcotti blink in one minute

[@F7GEO]

I get so happy when Alejandro Moreno isn't on the show

[@Shakirbindahir1998]

The away goal commentwa was probably a butthurt Barca fan who couldn't take defeated by Roma on away goals .

[@vladislavrobinson9113]

yeah Roma beat shakhtar 2-2 on away goals as well in the round of 16 on a second leg 1-0 win at home so you just have deal with it. He completely avoided the question and just spewed a very vague comment

[@wuxiagamescentral]

Yeah if you can't take care of the home game you don't deserve to move on

[@kakilangit7786]

no one care about shakhtar... but messispn must be butthurt for that greatest comeback ever

[@kakilangit7786]

hey....wow, are you really that triggered???? yeah, roma vs barcuntlona are the best in my book... roma are underdog, barca is best team on planet and they had the best season (have 3 loss all season...almost had unbeatable record in LaLiga) add that with you know, best player on planet.....Oh, and without CONTROVERSY (unlike barcameback)...yeah, not even close.... and i dont give a fuck about yours...

[@vladislavrobinson9113]

well i care so..... speak for yourself :)

[@martynfox3660]

I always thought that the away goal rule was brought in because teams playing away in the first leg would just park the bus and rely on winning on the return leg at home.The away goal rule was to entice them to attack more rather than shut up shop with boring football. Can't see why you should change it.

[@williambrightman6593]

US Soccer should have been honest and just said were going to hire a middle of the pack MLS coach who won't make waves rather BSing American soccer fans with this we're going to scour the world and hire the best manager we can find.

[@seanfinn1046]

The background music does not match the conversation at all.

[@kevinmatthew1050]

Tab Ramos should be the coach of the national team.

[@braedensbroadcastingchanne2942]

As a resident of the U.S. and a fan of the team, I pray to god they don’t hire someone out of the MLS, everything associated with that league is a failure, I’m sick of the MLS it’s a joke of a league, plz plz plz go offer the job to an outside hire.

[@whattonamemyself7520]

FC New England lol but he’s right most us managers aren’t the best they should try for somebody who is a big manager with no job and see if they can succeed maybe even Wenger I doubt Zidane would

[@michealarcangel6069]

Well said !

[@braedensbroadcastingchanne2942]

FC New England buddy the MLS is a joke admit it the way it’s setup is to ONLY MAKE MONEY every other leaguer in the world has a relegation system that makes the league interesting every year. The star players that come from Europe only go to the big cities (as a revs “fan” I have seen no good players come to us since Jermaine Jones and he lasted a season or two) MLS is one of the the reasons why our national team struggles. You wonder why guys like Pulisic, McKennie, and Sargent are starting to leave for Europe... it’s because they have nowhere to go in the MLS they won’t become a star their, the league is trash wake up and realize that.

[@braedensbroadcastingchanne2942]

Garfield De La Rosa thanks! I’ve been waiting to outburst on this for a while lol

[@braedensbroadcastingchanne2942]

Popmallards Fortnite videos exactly

[@Footeditz007]

Well if away goals are your problems then why not directly go to penalty shootout rather than extra time.

[@ThatOtherRaccoon]

Because that makes too much sense.

[@ThatOtherRaccoon]

I think Craig is right in the sense that USMNT DID leave stones unturned.

[@RogerCh888]

It's crazy how year after year we expect things to drastically change. As far as the US domestic league is concerned if you compare it to power houses yea we can't touch them. You have to realize not only how young this league is, but also how young the academies are. Realistically I don't think we've given it enough time to judge it fairly, but not only that if we look at the improvement of the MLS on a 5 year increment bases they've kept on growing in talent and popularity. I think it's important not to get impatient. In time, once we can produce good players in our academies we can look at pro/rel, but as of now that's not going to solve our problems mainly because we won't have as many people willing to invest in soccer. I mean how are the lower end teams going to stay alive if soccer isn't even that popular in our country. Once we can start producing great player then ok, maybe by then the interest will have increase to have enough fans to help support their local clubs. The problems always come down to money. If you're paying attention there have been various changes, especially when it comes to the quantity of players that we're helping develop, but like I said even our development academies are relatively young. I'm not even sure we've had anyone go from playing in the MLS youth development to amateur teams (the U.S. Soccer Development Academies were started in 2007) we may have kids that started playing at 11, but realistically any star players in most sports start younger.

[@seven92023]

Teams playing second leg at home have advantage now with the away goals rule too. It doesn't matter who the coach of the US MNT is. US soccer has deeper problems when it comes to player development and so far they don't look to be solved.

[@jdwilliams2567]

Ivaylo Iontchev I looked at one of their U-15 development teams and they make the parent pay 1k for the kid if he makes the team!

[@seven92023]

I'm not surprised. 1k is less than I know others pay. The system is designed to make money, not develop players.

[@Mark-xm1yd]

It's the other way round. If you play the away leg first, you don't know how many away goals you need. But if you play at home first and, say you win 1 - 0, in the second leg you just need to score once and the other team is already in trouble needing to score _thrice_ .

[@seven92023]

Playing the first leg away is the advantage. That is why winners of CL groups play away first.

[@muhid6246]

gab should be working with actual pundits

[@darshilshah2728]

Right

[@SuperRobertoClemente]

Burley cracking up Shaka is killing me

[@chestersykes5124]

The US national team are pants given their failure in 2017, and the MLS is fast becoming a retirement league. It's time the US got it's sh8 together given they will be hosting a WC in a few years. I think they should try and qualify for WCs instead of snaffling free entry by hosting the tourney.

[@tdipepsi]

I think we need someone familiar with the Bundesliga since that’s where our core of players for the national team are. And no I’m not asking for klinsman

[@abhijeetnarasimhan8997]

These pundits making fun of gab who is probably the only guy talking sense in this show is ironical..😑

[@oniel4eva]

Piss me off every time. He is an excellent sports writer as well.

[@Daws96]

That's why they make fun of him

[@shortbussurfer]

Craig Burley: "I've got better things to do with my time than answer viewer questions" This comment is the sentiment and the overall vibe I get from this show. When is the last time the viewer heard one of the panelists say, "According to my sources....." or, "I've got it on good authority...." ie some ACTUAL REPORTING! ESPN hired blokes with Accents to talk soccer for 30 minutes per day. As an American who has been cursed to love the sport of soccer, I'd talk the sport with anyone who would listen until the cows come home. Proof? Just ride in a taxi with me and roll your eyes when I ask the East African who he supports. God forbid it's a WEST African! OH Pot o gold! and to hear these guys talk about OTHER Sports? Like Tennis! Tennis has it's own channel, I WANT TO HEAR YOU ANSWER VIEWER QUESTIONS ABOUT SOCCER! Dear GOD. "Gab, did you just compare golf to tennis?" and...scene.

[@511dydy]

Away goal rule is fine. My problem is when extra time is added. If extra time needed, the away goal rule should just apply from then. Because extra time of 2x15 with the possibility of gaining an advantage of away goals is just not fair.

[@imateapot51]

I think using score is a joke. I am from the USA and all of our major sports teams have series of odd number games. Just have three games and each game requires a win or loss result.

[@oliverlinehan8701]

Burley is right

[@michaelguarino2725]

This aged pretty well…

[@Locomotion-uz4ly]

Such a messed up game. One could only wonder how LITERALLY the rest of the world is doing it right.

[@volooooo]

The music playing is unbearable

[@ezekieltete6584]

THIS MUSIC IS TOO LOUD😂😂😂😂

[@bomboy7]

I could get three of my mates and come up with better commentary right off the cuff. And we wouldn’t play music so we’d have to shout he entire time.

[@chadmcclelland5668]

We shall see when the US reaches the semi’s in the World Cup 2022 Qatar.

[@chamberlainachilihu3035]

I never trust our u.s coach at all. The only coach i had in mind now is Tata Martino...

[@mytruebanker]

The music is so annoying and unnecessary. ESPN focus on content and not ploys!!!! Thumbs down!!

[@foenichts]

Gab comparing tennis to golf triggered me so fucking much. Cant even describe it

[@TheLaidOffFounder]

that backing music is horrendous

[@MrISkater]

Chicos el 11 de septiembre usen vuestras camisetas de Barcelona para celebrar el día nacional de Cataluña. Sin Cataluña no tendríamos nuestro equipo favorito en el mundo. Reparte la palabra.

[@garrysan3467]

Why that thumbnail though?

[@curtisbissitt5910]

The day Craig Burley was on fire lol!

[@Warum.2439]

why is everyone always so bitter in these comments lol

[@chamberlainachilihu3035]

Everybody in the roster is hot as hell except zardez n that u.s soccer coach now..

[@LuisReyes-ed5xz]

Us National team coach su(kkkkks wi need another coach

[@mkratos17]

Wenger or Mourinho once he's available that won't pick players based on if they're from MLS

[@ThatOtherRaccoon]

Mourinho would NEVER coach the USMNT because it's not a big enough gig. Mourinho has always said that he won't take a coaching job unless it's a big one.

[@cukhoick]

The music are there to help with the cringe. Try to block out the music and you’ll see why you shouldn’t turn off the music. So cringe

[@johnbkeane85]

are you guys mad. the away goal is perfect. why change a system that works;

[@russellward4624]

John Keane because it doesn’t work. It encourages teams too lay negative at home.

[@thegore9132]

Did he basically say that Wesley Sneijder wasn't elite? Lmao jesus christ

[@Young_Bourdain]

Don't trust someone that blinks that much or wears earbuds like that.

[@tyyxfilthy]

Soccer is not our strong suit and I’m ok with that. Americans; we still are the most athletic

[@ProjectDelta1]

It is pretty ridiculous.

[@imateapot51]

Us Men's soccer is a joke. With colleges so expensive, star players are going to use their talent to get a college degree. The MSL is not the NBA where first round selections become multi millionaires. College does not develop players like a pro team would. The pay to play systems leave out the less affluent making soccer like Tennis. States have rules about out of season coaching. In my state they can not even meet with the kids to talk about soccer during the offseason. Maybe this works for football and basketball but not a super high skilled sport like soccer. THe overall level needs to improve. I played against Danny Cantor in club, college, and in a scrimmage against the USMNT. So part of his development was playing against myself and teammates for 600+ minutes of his soccer development. If I was better, along with my teammates and all his other opposition then he would have been better. I also played against John Harkes in an indoor tournament, I was out of college and he was a senior in high school. He went to UVA, somewhere in the UK, and the national team. He would have been better if he was with a European pro team youth system.

[@r.f.h.1342]

it doesnt matter.The way kids are taught in this country is the real problem,Its mechanical and theres no creativity.Alot of schools i went to chose their soccer coach on the parent that was most available

[@r.f.h.1342]

Mister X I agree ☝🏻

[@jngobngo]

Another loss to Mexico and 3-0 at that. Is Berhalter the right man...

[@notreal1477]

Im guna stop clicking on these videos, its the same thing time and time again. Click bait bs where everyone except gab is talking utter nonsense.

[@tonytocanova]

Scotland is doing so great, it makes to listen to them... when’s the last time they made it to the World Cup? Oh yea...

[@connorriley7511]

If they scrap the away goal rule then the grounds they play at should be neutral just like the finals, there shouldn’t be “home” and “away” games. Keep the rule and scrap the board members trying to change it.

[@johntom949]

Please scrap the horrendous music that contributes nothing to the thoughts and comments in this program.

[@beauxjones8793]

Gab, always getting picked on

[@gadbreedbeatz7516]

ESPN loves to hire has beens ... lol some of them barely even “were”

[@chamberlainachilihu3035]

Honestly i never support u.s soccer administration that make that coach a coach. Hey no. Tata martino is the men to recruit. That coach is a joke. Not good for world cup even qualifying

[@jaredbarbosa3190]

Good god, the worst 11 mins of my life.

[@kalzsantan]

Craig burley is an angry drunkard for no reason

[@dimitrim6509]

craig hs official lost his shit mad man

[@jazzoj5]

Gab's been acting funny for a while now, hope he ain't on something

[@kylejayanun6326]

Grab seems like one irritating fella.

[@coryf6460]

Craig is right but he is god awful. I can't stand him. I think he hates his job.

[@mkl130]

ESPN get some american comentators these english elitest wannabes have no good critisism about anything and they sound like grandpas weekly bingo gettogether

[@MrJagger112]

As opposed to americans who's always harping on about how they're the best or greatest in the world at EVERYTHING ..

[@MrISkater]

Football not soccer

[@TokenBlackman7]

Soccer > "football"

[@MrISkater]

@@TokenBlackman7 that makes no sense

[@shabba7829]

TokenBlackman7 Well “soccer” didn’t make the world cup soooo Football>Soccer

[@TokenBlackman7]

@Shabba - Actually, "soccer" DID make the World Cup... Both Japan and Australia use a variation of the word soccer... So... Source: www.businessinsider.de/football-vs-soccer-map-2013-12?r=US&IR=T

[@shabba7829]

TokenBlackman7 You know that I’m specifically talking about USA who didn’t make the world cup.

[@whattonamemyself7520]

4th comment my dudes

[@rodneyp4491]

Get a MLS coach, build with MLS veteran standouts and go from there. MLS is American soccer brand, so let the USMNT build from that and get better from that style of play. Instead bringing in someone from another part of the world that has a style that is totally foreign to the players that will be the USMNT roster. Sink or swim with what the USA actually does and is familiar with. Who cares what the rest of the world thinks. That's their issue to worry about.

[@tdipepsi]

RODNEY P Bruce Arena! Is this you???

[@rodneyp4491]

@@tdipepsi Nope, but play football the American way. We ain't Brazil, we ain't some dam European country, we are America. We have the facilities, we have technology, we the population, so let us do us. Stop this trying to be like this country and that country bullsh8t. And let the chips fall where they may.

[@tdipepsi]

RODNEY P too bad soccer can’t be played the “American” way. Because it’s the wrong way! Soccer is the only exception here homie. I never said to imitate Brazil because that’s impossible. But keeping things how they were is the worst thing we can do. Soccer is a young mans sport. We Americans respect our veterans too much in every sport and it’s hard to let them go until they announce retirement. Soccer is different, you gotta drop these washed up old players when the time is right

[@rodneyp4491]

@@tdipepsi Whatever, let us do us, now keep it moving

[@tdipepsi]

RODNEY P ok let’s do us and not qualify for the World Cup again and get laughed at? I’m sorry but we go for the same team here but we’re not on the same page lol