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[@FootballMadeSimple]

Do you think we could see USA making a deep run at a World Cup soon?

[@Heivang]

Not really tbh.

[@SinanShanavas4]

Mmm

[@GM-kj7sy]

maybe once these guys hit their prime........Not in the next 5 years anyways

[@carlatduty6776]

Yes, maybe not this world cup but the next for sure

[@JaheimKamara10]

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[@coffeyallday]

One advantage Pulisic had when joining Dortmund at 16 was that his grandfather was Croatian so he was able to get an EU passport. Josh Sargent for instance, couldn't sign with Werder Bremen until after his 18th birthday

[@eltiburon2796]

Same thing with Reyna. His grandmother I think was from Portugal so he got an EU passport there.

[@yetekt8025]

@@eltiburon2796 he was also born in England

[@markusbg8843]

How would the usa be able to fix that

[@mattmexor2882]

Yeah, UEFA is practicing protectionism under the guise of "preventing child trafficking". The US has the best tennis academies in the world but doesn't restrict foreigners from enrolling in them. It'd be crazy to consider that, for example, Sharapova was trafficked as a child because her parents enrolled her in the academy in Florida. Or similarly that students going to the best prep schools around the world are being trafficked by attending those schools. There are obviously other ways that are less Draconian and less "coincidentally" protective of European football dominance that UEFA could regulate the recruitment of those academy players to the national team of the country where the academy is located, if they so cared about that (although they don't seem to give a rat's ass when it's between two European countries, AFAIK).

[@arjunmustaine1761]

Wtf does passport have to do with this?

[@bobfttw]

I've still got major issues with US development and I'm an American. But, this is a good start. I think the USA could make a deep run in the world cup within the next two decades provided the talent continues to blossom.

[@lexkanyima2195]

It depends on the philosophy

[@bobfttw]

@@lexkanyima2195 Fair point. Berhalter has the right idea. American players tend to run around in an attempt to impose physical dominance and to occupy space to take up passing lanes and force turnovers then use that dame athleticism to counter. It reminds me much of the English game but the English are far more intelligent and have a great understanding of positioning proportionate to the opposition and their teammates. Americans don't have this yet. We've seen Berhalter try to make this change but when you have two hardworking pressing eights who are more about encompassing that high energy and American work ethic as opposed to real technical passers its harder to implement such a strategy. This is not to say Adam's and McKennie aren't better in their positioning than players past but I think you get what I mean. The flaws we still have in our gameplan were really exposed against Mexico in the nation's league final. I get there were a turn of mitigating factors in that game such as national team rust but Mexico fell under that same trap and you can see their idea of positioning was much better.

[@RedDevilDog1207]

Yes, still loads of gaps in process especially with major international contention (and getting bigger) in the college program which is a the primary MLS U23 feeding outlet. Academy limits recruiting as well where its become assumed they must have all the top talent which simply isn't true.

[@JulioLeonFandinho]

I'm not quite sure american players weren't technical in the past, Donovan was a "technical" player for instance... I remember in the 90s watching Tab Ramos playing in Betis club, he was a good player. To my mind the most important thing for a national team is finding an identity, a style. It takes time and the correct people in charge to organize everything and thinking about it. Check Menotti, the argentinian legend talking about how he tried to change the organization for the national team in the 70s, and winning the 78 World Cup... I'm from Spain and I'm aware of how much time, coaches, players and teams were needed to refine the formula that lead us to win the 2008 eurocup. You need to go step by step and having lots of patience and luck

[@lexkanyima2195]

It will take time to develope

[@Asshat237]

Yeah there are American technical players…the 2 or 3 best on the team. Meanwhile elite teams have more than ten at any given time.

[@neuroticandroid]

I never knew that Tab Ramos played for Betis. Americans for the most part haven't had a big impact in Spain.

[@kathoden135]

@@neuroticandroid Dest will change that

[@wizarddragon]

Yeah, there were some technical players back then but the big difference is now American players are more technical at a younger age. Could you imagine our soccer program if it wasn't paid 2 play?

[@SamarMaskey]

Jamel Musah of Valencia deserves shout too

[@CoolHandLuke7]

Yunus Musah

[@KenDaKingArrives]

But we didn't develop him though 🤔 that was technically England and Italy's product...🤔

[@gtathletics912]

Yeah he just happened to be born in new york technically American but we didn’t develop him

[@DazedAndConfuzing]

I had two coaches in high school, one played for the Metro Stars, the other spent time with the LA Galaxy and was even capped once. Both ended up coaching high school and teaching full time after retirement because pay wasn't nearly what it is now. I'm sure that made a big difference in their generation! I wasn't a kid who was going to go pro, but with my family circumstances, I could hardly get a ride to a club game let alone afford higher quality club fees, even with scholarships it was a tough swing so I didn't even bother. I played some college D3, but I definitely had some animosity towards those elite club players growing up. Glad to see things changing for the better.

[@wolf6462]

There are more like Caden Clark at Leipzig,Chris Richards at Bayern, Tyler adams at Leipzig

[@wolf6462]

@@mrbobby6841 I know they haven’t made an impact yet but they are just players to look out for

[@phoenix-king779]

As an American I appreciate it. I’m still not paying 3,800$ per season tho where i live. Plus you play for tornaments and hotels

[@fishyfish6510]

I wish more European clubs would scout young talents in USA. Americans are very successful in many sports, I'm sure we'd see them do well in football

[@phoenix-king779]

@@fishyfish6510 fax. If all our best athletes played football ⚽️ we would have a world cup at least

[@joeschmoe2030]

Very informative and clear, well done video. The problem with US Soccer teams is the delta between the good starters and the worst bench players. Contrast with Italy where the staring players and 5 players deep into the bench there is almost no drop in player level. In the US teams, if they had to go 5 players deep... it would be painful. There is talent there, but there isn’t consistency - you cannot bet all hopes on 3-5 players and hope the other 6-9 don’t screw up too badly on any given day. Plus, an off day to one of the few top guys and the bags get packed the next day since there isn’t anyone to pick up the slack.

[@acoknitteruntemha]

3:07 R.I.P. black sea

[@RichardFlores2K]

I always like the american sports such as the so-called "big four" (NBA, NFL, NHL and MLB), mma (UFC and Bellator) and others. Unfortunately nowaday sports becomed a business asset right now. Dest, Pulisic, Reyna, Davies (even though he is from Canada), De La Fuente and McKennie are best soccer talents from North America. I hope these incredible players could improve not just the USA team but also the american sports system.

[@niklasdeguzman1006]

*football

[@fr3stylr322]

M8, do you genuinely give that much of a shit of something so petty, or is this supposed to be ironic?

[@makchot3263]

@@niklasdeguzman1006 *soccer

[@joshuablack3484]

The word soccer was invented by the English to distinguish it from rugby football.

[@sdm3032]

US is a heaven for sports..so many sporting events..Also we all knw they come first in almost Every olympic events.

[@Valpo2004]

One thing you miss about the system is going back to the high school level when players are 14 to 18. In the US they are playing for coaches who's primary job is being a teacher and coaching is just a side thing they do and they are playing against people who have no real aspirations of becoming a pro-player. Whereas in Europe they are playing against a lot of the best players in their age group all with pro-aspirations and they are being coached by people who's primary job is to coach soccer. Than you move on into college while they might have a person who's only job is to coach soccer they are still playing against mostly people who have no pro-aspirations. So when they graduate at 22 they have only had 4 years of professional coaching and have maybe played against a few players with pro-aspirations. Whereas in Europe a 22 year old player has played for a decade or more against the best players in their age group and constantly had professional level coaching.

[@r3dum877]

Dest rather Dutch, he born, raised and became football player in Netherlands

[@VoodooChaos]

Great video! Thank you for sharing all those information with us. You're work is amazing 👌👏👏👏

[@dehhota]

well done 👏🏿 this breakdown was brilliant

[@lancechimese1715]

Short version is send them to learn football outside of USA 😭😂 mostly in Bavaria

[@paulpoenicke5642]

An example of why you watch the video before typing idiocy.

[@lancechimese1715]

@@paulpoenicke5642 it’s a joke relax

[@julioconsuegra1351]

One of the problems is that in high school the season is too short but in Europe and SA they play all year around and any players at any age can be signed by a professional team..the scouts look for players in every league but right basically they only look in High school and colleges therefore you miss some talents..hope this begin to change.

[@barnabasmuhanda6569]

Football best analysis channel into depth and clinical

[@abraxas1983]

i remember Lalas playing in Italy in the 90s :)

[@neuroticandroid]

Onyewu had a better chance in Italy than Lalas, but he had problems with Zlatan at Milan and who do you think tgey kept?

[@neuroticandroid]

I've heard that the complaint about Americans who play abroad is that most are solid technically, but lack creativity. Donovan should have been a star in Europe but I think his personal psychological issues got in the way.

[@balakrishnanemana4640]

You mean "How Bundesliga is Producing Great USA players"

[@mattprodanovski8964]

Australia has the same pay as you play system. Not sure why you have them listed as free/minimal. Fees are in fact very high.

[@lukeraft9784]

I was about too say the same thing

[@juniornkosi4741]

Love the content♥️

[@christopherkane370]

Sergino Dest should have been in the thumbnail too

[@ShivSai123456]

he has always played in the netherlands

[@CoolHandLuke7]

Yeah I think FMS was focusing on guys who were developed in America

[@fishyfish6510]

Americans have good potential. They are already very good physically evident in their Olympic success

[@c.simmons2147]

5:15 This is mostly wrong. There are no "Club Owners" for most academies. Its a completely different style than Europe. Most of the "academies" are specific youth organizations with no professional team. THAT is why you have to pay. The entire business is coaching youth players, so they have to make money doing that, whereas professional team academies can lose money as long as they are producing cheap talent for the professional team. These professional academies can also turn into money-makers by selling players, which further funds the academy. MLS teams now have this kind of professional academy and some of the lower league teams (like in USL) are also developing them. They generally do not have to worry about losing players for nothing because the players are under contract. As long as the teams show they are willing to sell the player when they want, players are incentivized to sign a contract to get access to better training and competition. This wasn't the case when guys like Pulisic were coming through. He had an EU passport, so with the option of going to Europe at 16, he didn't have to sign with an MLS team that probably would have kept him through the length of the contract because the emphasis wasn't on selling players like it is now. But as much as MLS academies are getting better, the youth-only academies aren't. The 2019 MLS reform only applies to MLS academies. Note how it was MLS that made the announcement and not US Soccer. MLS is doing it because they want to make money on solidarity payments for the players they sell while also not having to pay training compensation to the youth-only academies. And the issue of training compensation and solidarity payments is much bigger than stated here. Again, we are not Europe and do not use a model like the one FIFA regulations were built around. We have clubs that train players, but players also play for their school. Are teams expected to pay the player's middle school and high school for developing the player? Can the schools even legally accept the money? And wouldn't the whole system run amok of child labor laws? These are all questions we have to figure out before we can implement the system. And then there is the argument whether it is even beneficial considering it can act as a tax on a player transfer. If American players do not have that tax, does it make them more appealing for foreign clubs? If so, that can help our players get to the highest level clubs and play against the best competition. So is it better for fewer players to be trained, but have a better shot at moving to the top clubs in Europe, or to have more players trained, but maybe not have as many playing internationally? And we used the college system for a long time because that was an existing pathway while MLS didn't have academies because they were not financially viable yet. It also just didn't make sense from a player perspective. If they signed with an MLS team, they would lose their ability to get a college scholarship. Like you said, the money early on was such that players still had to work after retirement. In that case, a college scholarship and the increased career earnings that come with a college degree were worth more than whatever small salary they could get from going pro early. This is now changing and the importance of the college draft is rapidly diminishing.

[@mattmexor2882]

I imagine the academy system also only developed American players. MLS teams will have incentive to look for talent internationally, largely from other Concacaf countries. I'm guessing MLS clubs should have more money than most South American clubs and a shallower local talent pool than the rich South American clubs. So MLS academies will be responsible for developing talent from other Concacaf countries that currently isn't being developed well. MLB and MLB money develops so much baseball talent from the Caribbean, for example. Once there is a conduit for talent from these Concacaf countries to lucrative deals with MLS clubs it will raise the level of soccer in those Concacaf countries. That should strengthen Concacaf which will be a good thing for the USMNT program. Playing regularly as a team against higher quality opponents will increase our success in big international tournaments.

[@SinanShanavas4]

Make A Video about Indian Football

[@thehorde4868]

We still got a long way to go mate

[@siboniso4420]

FIFA Video games has something to with it, especially for the kids. American sports is already well organized. If Americans can get a UEFA licensing college for coaching in their, it would be over.

[@peppdico6727]

Mckennie è molto bravo . Lo dico da tifoso del Napoli

[@dontebullard7423]

Right now our best activie center defender would have to be Miles Robinson he comes from the MLS but originally a college player.

[@JmzyLeman]

Can you do tactics on El Salvador gold cup games?

[@enriquedanielbritezrey1940]

Makes a video about Atletico Madrid Tactics 2015/2016, please Blessings

[@gagankompala8423]

Could you make a video on Indian football??

[@bahriboy]

Thank you

[@neuroticandroid]

Jürgen Klinsmann and David Beckham deserve a lot of credit for helping bring a more European style of player development to the USA.

[@vogarner]

What did Beckham do for player dev? Maybe I missed it. And so true about Klinsmann, if US Soccer would have listened to him years ago who knows how much further they'd be by now.

[@neuroticandroid]

@@vogarner Beckham started a handful of football academies in the United States to give young players a chance to be properly trained in the sport.

[@vogarner]

@@neuroticandroid Interesting, I didn't know that.

[@neuroticandroid]

@@vogarner but I just found out that neither of those academies stayed open long. But now I believe all MLS teams have them.

[@Tsangass]

overtime undeveloped countries slowly catch up and the playing field gets even. Look how many more asian players there are now compared to 20 years ago. Still not alot numerical but its a multifold increase for those playing in europe

[@TehStormOG]

one positive about the american college system is that for all of the the players (>90%) that never go pro, they get a free university education whereas an English academy player cut at 18 or 20 gets left as an adult with absolutely no skills outside of football

[@aryados1520]

Football will never make it in the USA, it's the sport of the poor but in the USA it's the sport of the privileged and rich.

[@abdulhamidchoudhury7974]

A video on Portugal will also be great 👍

[@jaboyright_here9527]

Can you do one of South Africa?

[@scottbaron121]

This is pretty simple, when you break it down: In the US, it's MUCH easier and much less EXPENSIVE to play other sports that will pay you more as a "professional". Should you be good enough to make it that far. MLS can pay a decent wage but not compared to internationally (and compared to the big 4 sports in North America. Even Hockey). Also...our (US) BEST athletes tend to gravitate towards the "Big 3": Football (US), Baseball and Basketball. ESPECIALLY minorities who tend to come from poorer backgrounds. It will ALWAYS be an up-hill struggle for the US to produce "world-class" teams, vis-a-vis the rest of the world.

[@kekkewezel4615]

Sergiño Dest just picked the US national team. He was born and raised in the Netherlands

[@michaelugwa5225]

But he’s played the USA youth teams

[@allenhoyos2855]

I’d like to hear your take on South American tactics and development

[@allenhoyos2855]

What happened to James Rodriguez, Alexis Sanchez, requielme

[@RedDevilDog1207]

Don't forget the other big US sports are now pay to play as well with exception of football and even then you have private school costs and travel (much of covered by HS). History has favored those sports which could start to budget shift over time a bit at HS level (making HS more relevant which is far less expensive on families).

[@daanishdan318]

Don't use so many maps. It may confuse the Americans 🤣

[@notoriouseagle1074]

Very funny, have a cookie.

[@majora6392]

Always produced, we have Neymar and Messi nowadays

[@fishyfish6510]

😂😂😂

[@slurpii4669]

Thats south America

[@TheGOAT_]

The American dream n that

[@seanmacmillan4600]

Definitely improving, but the difference between the sincerely top nations and the rest looks like a culture of success to me. Their have been some outstanding Dutch, English and Belgium teams who were unable to win the world Cup. It just seems that the Germans, Italians, and Brazilians have that natural subconscious mentality that makes them expect a world Cup at least once a generation. America may get to that stage, but takes a lot of time.

[@stnbch3025]

Culture of success? That doesn't exist because success is a temporary outcome not a sustainable cause.

[@nandofim]

Stn Bch "Success" and "CULTURE of success" are different things. "Culture of success" is to generate a winning mentality in the culture of a group, supported by psychological preparation and sporadic successes. "Success" is a temporary outcome, but "culture of success" is something that can be sustained in the group mentality indefinitely.

[@jroman5579]

Need a coach that can maximize them tactically , they still lack cohesiveness and fluidity at the national level, even in the last big win over Mexico it was the individual skill that won them the game , the manager now does not impress me.

[@user-vk4ks3lr2s]

Now they are in WC last 16

[@CABDICASIISFARXAANTECHNOLOGY]

The only thing i know American call football , soccer

[@venkatsarthak1300]

Yes indeed they are and if they stop calling it "soccer" then im happy for them

[@GM-kj7sy]

lol

[@MN-yg8hf]

I’m proud to say as an american I don’t say soccer like a bunch of losers but I play football matches on a pitch(joke for Americans who can’t use logic)

[@GM-kj7sy]

@@MN-yg8hf thats pretty cool.I still think that the kids in the US are missing out big time due to the massive fees.But i hope this can improve

[@MN-yg8hf]

Yeah it sucks I can’t afford to go to an academy It’s very hard for me to play

[@CoolHandLuke7]

It’s difficult because American Football is so entrenched you’ll confuse 9 out of 10 people if you don’t say soccer. But when I’m around other fans of the sport we mostly say football. It’s weird

[@ban6936]

first step: say football

[@devray6036]

Usa has always been in top 3 in Olympics. So it's youth system has always been dar better than any country.

[@NubiansNapata]

Deluded... You're saying USA has better talent than France, Germany, England

[@giancarlotorres3520]

It was about time to be honest. Comparing them to Mexico, they look nikes ahead of them for the 2026 World Cup

[@claudioccornejo]

Because of coaches like me! We are changing the culture here. We will win the World Cup in 2026. And I wasn’t even born in America, I’m from Chile. But I came here at 6 years old so i feel American and I’m coaching my American child, along many other American children. The 2030’s will be about American domination!

[@Michael-wu7hn]

mmmh...no

[@StormFalcon657]

As an American, I did not know this. Now I know why Americans play in Germany instead of going straight to England.

[@vincegonzalez2171]

On top of what he said, different leagues have different registration rules for their team. In the Bundesliga, the only rule really is that you need to have 8 (I think) German developed players in your first team squad. They don't necessarily have to play, just be registered to play. This is why Germany is so big for us over other leagues like Ligue 1 or La Liga, who both allow only three non-EU spots, but offer exemptions for most African players.

[@lexkanyima2195]

@@vincegonzalez2171 African players can develope in France or Belgium

[@vincegonzalez2171]

@@lexkanyima2195 Okay.

[@nehemiasaquino9080]

Everything is about the money in the US disgusting but true which is why we did not take part on it

[@PRI10M]

Still 0.2% American watch Football or U can say Soccer in America

[@SinanShanavas4]

Soccer is Wrong word actually American Football is actually American EggBall How can someone play Football (EggBall) 🏈 with Hands

[@joshuablack3484]

Soccer is the second most watched sport among the 18 to 34 year old demographic. It’s problem is that viewership is divided among MLS, Liga MX, Premier League, Bundesliga …

[@i_like_chomp6382]

@@SinanShanavas4 it really isnt that important

[@arjunmustaine1761]

Juat ban yanks

[@Gdoodled]

What are you talking about? Great american fotballers? Maradona, Ronaldo ... Should I go on? No.

[@undeadhoundoom3263]

I really want America to make a deep run in the World Cup. For too long has American sports culture caused me to be bullied (sometimes) for playing football in the U.S and if the U.S show that they can compete with the bigger nations, than it will foster a better culture and break the stigma surrounding football in America

[@Androbott]

son el antifutbol

[@davidfebreeze428]

Great players😂

[@Clark_Kent_ZA]

Finally someone who understands this. America's lack of an Academy system is the reason why the US struggles at international tournaments. But I doubt that America would adopt the Academy because the NCAA would miss out on the revenue since most players would opt for Academy over going to College. Just to note, for women's soccer, the College System is perfect because the majority of the student body is female (~60%). For men's soccer, when places like the UK, Germany, Netherlands allow 16yr olds to make their club debuts. It would make no sense to go to college first because by the time you are eligible for club football, the Jesse Lingards and Phil Jones have had more game time and more time to improve their technical ability.

[@ljvga2]

Hi, I think your videos are good. I'm writing about how you use the word: America or American. I have always defended the usage of this word as to describe people of North and South America. The US is a country in a continent name America, the continent is divided into two hemispheres hence North and South. In this manner just as people from England or Spain are described as Europeans, it is common sense that people from the US and Brazil are both Americans. Historically, the only reason people in the United States called themselves Americans was due the British using the term "American" to label people from the continent as inferior. In fact, the first maps of the continent drawn by Americo Vespucci depicted mostly the southern hemisphere. Maybe this is not such a big deal but it is plain wrong and the result of Propaganda and misinformation

[@aceinhibitors316]

First

[@romiarkan450]

If the USA still misses another damn World Cup with this group of young exciting players then I don't really know anymore

[@samplingmastersxlr8660]

Why would they miss out again? Also that applies to all the teams that missed 2018 as well

[@veerapetchpetchger5371]

And Dest chose the USA over the Netherlands cuz he "wanted to win a World Cup" lmao

[@samplingmastersxlr8660]

@@veerapetchpetchger5371 there not winning it either so it doesn’t matter

[@veerapetchpetchger5371]

@@samplingmastersxlr8660 if they find a coach that performs like koeman it’s more promising

[@samplingmastersxlr8660]

@@veerapetchpetchger5371 same logic applies to the USA

[@Dave-uj3tf]

Interesting that MLS/US Soccer/SUM allowed FiFA compensation right around the time they formed MLS Next. Lol. The corruption continues. In order to end pay-to-play: End the MLS Club with its franchises, and open the market to autonomous clubs. Incentive drives investment.

[@TheXan57]

As long as they call it soccer, I'm not taking Americans seriously in terms of skill Edit: North Americans*

[@samplingmastersxlr8660]

Nobody is taking you seriously either with that logic

[@carterkulm2306]

@@samplingmastersxlr8660 yeah lol, it’s so tiring seeing all of these people (including the uploaded of this video) use a difference in diction to criticize a nation. Very immature.

[@joshuablack3484]

The word soccer was invented by the English. 🖕

[@tragicozaddy4762]

My India will be better than all of em. We will rule the football world and become the new home of football. I will break messi-Ronaldo duopoly and all legends will be useless against my football achievements. I am coming to own this sport and be the legendary god of this game.

[@SinanShanavas4]

India 🇮🇳🔥 💪 #BackTheBlues We are Blue Tigers 🔥 We will rise Up 🔥

[@SinanShanavas4]

You breaking Ronaldo-Messi duopoly 🤨🤨? Lol Don't overdream too much lol about Breaking Other legends achievement

[@GM-kj7sy]

Zlatan says hi

[@tuuguu_fx2]

not even the best team in asia delusional af

[@SinanShanavas4]

@@tuuguu_fx2 we used to be one of the best teams in Asia during 1950s Era

[@indranilmondal1270]

I hate that " soccer" 😤