Nah bro not sleeping on them, there is literally no culture or understanding of the sport.
It will take being way more humble as a nation to follow up and support a sport where there won’t be any wins in the short or middle term that I just dont see it happening as a country.
They just watch the World Cup and get pissed when they are eliminated as if it was a surprise. The general misunderstanding of people when America loss to Belgium as if they just got upsetted said a lot.
For what it’s worth, I’m an American who has lived in Europe for the last 15 years. I see huge potential for the US team to get better if we can seriously reform our current model of youth club football. In the current model, most good prospects have to sign up for local club travel teams—bottom line, these are expensive for parents, in terms of expenses and time commitment. Immediately, this prices out a bunch of familles, with parents and their promising child athletes naturally veering to sports that are subsidized more, culturally entrenched, or have a longer track record of pathways in America. We have to find a way to financially support and train without the excessive cost to your average family, and early enough in their development that they won’t veer away into to other sports.
Nah bro not sleeping on them, there is literally no culture or understanding of the sport.
It will take being way more humble as a nation to follow up and support a sport where there won’t be any wins in the short or middle term that I just dont see it happening as a country.
They just watch the World Cup and get pissed when they are eliminated as if it was a surprise. The general misunderstanding of people when America loss to Belgium as if they just got upsetted said a lot.
For what it’s worth, I’m an American who has lived in Europe for the last 15 years. I see huge potential for the US team to get better if we can seriously reform our current model of youth club football. In the current model, most good prospects have to sign up for local club travel teams—bottom line, these are expensive for parents, in terms of expenses and time commitment. Immediately, this prices out a bunch of familles, with parents and their promising child athletes naturally veering to sports that are subsidized more, culturally entrenched, or have a longer track record of pathways in America. We have to find a way to financially support and train without the excessive cost to your average family, and early enough in their development that they won’t veer away into to other sports.