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H.L. Mencken

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

US Out Of The World Cup

First time since 1986.  They didn't deserve to be there, considering they lost a game to the Trinidad and Tobago B side and dropped countless opportunities to get that one extra point that might have kept them alive.

They tried to qualify by relying on older players like Clint Dempsey, Tim Howard and others.  That was obviously a mistake.  The US is in the U-17 World Cup, so maybe it's time to look to the future.

The problem is that the US is a large country - geographically and by population - with a diverse community of soccer players.  That's a lot of different styles and different training.  US Soccer will have to completely scrap whatever they have been doing with player development and start over - unless the U-17 kids win or place at their World Cup.  Hopefully heads will roll at US Soccer, but somehow I doubt it.

I blame Trump.

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