When will the USA produce a world class player?

[WHITE&BLUE]

sounds like something the Americans would do along with as the baby is born everyone in the room standing still with their heart of their hand singing 'star spangled banner' at the top of their lungs and when thats finished shouting 'god bless 'MURICA!'

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:defoe: no silly. We sing Born in the USA.

 

[Smoked Salmon]

:defoe: no silly. We sing Born in the USA.

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Hah, the ultimate anti-American tune.

 

[Scottwallace15]

:defoe: no silly. We sing Born in the USA.

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whenever i hear about that song all i can think off is the top gear vietnam episode where whoever's car breaks has to go on a big playing that song on it.

 

[WHITE&BLUE]

whenever i hear about that song all i can think off is the top gear vietnam episode where whoever's car breaks has to go on a big playing that song on it.

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That's my favorite top gear episode. Something about cruising on a scooter with a wooden ship roped on the back.

 

[VirginiaSpur]

Adu is on his 412th club...Brazil somewhere.

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But he's a Spurs fan, so he gets a reprieve.

 

[SanDiegoYiddo]

I basically agree with you, but baseball and hockey are built on models where college is considered an impediment to development. For some reason the NBA flips out about this, but it's totally ok for a 17 yo to join the NHL or sign a contract with an MLB team. Maybe that's since in something like 95% of instances, that player is still 3 years or so away from what we'd call "first-team" action.

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Your knowledge of American sports is impressive.

 

[SanDiegoYiddo]

People that don't like soccer are gonna die. People who love soccer are gonna have kids. We're gonna be better than England in a generation. Deal wiff it.

 

[Johnboy40]

Dempsey, fuck yaaaaaaarrrrhhhhh!!!!

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isnt that Honey Boo Boo or something?

 

[Someareteeth]

People that don't like soccer are gonna die. People who love soccer are gonna have kids. We're gonna be better than England in a generation. Deal wiff it.

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How did the last World Cup go again?

 

[SanDiegoYiddo]

How did the last World Cup go again?

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You mean the World Cup where the players were born in a country with no professional league? Not too bad actually.

 

[SanDiegoYiddo]

Sleeping giant, my friends.

 

[WHITE&BLUE]

"American-german Teenager Scores Back to Back Hat Tricks for Bayern"

http://prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/...s-hat-trick-for-pep-guardiolas-bayern-munich/
GET THIS MOTHER FUCKER CAP TIED FUCKING NOW :avbwtf: :avbwtf:

 

[WHITE&BLUE]

 

[Éperons]

Post in The Baffler about Klinsmann. Some of this will sound deadly familiar:
http://thebaffler.com/blog/2014/04/free_your_mind_win_the_world_cup

Klinsmann has sought to inculcate his players with a “growth mindset,” using his team talks to empower players rather than communicate explicit tactical directions. While soccer coaches traditionally articulate a cohesive system of play, Klinsmann has been known to sound more like a Google project manager explaining the 20 percent rule (the notion that employees should be free to tinker on their own projects on Google’s dime).

A disgruntled American player told Straus for his article that Klinsmann’s pre-game team instructions would often be as succinct as “express yourself.” Ever the motivator-in-chief, Klinsmann elaborated at SXSW that soccer players, unlike other American sports like football or baseball must be given the agency to “make the calls” because it’s an “intuitive and improvised game . . . . As a coach you become like a guide, you have to give them the responsibility to get the job done.”

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[Andrei]

Post in The Baffler about Klinsmann. Some of this will sound deadly familiar:
http://thebaffler.com/blog/2014/04/free_your_mind_win_the_world_cup

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mind over tactics - the way of the future in football