Watching this as an european player is really heartbreaking. The coaching and tactics used by every team (which is basically all out pressure at all times) limits and mitigates the development of those US players so much, it is ridiculous; especially tactical understanding of the game and technique with the ball in general. The tactics are literally how children play in unorganized football in their leisure time. It is a shame really, considering how much money goes into college soccer. They definitely have the resources to scout and build talent that could eventually compete in europe. But as of right now, every d1 soccer team would lose handily to every 5. or even 6. division soccer team in germany, spain, england etc. Also, this style of play only favors physically gifted players (which is obviously a player trait that is desired, but should not be the deciding trait). I bet if players like Inesta, Götze or Isco would have grown up in the US under college soccer they wouldn't even made the team.
You have to understand that it's the USA and they don't know anything about soccer. They just play to play and that's it. I also feel sad and angry to see how they play, it's like seeing pure children behind the ball without maintaining their positions or defining correctly
Watching this as an european player is really heartbreaking. The coaching and tactics used by every team (which is basically all out pressure at all times) limits and mitigates the development of those US players so much, it is ridiculous; especially tactical understanding of the game and technique with the ball in general. The tactics are literally how children play in unorganized football in their leisure time. It is a shame really, considering how much money goes into college soccer. They definitely have the resources to scout and build talent that could eventually compete in europe. But as of right now, every d1 soccer team would lose handily to every 5. or even 6. division soccer team in germany, spain, england etc.
Also, this style of play only favors physically gifted players (which is obviously a player trait that is desired, but should not be the deciding trait). I bet if players like Inesta, Götze or Isco would have grown up in the US under college soccer they wouldn't even made the team.
You have to understand that it's the USA and they don't know anything about soccer. They just play to play and that's it. I also feel sad and angry to see how they play, it's like seeing pure children behind the ball without maintaining their positions or defining correctly
quality has improved quite a bit
Wake forests center mids are crazy
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