True. Pro is such a long shot. I'm 47 now and I juggle still and kick against a wall...a lot. No teams around here, though, but it's probably good while I get in better shape. I push too hard when I play. But I juggle 1000x a day, and going for 90 days. It's fun. I'm learning new stuff, and staying in shape. Soccer mostly isn't about being pro, it's for people having fun.
Man, to all you saying that US football is about physicality and Europe is all about technique, those playing at the highest level in Europe play with a level of physicality and fitness that means they would walk all over these guys, even if it wasn't for the superior levels of technique. Yeah for sure this coach was teaching football from a bygone generation (plus he had a big-man complex which he needed to drop), but to suggest that you don't need to be fit and strong to play in Europe is madness. But anyway, it's good to see the progress the US is making in general. The college system over there is great in the sense of it makes sure (at least in theory) that players get an education while they play, but the truth is, if you have the talent you can be playing professional football in Europe, South America etc. by 16 and more than likely you will have to forego your education if you are going to be pro. It's sad because the US has it right in this regard, but I can't see football changing it's system anytime soon.
The US College system is flawed for Football. Kids in Europe and elsewhere are already professional footballers before they are 18, playing sometimes at the top level. So by 18 its too late for most players. Whats the point of playing in sub-standard level just to get an education? It works for other US sports, but not in the world's biggest team sport. And this myth about physicality in Europe. They use the youth levels to develop the game and then work on the physical side, therefore already way ahead of US players.
I believe every coach should develop a great mentality with so much positivity because they are the ones that have to inspire their team on the field so they can make the players feel inspired. They also have to be cautious with their words as well! If the players receive the message the wrong way then things won't go so well. Moral of the story appreciate every game you play it's either you win or learn!
I really want to join the academy but mostly I want to go to the USA to further my career as a footballer. Currently, I'm from South Africa and it really hard to get promoted here since lots of guys are into it. My goal is to play on MLS. So what I'm looking forward to is to get a sponsor to fly me into the USA.
Wish I got into soccer earlier in life. I would definitely pursue this but as a child in American I only know football or basketball. I’m 25 now, a bit to late but I will be sure to introduce this sport to my child
Im so lucky to have an english coach, he knows so much more about thr game and has molded me as a better player, but still making it pro here is so hard, theres no demand in soccer here i hate it
The word shortening or nick-naming of 'Association Football' [was and is the original game of FOOTBALL] into soccer by the English Upper Class ... that word 'soccer' is a shortening word, therefore NOT a real word. That word is only used in North America [ the U.S.A. and Canada]. To undermine 'soccer' your Continental/Regional Football Governing Body CONCACAF meaning the Confederation Of North, Central American, Caribbean, Association FOOTBALL. Our World FOOTBALL Governing Body = F.I.F.A. means the Federation of International FOOTBALL Associations ... The World Name, for The World Game is FOOTBALL ...FACT.
MrNikoliVolkov every source you have found has been from a North American perspective. As I stated in my FACTUAL post above re CONCACAF your continental/regional FOOTBALL governing body and FIFA our World FOOTBALL governing body. This proves that the World Name for the World Game is FOOTBALL ... FACT ps I have not got time, at the moment, however I will explain [tomorrow] in a factual account how and where your silly grid iron came from. As very few of you actually know ... That's how inslar you are.
Go beyond North America [USA/CANADA] and around the world, use the word 'FOOTBALL' to any person regardless of different languages and they will understand exactly what you mean. I have traveled around my own continent [europe] africa and South America. I have played the WORLD GAME OF FOOTBALL , the beautiful game, with people who can not speak English and watched FOOTBALL with people who do not speak english, as we all share the love of OUR BEAUTIFUL of FOOTBALL ... FACT.
Two things 1,; Wica has a north american perspective and did you type in FOOTBALL or ;- / soccer;-/. 2 I said 'tomorrow [yesterday] I am sorry for that as I have a life ... I will come back [I have had to many pints of Bitter, you would say 'beeres' that's larger in our language.
WHEN U DONT GET NOTICE ITS GREAT ITS AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK HARDER ON YOUR GAME ON STRENGH AND YOUR WWAKNESSES SO WHEN U GET TO THE SPOTLIGHT EVERYTHING LOOK GOOD ON THE SPOTLIGHT
These coaches are fucking awful. He thinks he's teaching them tactics by saying win the ball back as soon as you lose it. Why is this advice coming in this context? You should have already taught them this as part of your pressing system, which involves the entire team, not just the guy closest to the ball only or the guy who lost the ball. There are many ways you can press, not just whether you'll press high or low, but how you will discourage passes to the man near you. None of this seems to have been taught. All these coaches convey is that you should go oh so very hard. Wow. Genius. Their pathetic posture and antics on the sidelines when their team gets scored on tells us plenty about them.
lol this team now has an MLS academy league team andI play for their team's u14 academy, and their no longer called the Brooklyn knights, their called Met Oval (Metropolitan Oval) I never knew a documentary was filmed at the field I practice at every day XD.
TopBinsHD I played for the Broolyn Knight's Super Y- League team years back. The Met Oval is such a special place, make sure to enjoy it. I remember the chatter about them getting an Academy org together. It used to be LI Roughriders, BK Knights and FC Westchester as the 3 major NY teams, have they changed?
This is without a doubt the worst coaching I have ever seen. I feel for the guys on the team, some parts I seriously had to look away because it was so bad. Really, really poor coaching
God these coaches really look terrible in this. No wonder we can't develop decent players. The fact that the team starts off good and gets consistently worse speaks volumes about the leadership. It's not until the team completely falls apart that the Manager finally realizes that his negative attitude isn't working and starts to support the team and emphasis the positives rather than swearing at them and calling them pussies.
PDL players come & go because most coaches focus on getting immediate short term results since the season is so short. What ends up happening is most of the committed players who are maybe not superstars but definitely have tons of potential to provide consistency & effort are put aside in search of "better" players with "big CV's" who are only committed as long as everything goes well. Our season went South because the initial group that was brought in wasn't nurtured, we were treated like replaceable chess pieces & felt no compassion or desire from our leadership to improve us as players until towards the end of the season when our commitment was acknowledged...the crazy part is that those who had the most HEART are the ones who stuck through it until the END. Once our season was almost over & we weren't playing for anything, the pressure to succeed was off, the leadership relaxed & that's when started obtaining results as a unified team & group.....AND 4 years later almost ALL the so called BEST players have quit playing & ALL the consistent hard workers are either Pros now or still playing @ higher paid semi professional teams that now exist in the US.
Well it's not like they can make a living at those low level professional teams. You try to hold down a full time job and still be a professional athlete on the side.
Yes it's pervasive & everywhere not just footy. Most of us work jobs on the side & it's rare to encounter quality leadership in the job world as well. It has taught me to be more resilient & take less shit from others. I have learned to speak my mind & heart & not be afraid to communicate what I feel about a situation. Sounds simple but easier said than done right ?.. I too train a lot on my own but remember that footy is a game played with 21 other players on the field...In the end, all good lessons...
Isn't the coach Swedish? Either way, it seems like he's taking after the wrong sport with his leadership. You're not trying to power your way into an endzone, you're trying to put a ball in the back of a net
You want them to hold their hands, kiss them gently on the cheeks and tell them their precious? it's good to be humbled every now and then, easy to get too cocky.
Many of these players they look pretty decent however like one the guys said that the older you get the harder it is to become professional. P.S. Coach does not look that good.
Depending on the player.. Some it will make them strive to be better players, but some will take the hate and give up, it separates the pussies from the strong.
chris chandler IMO, players who are lacking in confidence will become hesitant and make more mistakes. Sometimes getting angry at players is fine, but not embarrassing them individually and making them feel low.
***** Most teams who win championships have the quality along with proper coaching. If the players like the coach, they will play harder for them, if not, then the coach would lose the dressing room. Just my opinion, you don't need to agree with me.
I'm sure if you were playing soccer with confidence and without a burden of pressure on your shoulders, you would play well too. Unless the player is completely useless and could never get anything done right, that's a different story.
World-class filmmaking...I absolutely congratulate whoever the hell made this wonderful documentary...The camerawork ...the expert & creative edit (imagine how much footage he had to slog through!)...This film was an amazing long-term commitment...Whoever directed and/or edited this is a true artist...I LOVE how they never gave in to BS fake glamorization of NYC...especially cruddy Brooklyn...This film deserves an Oscar...This is a great documentary that doesn’t overplay it...Terrific! Thanks
anthony lol even if your the best in your country, if you don't know someone in a better country (one that lives and breathes football) nobody will give you a chance. There's probably hidden gems all over the world that just go a miss.
@@jimnarrow155 Maybe there are just too many players out there. It's easier to go pro in say tennis or get to the Olympics in speed skating or something. Too many good soccer players. Too crowded
The coach has no clue about positioning, technical aspects, how to receive a ball and isn't a good therapist, either. The problem is that he yells and shouts too much trying to motivate the players. It's about hard work for sure, but some players are almost giving it up at the beginning of the season.
So true... In the American soccer game they just kick it to a corner and run fast to catch it... it's a lack of soccer intelligence and it makes soccer less fun to watch.
It may be unfair to blame the coach for the emphasis on athleticism. I was at the game vc the Baltimore Bohemians and I tell you, none of the 2 teams could put 3 passes together in spite that you could see that some players in both teams "could play".( a Knights midfielder was really good). You just can not play good soccer in that field. Too small, plus the impact of a hard turf surface on the ball bounce, leave extremely little time for players to think. Those kind of fields are very common in US lower division soccer. I dont think its a coincidence that we have such a hard time developing thinking creative midfielders. On such fields, athleticism may give you a better edge than technique
I agree I'm 14 living in the states and people put so much emphasis on college . It's the safe and expensive route and football here is the risky and expensive route. I feel like I'd have to pick between one
It is easier than that, there are actually weekend-long combines that you just have to show up and pay a few hundred bucks to get in front of MLS coaches. There is one in Florida every year and various MLS teams have them once in a while.
14:42 The swedish coach put it right on the money, in my opinion. The youth system and how players are produced by teams is one of the biggest drawbacks for teams in terms of creating players that will be in the first team or sold to make a profit. I'm not from the US, I'm british and played in the UK for a while not for an academy but i understood the system i left the UK before I was 10 moved to China and then later moved to America at the age of 13. when i first came here i didn't understand the connection between pro and college or even high school, of course they have the draft and that but the a majority of the players playing in US academies will go on to play college first then later you might have a Jordan Morris who'll make it big time and become the next big thing in the States. A lot of the American talent that I have seen play from the U17 national team since they went and lived at the same school as i did (Christian Pulisic, Haji Wright, basically the up and coming players) have chosen the leave the US at the first chance they get to continue their development in the European Leagues. Tell me if Pulisic were to have stayed in the US and went to College, would he have been the type of player he is now or would he just have been another college player trying to make it in the MLS. Although college is go for education and getting a free education (if youre an athlete) it hinders the development of American players
you speak the truth. thats the problem. in the U.S. you need to go to college to get scouted in for MLS...in Europe and South America you have kids from the poorest of neighborhoods already going into academies and being developed since childhood. The problem in the U.S. is that in order to get into an academy or even college in requires a lot of money...in the U.S. academy football is afforded by the upper middle class and above, and the working class whom have probably the majority of decent players from immigrant families cannot afford the cost of going into a U.S. football academy. Unfortunately its a pay to play system.
I wonder why this only seems to apply to soccer. It seems for US football and basketball, getting recruited from college is the main path. But for soccer it's better to not go that path.
@@dt-ve7mi I'm learning about this now. I have a 5 yr old son. I don't know if I want to push him into soccer knowing the crazy path it will take. I think another sport might be easier and still allow him to do well in school too.
@@nofurtherwest3474 honestly you should push your son towards soccer. Ik this is a random comment a year after u posted it but it carries a lot less physical risk than American football and if he’s good enough your raising a son who’ll be cultured and raised in Europe. Honestly America isn’t all that
The skill level is so much higher in Europe and south america compared to the US! These guys train every day so hard and still have troubles understanding the offside line on defense, playing without the ball, first touch etc just looking at these guys trying to bend a cross it’s laughable honestly and skills like these take so much time to develop by experience and it’s clear that these guys don’t have that in them! The best thing this swedish coach could have done for them is to invite them to train with a team in the first or second division in sweden so they can feel the difference in technique first and foremost so they get that into their head because they work to much on their physique forgetting that football is a skilled based sport!
56:05.. Hopefully I see myself playing somewhere.. whether it’s.. division II in Europe, Asia.. or division I.. but hopefully in three years I see myself playing somewhere.. and.. waking up and just having to kick a ball ⚽️
Jayy Wolfe you have pdl, usl, and upsl teams all over CA. check out the sites, find some near by teams and do a quick Google search with the team name followed by either "combine" or "try out" and the year. lots of paying opportunities. I train/direct HS and community college players for/to play in these leagues. I played a little PDL myself after college.
My advice to any American wanting to be a professional player - Go to Europe, Asia or even Africa to chase your dream. Make sure you have some money but if you want to make it stay away from the so called American leagues.
This "coach's" abhorrent behavior really pissed me off. Repeating yelling "You fuckin' kidding me?!?" and berating your players because you are frustrated because you're losing a game because you are shitty coach, is NOT coaching. This guy should be banned from coaching soccer for life and I have zero idea why a university hired him as a head coach in 2017. Because he notched some winning seasons in D2? This guy wonders why the team has a bad attitude - wow, clueless.
A lot of ppl are rambling about how much this coach sucks. He’s one of the most successful college coaches in the country. I’m not saying he’s Mourinho, but do a little homework before you trash the guy simply after watching an hour long documentary.
He’s correct about Soccer being No.1 sport in many many countries in every continent yet In England - the place which boasts about its Football Pedigree of 150 years , half the clubs in the 3rd 4th & 5th tier Leagues ( National and Professional) are struggling to survive financially and attendances are lower than 30 years ago. It makes no sense . AFC Bournemouth need good players ! 👍
Unfortunately, the MLS, like other pro sports in the US, place enormous emphasis on the university system; they rely heavily on the draft. This is the measure by which the leagues determine a player's worthiness to make the type of money associated with being a professional athlete - that's it. It is a hustle that they want every athlete to participate in, because the powers that be possess sour grapes that a young athlete can make more money in a year, than most middle class uni graduates make in a lifetime. This is also the reason employers want to hire graduates, because it demonstrates that a candidate is able to envision a goal, enter into and complete the long term demand of a degree. In short, it demonstrates discipline. This is the same requirement we see in professional sports in the US - owners want assurances that their young talent also possess the discipline to play the game of academic life. Every time a player foregoes university to enter into the draft, it is seen as an outlier that is sidestepping 'the rules'. But, in reality, nowhere else in the world do we see talented athletes withering on the vine, going through the university process to become successful professional sportsmen. Of course, MLS salaries are much lower than anywhere else in the football world - so why the emphasis on the college draft? As I said, it's sour grapes. People without the knowledge and experience of being an athlete - but who run these organisations - want to maintain barriers to success for those young people that are talented, experienced and capable athletes. Everyone knows that for the US to be competitive in the world of football - the LAST thing a young player should be doing is wasting his prime in the NCAA. At this time, and for the foreseeable future, college soccer seems to be the only reasonable means of developing young talent with a semblance of competitiveness, because we lack the market for a multi-tiered system of leagues with heritage, with a strong supporter/ fan base to finance it and supply the juggernaut of a premier league. The real loss for the US, as a footballing nation, is that the best players in the country are immigrants that spend their days working construction, or in the nation's kitchens and warehouses, working blue collar jobs. These folks will never be scouted.
Great documentary and my respect to all the players that are part of this beautiful sport and dedication best of luck to all of you . U guys will make the change in the U.S teach our youth what is this amazing sport
This documentary really pictured most of what I passed through while playing soccer at a point I gave it up and started playing the saxophone to earn a living it took another coach time to discover what I could do on the field and he made me part of his team he encouraged me to the point that I had to start training myself to get back to my normal level of playing.
these coaches are terrible, just to put into perspective you have in europe 13 year old kids that know much more of the tactical culture of the game than what these "coaches" teach/train/ask of their players, things like: we are both playing 4-3-3, win your 1-on-1's and we win the game even kids know it's much more complicated than that, the only way to improve in soccer is learning how to do you job as part of a team, you can train your shots, your passes, your sprint, your strength, etc... and become a better athelete, but when you play agaisnt high level teams and are simply outsmarted by players that are slower and weaker than you but don't waste 1/5 of the energy you use, it shows you do not know how to play in a team sport just take a look at Brasil, the nation that puts out more talents than any other, even having so many top talents in a world level does not mean they will win every world cup, for each good run they have in the world cup they have 3 or 4 where they are just embarassing, that's because just gathering talent is not enough, if you don't coach them properly and maximize their individual strengths, you cannot reach the top, they often do not know how to work as a team and that means they do not know where to be to better help their teammates, that's the result of a coach thinking «if we win ours 1-on-1's we will eventually win the game», that is obviously not enough
I played Soccer with my Local school (Santa Rosa Junior College) and our coach is the same as this guy. They know NOTHING about the Sport. The players are all big and it's physical but none of them have Technique. It felt like robots were playing, that isn't what "The Beautiful Game" is about. He would even get mad if someone tried to dribble.
“Soccer” isn’t seen as a way out of difficult living conditions in the US. There’s no incentive like the NBA or NFL. There’s also a white suburban soccer mom stigma about it here that doesn’t generate interest. Kids need exposure to the beautiful game. Hopefully the US will be able to host in 2026 and the culture will change from there. The last time US hosted, we created the MLS
it seems to me like these guys just started working to pursue their dream and that they thought their talent would get them far enough during their youth days
The coach has some credentials, and now is the coach of Seton Hall University. I'm sure he learned a lot after watching the documentary and has progressed along with many of the players in their lives.
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pro or not I just wanna play
True. Pro is such a long shot. I'm 47 now and I juggle still and kick against a wall...a lot. No teams around here, though, but it's probably good while I get in better shape. I push too hard when I play.
But I juggle 1000x a day, and going for 90 days. It's fun. I'm learning new stuff, and staying in shape. Soccer mostly isn't about being pro, it's for people having fun.
Henry best comment ever bro.that's always my mentality. I just wanna play the beautiful sport
jesus christ joe
I Panda but pro is better
This was such a beautiful documentary on how hard you have to train
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Man, to all you saying that US football is about physicality and Europe is all about technique, those playing at the highest level in Europe play with a level of physicality and fitness that means they would walk all over these guys, even if it wasn't for the superior levels of technique. Yeah for sure this coach was teaching football from a bygone generation (plus he had a big-man complex which he needed to drop), but to suggest that you don't need to be fit and strong to play in Europe is madness.
But anyway, it's good to see the progress the US is making in general. The college system over there is great in the sense of it makes sure (at least in theory) that players get an education while they play, but the truth is, if you have the talent you can be playing professional football in Europe, South America etc. by 16 and more than likely you will have to forego your education if you are going to be pro. It's sad because the US has it right in this regard, but I can't see football changing it's system anytime soon.
The US College system is flawed for Football. Kids in Europe and elsewhere are already professional footballers before they are 18, playing sometimes at the top level. So by 18 its too late for most players. Whats the point of playing in sub-standard level just to get an education? It works for other US sports, but not in the world's biggest team sport. And this myth about physicality in Europe. They use the youth levels to develop the game and then work on the physical side, therefore already way ahead of US players.
None of the players seem to be having fun...
People like you need to shut up
Because it’s a grind
@@JmuzzaDogg no its not
I believe every coach should develop a great mentality with so much positivity because they are the ones that have to inspire their team on the field so they can make the players feel inspired. They also have to be cautious with their words as well! If the players receive the message the wrong way then things won't go so well. Moral of the story appreciate every game you play it's either you win or learn!
I really want to join the academy but mostly I want to go to the USA to further my career as a footballer. Currently, I'm from South Africa and it really hard to get promoted here since lots of guys are into it. My goal is to play on MLS. So what I'm looking forward to is to get a sponsor to fly me into the USA.
Wish I got into soccer earlier in life. I would definitely pursue this but as a child in American I only know football or basketball. I’m 25 now, a bit to late but I will be sure to introduce this sport to my child
Im so lucky to have an english coach, he knows so much more about thr game and has molded me as a better player, but still making it pro here is so hard, theres no demand in soccer here i hate it
I'm feeling so inspired right now because Allie Long and her fiancé are in this
Inspirational, well filmed!
Hello, my name is Elvécio Junior and I am a soccer player here in Brazil, I was wondering if the university offers scholarships for athletes?
These ppl decide to go pro with 25 wtf is this🤣 im 22 and i know im atleast 9 years too late for that decision😂😂
At 22 you still have a chance to go pro, but ya at 25 that's a bit late
it’s never too late
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Great video it's good to see that side of the world ... There's good and bad in everything only top players knows what to focus on
The World Name for the World Game, is FOOTBALL ... Fact.
The word shortening or nick-naming of 'Association Football' [was and is the original game of FOOTBALL] into soccer by the English Upper Class ... that word 'soccer' is a shortening word, therefore NOT a real word. That word is only used in North America [ the U.S.A. and Canada]. To undermine 'soccer' your Continental/Regional Football Governing Body CONCACAF meaning the Confederation Of North, Central American, Caribbean, Association FOOTBALL. Our World FOOTBALL Governing Body = F.I.F.A. means the Federation of International FOOTBALL Associations ... The World Name, for The World Game is FOOTBALL ...FACT.
How about this: When I am in America I call it soccer to avoid confusion, when I am in any other place, I call it what they call it.
MrNikoliVolkov every source you have found has been from a North American perspective. As I stated in my FACTUAL post above re CONCACAF your continental/regional FOOTBALL governing body and FIFA our World FOOTBALL governing body. This proves that the World Name for the World Game is FOOTBALL ... FACT ps I have not got time, at the moment, however I will explain [tomorrow] in a factual account how and where your silly grid iron came from. As very few of you actually know ... That's how inslar you are.
Go beyond North America [USA/CANADA] and around the world, use the word 'FOOTBALL' to any person regardless of different languages and they will understand exactly what you mean. I have traveled around my own continent [europe] africa and South America. I have played the WORLD GAME OF FOOTBALL , the beautiful game, with people who can not speak English and watched FOOTBALL with people who do not speak english, as we all share the love of OUR BEAUTIFUL of FOOTBALL ... FACT.
Two things 1,; Wica has a north american perspective and did you type in FOOTBALL or ;- / soccer;-/. 2 I said 'tomorrow [yesterday] I am sorry for that as I have a life ... I will come back [I have had to many pints of Bitter, you would say 'beeres' that's larger in our language.
There should be a follow up with the guys to see where they are.
WHEN U DONT GET NOTICE ITS GREAT ITS AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK HARDER ON YOUR GAME ON STRENGH AND YOUR WWAKNESSES SO WHEN U GET TO THE SPOTLIGHT EVERYTHING LOOK GOOD ON THE SPOTLIGHT
To think this coach coaches D1 soccer for Seton Hall Men’s Soccer is sad
It is truly unfair and cruel in the professional world
43:14 RIP Baltimore Bohemians :(
capsman09 and this team featured
This coach is a D1 coach at Seton Hall University
This is a good video on how not to coach.
I am already an academy balla😇
Must be nice to play pro
These coaches are fucking awful. He thinks he's teaching them tactics by saying win the ball back as soon as you lose it. Why is this advice coming in this context? You should have already taught them this as part of your pressing system, which involves the entire team, not just the guy closest to the ball only or the guy who lost the ball. There are many ways you can press, not just whether you'll press high or low, but how you will discourage passes to the man near you. None of this seems to have been taught. All these coaches convey is that you should go oh so very hard. Wow. Genius. Their pathetic posture and antics on the sidelines when their team gets scored on tells us plenty about them.
Bruv haha ... Last Chance U soccer version 😂😂😂
why does the coach look like ders?
I don’t think the coach doesn’t know what the hell he is talking about
This was a really really neat documentary..really shows how hard the dream is and how relenting and how fucking hard you have to work to be the best
4 years later...
Everyone here is taking a shit at the American youth system while here in India I'm think wow such good facilities.
It's just sad.
good point. we should appreciate what we have.
lol this team now has an MLS academy league team andI play for their team's u14 academy, and their no longer called the Brooklyn knights, their called Met Oval (Metropolitan Oval)
I never knew a documentary was filmed at the field I practice at every day XD.
TopBinsHD help me get in😭
TopBinsHD I played for the Broolyn Knight's Super Y- League team years back. The Met Oval is such a special place, make sure to enjoy it. I remember the chatter about them getting an Academy org together. It used to be LI Roughriders, BK Knights and FC Westchester as the 3 major NY teams, have they changed?
You mean a DA team?
This is without a doubt the worst coaching I have ever seen. I feel for the guys on the team, some parts I seriously had to look away because it was so bad. Really, really poor coaching
Jack Bushway You can tell the players think he's a knob
God these coaches really look terrible in this. No wonder we can't develop decent players. The fact that the team starts off good and gets consistently worse speaks volumes about the leadership.
It's not until the team completely falls apart that the Manager finally realizes that his negative attitude isn't working and starts to support the team and emphasis the positives rather than swearing at them and calling them pussies.
PDL players come & go because most coaches focus on getting immediate short term results since the season is so short. What ends up happening is most of the committed players who are maybe not superstars but definitely have tons of potential to provide consistency & effort are put aside in search of "better" players with "big CV's" who are only committed as long as everything goes well. Our season went South because the initial group that was brought in wasn't nurtured, we were treated like replaceable chess pieces & felt no compassion or desire from our leadership to improve us as players until towards the end of the season when our commitment was acknowledged...the crazy part is that those who had the most HEART are the ones who stuck through it until the END. Once our season was almost over & we weren't playing for anything, the pressure to succeed was off, the leadership relaxed & that's when started obtaining results as a unified team & group.....AND 4 years later almost ALL the so called BEST players have quit playing & ALL the consistent hard workers are either Pros now or still playing @ higher paid semi professional teams that now exist in the US.
Well it's not like they can make a living at those low level professional teams. You try to hold down a full time job and still be a professional athlete on the side.
Yes it's pervasive & everywhere not just footy. Most of us work jobs on the side & it's rare to encounter quality leadership in the job world as well. It has taught me to be more resilient & take less shit from others. I have learned to speak my mind & heart & not be afraid to communicate what I feel about a situation. Sounds simple but easier said than done right ?.. I too train a lot on my own but remember that footy is a game played with 21 other players on the field...In the end, all good lessons...
Isn't the coach Swedish?
Either way, it seems like he's taking after the wrong sport with his leadership. You're not trying to power your way into an endzone, you're trying to put a ball in the back of a net
You want them to hold their hands, kiss them gently on the cheeks and tell them their precious? it's good to be humbled every now and then, easy to get too cocky.
That was a depressing documentary
anthony morvillo reality is that it’s a cold struggle.
its motivating
Soccer is not just what you see on TV
the keeper is awful
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Imagine Sir Alex ferguson listening to this manager yap..*Cringe*
Many of these players they look pretty decent however like one the guys said that the older you get the harder it is to become professional.
P.S. Coach does not look that good.
Insulting the players and humiliating them will never make a player progress.
Depending on the player.. Some it will make them strive to be better players, but some will take the hate and give up, it separates the pussies from the strong.
chris chandler IMO, players who are lacking in confidence will become hesitant and make more mistakes. Sometimes getting angry at players is fine, but not embarrassing them individually and making them feel low.
***** Most teams who win championships have the quality along with proper coaching. If the players like the coach, they will play harder for them, if not, then the coach would lose the dressing room. Just my opinion, you don't need to agree with me.
Well considering he has been the coach for multiple professional teams, I'd say he has better judgement than you or whether it works or not.
I'm sure if you were playing soccer with confidence and without a burden of pressure on your shoulders, you would play well too. Unless the player is completely useless and could never get anything done right, that's a different story.
I like how the coaches try to act hard by saying "fuck" "Fucking"
World-class filmmaking...I absolutely congratulate whoever the hell made this wonderful documentary...The camerawork ...the expert & creative edit (imagine how much footage he had to slog through!)...This film was an amazing long-term commitment...Whoever directed and/or edited this is a true artist...I LOVE how they never gave in to BS fake glamorization of NYC...especially cruddy Brooklyn...This film deserves an Oscar...This is a great documentary that doesn’t overplay it...Terrific! Thanks
I still come back to this video to hear the ending music...
U.S SOCCER ROBS YOU
EUROPE PAYS YOU👌🏾
Zachary Betz he means like they reward u with what u want which is pro
Gilbert Soriano yea but America is more focused on other sports
@@ulissesmendoza9642 yeah only 3 sports lol
that coach is clueless. Has absolutely no idea about tactics
Evan Halnon true
Evan Halnon he is a gringo, he does not kow shit about Football
Do you coach bruh
Maybe because in the documentary they didn't show him coaching just the motivational speeches
he's sweedish...... a nation that beat your shit national team 3-0 at the world cup
How can the assistant manager expect to have respect when he is wearing sunglasses in the changing rooms?? Grow up, man.
Connections that's how you make it pro it's all about who you know in this world in anything
Jim Narrow couldn't agree more
Jim Narrow lmao. You don't need connections you just have to be good
anthony lol even if your the best in your country, if you don't know someone in a better country (one that lives and breathes football) nobody will give you a chance. There's probably hidden gems all over the world that just go a miss.
I've played with some pros now and they weren't amazing just knew the right people. It helps put it that way.
@@jimnarrow155 Maybe there are just too many players out there. It's easier to go pro in say tennis or get to the Olympics in speed skating or something. Too many good soccer players. Too crowded
The coach has no clue about positioning, technical aspects, how to receive a ball and isn't a good therapist, either. The problem is that he yells and shouts too much trying to motivate the players. It's about hard work for sure, but some players are almost giving it up at the beginning of the season.
Rik Snoek but he told them to up the intensity and “be the man” and he wore a suit and he yelled a lot...
too much focus on athleticism not enough technique... Players go pro too late as well... change that and us would be European stansdard
So true... In the American soccer game they just kick it to a corner and run fast to catch it... it's a lack of soccer intelligence and it makes soccer less fun to watch.
It may be unfair to blame the coach for the emphasis on athleticism. I was at the game vc the Baltimore Bohemians and I tell you, none of the 2 teams could put 3 passes together in spite that you could see that some players in both teams "could play".( a Knights midfielder was really good).
You just can not play good soccer in that field. Too small, plus the impact of a hard turf surface on the ball bounce, leave extremely little time for players to think. Those kind of fields are very common in US lower division soccer. I dont think its a coincidence that we have such a hard time developing thinking creative midfielders.
On such fields, athleticism may give you a better edge than technique
I agree I'm 14 living in the states and people put so much emphasis on college . It's the safe and expensive route and football here is the risky and expensive route. I feel like I'd have to pick between one
Santiago Santos Prendergast my team is way different we really focus on tactics, and learn when to dribble or not dribble etc like that
American is shit at soccer because they focus more on education. That’s the problem
The reason they were struggling was because the coaches were swearing at them and humiliating them. Be positive and have a laugh....it works
I’ve played against jose Batista here in Houston couple months ago. Talented dude. Now bangs a Houston Dash player
The coach is awful and knows nothing about soccer all he says is win ur battles and curse
He's literally trying to be aggressive lacrosse coach from high school movies
It seems that the Coach is trying to OUTSHINE the players acting he is top shit! FOH with that Manager Mode garbage
lol we not going to get scored on first 😂😂
Yeah Seriously. I guess European play is based on intelligence!
Wait.... so you're telling that I can still try and make the MLS by simply going an open
try-out each year of a team in the PDL?!?!?!?
It is easier than that, there are actually weekend-long combines that you just have to show up and pay a few hundred bucks to get in front of MLS coaches. There is one in Florida every year and various MLS teams have them once in a while.
Francisco Davila yea like he said ^ you got to pay to get viewed but have to try your ass off
Francisco Davila that’s the problem with soccer here in America. The whole system needs to change.
@@digiprez77 HAHAHAHA a few hundred bucks are you kidding me, here in Argentina they're free
14:42 The swedish coach put it right on the money, in my opinion. The youth system and how players are produced by teams is one of the biggest drawbacks for teams in terms of creating players that will be in the first team or sold to make a profit. I'm not from the US, I'm british and played in the UK for a while not for an academy but i understood the system i left the UK before I was 10 moved to China and then later moved to America at the age of 13. when i first came here i didn't understand the connection between pro and college or even high school, of course they have the draft and that but the a majority of the players playing in US academies will go on to play college first then later you might have a Jordan Morris who'll make it big time and become the next big thing in the States. A lot of the American talent that I have seen play from the U17 national team since they went and lived at the same school as i did (Christian Pulisic, Haji Wright, basically the up and coming players) have chosen the leave the US at the first chance they get to continue their development in the European Leagues. Tell me if Pulisic were to have stayed in the US and went to College, would he have been the type of player he is now or would he just have been another college player trying to make it in the MLS. Although college is go for education and getting a free education (if youre an athlete) it hinders the development of American players
great insight. i agree with u. you're saying any american great talent, should go overseas and pulisic is a great example.
you speak the truth. thats the problem. in the U.S. you need to go to college to get scouted in for MLS...in Europe and South America you have kids from the poorest of neighborhoods already going into academies and being developed since childhood. The problem in the U.S. is that in order to get into an academy or even college in requires a lot of money...in the U.S. academy football is afforded by the upper middle class and above, and the working class whom have probably the majority of decent players from immigrant families cannot afford the cost of going into a U.S. football academy. Unfortunately its a pay to play system.
I wonder why this only seems to apply to soccer. It seems for US football and basketball, getting recruited from college is the main path. But for soccer it's better to not go that path.
@@dt-ve7mi I'm learning about this now. I have a 5 yr old son. I don't know if I want to push him into soccer knowing the crazy path it will take. I think another sport might be easier and still allow him to do well in school too.
@@nofurtherwest3474 honestly you should push your son towards soccer. Ik this is a random comment a year after u posted it but it carries a lot less physical risk than American football and if he’s good enough your raising a son who’ll be cultured and raised in Europe. Honestly America isn’t all that
The skill level is so much higher in Europe and south america compared to the US! These guys train every day so hard and still have troubles understanding the offside line on defense, playing without the ball, first touch etc just looking at these guys trying to bend a cross it’s laughable honestly and skills like these take so much time to develop by experience and it’s clear that these guys don’t have that in them! The best thing this swedish coach could have done for them is to invite them to train with a team in the first or second division in sweden so they can feel the difference in technique first and foremost so they get that into their head because they work to much on their physique forgetting that football is a skilled based sport!
56:05.. Hopefully I see myself playing somewhere.. whether it’s.. division II in Europe, Asia.. or division I.. but hopefully in three years I see myself playing somewhere.. and.. waking up and just having to kick a ball ⚽️
He never made it. His wife is a World Cup winner though.
House of Venus broken dreams are so sad.
The guy that got hurt cussed the shit out of everything 😂😂😂
But can you do it on a cold rainy night in stoke
04:30 -- As soon as I saw him wearing the Three Lions, I took an instant liking to him.
i hate playing soccer in a football field, its disrespectful
CR7 Messi exactly
Yes. So humiliating!!
couldn't agree more, football field is for a proper football
CR7 Messi Gringos calling it Soccer to the most beatyful game. it's "Football"
Adam Alvarado Technically its "gridiron football"
I wanna see the coach play.
I'm feeling inspired. IS there a contact email? I'm a 21 year old college athlete in California
not if u smoke weed
Jayy Wolfe that shows ur not passionate enough because u r in college
Jayy Wolfe you have pdl, usl, and upsl teams all over CA.
check out the sites, find some near by teams and do a quick Google search with the team name followed by either "combine" or "try out" and the year. lots of paying opportunities.
I train/direct HS and community college players for/to play in these leagues. I played a little PDL myself after college.
Too old now to be starting to think about football career
Pay to play kills the sport in the USA
very poor team. do something else with your lives boys. just stick to playing recreationally.
My advice to any American wanting to be a professional player - Go to Europe, Asia or even Africa to chase your dream. Make sure you have some money but if you want to make it stay away from the so called American leagues.
This "coach's" abhorrent behavior really pissed me off. Repeating yelling "You fuckin' kidding me?!?" and berating your players because you are frustrated because you're losing a game because you are shitty coach, is NOT coaching. This guy should be banned from coaching soccer for life and I have zero idea why a university hired him as a head coach in 2017. Because he notched some winning seasons in D2? This guy wonders why the team has a bad attitude - wow, clueless.
23:56 I feel you my G
A lot of ppl are rambling about how much this coach sucks. He’s one of the most successful college coaches in the country. I’m not saying he’s Mourinho, but do a little homework before you trash the guy simply after watching an hour long documentary.
He’s correct about Soccer being No.1 sport in many many countries in every continent yet In England - the place which boasts about its Football Pedigree of 150 years , half the clubs in the 3rd 4th & 5th tier Leagues ( National and Professional) are struggling to survive financially and attendances are lower than 30 years ago. It makes no sense . AFC Bournemouth need good players ! 👍
Unfortunately, the MLS, like other pro sports in the US, place enormous emphasis on the university system; they rely heavily on the draft. This is the measure by which the leagues determine a player's worthiness to make the type of money associated with being a professional athlete - that's it. It is a hustle that they want every athlete to participate in, because the powers that be possess sour grapes that a young athlete can make more money in a year, than most middle class uni graduates make in a lifetime. This is also the reason employers want to hire graduates, because it demonstrates that a candidate is able to envision a goal, enter into and complete the long term demand of a degree. In short, it demonstrates discipline. This is the same requirement we see in professional sports in the US - owners want assurances that their young talent also possess the discipline to play the game of academic life. Every time a player foregoes university to enter into the draft, it is seen as an outlier that is sidestepping 'the rules'. But, in reality, nowhere else in the world do we see talented athletes withering on the vine, going through the university process to become successful professional sportsmen.
Of course, MLS salaries are much lower than anywhere else in the football world - so why the emphasis on the college draft? As I said, it's sour grapes. People without the knowledge and experience of being an athlete - but who run these organisations - want to maintain barriers to success for those young people that are talented, experienced and capable athletes.
Everyone knows that for the US to be competitive in the world of football - the LAST thing a young player should be doing is wasting his prime in the NCAA. At this time, and for the foreseeable future, college soccer seems to be the only reasonable means of developing young talent with a semblance of competitiveness, because we lack the market for a multi-tiered system of leagues with heritage, with a strong supporter/ fan base to finance it and supply the juggernaut of a premier league. The real loss for the US, as a footballing nation, is that the best players in the country are immigrants that spend their days working construction, or in the nation's kitchens and warehouses, working blue collar jobs. These folks will never be scouted.
Great documentary and my respect to all the players that are part of this beautiful sport and dedication best of luck to all of you . U guys will make the change in the U.S teach our youth what is this amazing sport
They are so dead lol, football in America is so behind. But to be fair it isn't their no.1 sport.
This documentary really pictured most of what I passed through while playing soccer at a point I gave it up and started playing the saxophone to earn a living it took another coach time to discover what I could do on the field and he made me part of his team he encouraged me to the point that I had to start training myself to get back to my normal level of playing.
Keep going bruh
I’ve watched this whole thing 3 times this is good for players to see what it’s really like
Its so wierd he talked ab the union and im from philly then he talked ab playing soccer in Serbia and im from there 😂 so weird
these coaches are terrible, just to put into perspective you have in europe 13 year old kids that know much more of the tactical culture of the game than what these "coaches" teach/train/ask of their players, things like: we are both playing 4-3-3, win your 1-on-1's and we win the game
even kids know it's much more complicated than that, the only way to improve in soccer is learning how to do you job as part of a team, you can train your shots, your passes, your sprint, your strength, etc... and become a better athelete, but when you play agaisnt high level teams and are simply outsmarted by players that are slower and weaker than you but don't waste 1/5 of the energy you use, it shows you do not know how to play in a team sport
just take a look at Brasil, the nation that puts out more talents than any other, even having so many top talents in a world level does not mean they will win every world cup, for each good run they have in the world cup they have 3 or 4 where they are just embarassing, that's because just gathering talent is not enough, if you don't coach them properly and maximize their individual strengths, you cannot reach the top, they often do not know how to work as a team and that means they do not know where to be to better help their teammates, that's the result of a coach thinking «if we win ours 1-on-1's we will eventually win the game», that is obviously not enough
American soccer emphasizes physicality way too much. Meanwhile technique and tactical awareness are underdeveloped or arrested.
Really inspiring video! Can relate so much to it too 👏
Zach gosse looks like sylvester stallone lmao
I have watched this full thing 5 or more times now. I Love it
anyone watching in 2021 thinking what the hell is this coach doing
us soccer is a joke much more opportunity in mexico
Carlos Gotti US is more focused on basketball and american football. But you are right.
This movie was deep, I was in tears 😭
I’m European and if I have to tell the truth going pro in the U.S. is much more easier
It's weird how they documented a team in 2016 that already dissolved in 2013..
The footage is from summer 2012
@@F_92_m yeh i'm an idiot lol
Team just give up playing soccer you guys don't work hard enough, you will not go pro, becuz you gave up before you started
I played Soccer with my Local school (Santa Rosa Junior College) and our coach is the same as this guy. They know NOTHING about the Sport. The players are all big and it's physical but none of them have Technique. It felt like robots were playing, that isn't what "The Beautiful Game" is about. He would even get mad if someone tried to dribble.
Allie Long? 31:00
“Soccer” isn’t seen as a way out of difficult living conditions in the US. There’s no incentive like the NBA or NFL. There’s also a white suburban soccer mom stigma about it here that doesn’t generate interest. Kids need exposure to the beautiful game. Hopefully the US will be able to host in 2026 and the culture will change from there. The last time US hosted, we created the MLS
Trevor Estrada of course, soccer in the us is so expensive, I'm paying 1000k for just a spring club season
it seems to me like these guys just started working to pursue their dream and that they thought their talent would get them far enough during their youth days
The coach has some credentials, and now is the coach of Seton Hall University. I'm sure he learned a lot after watching the documentary and has progressed along with many of the players in their lives.
this style of coaching can work but can also backfire u need a going pro for coaches lmao
About to go through this process! Hoping for success and for a pro contract in the future!
FOOTBALLERS WORLD do it.
Working hard, play hard, hit them back...seems like he's coach football and not soccer.
Great video. I'm really gonna push my self to be a pro. I promise you'll here the name ben deeming in the professional game one day.
Ben Deeming Are you a pro yet
Ben Deeming are you pro yet
Ben Deeming Are you pro yet?
You will never be pro your head is shaped like a pin
How's being a pro flipping burgers at McDonald?
I found this video, and instantly realized the voice of the coach at the beginning. He was my college soccer coach for LIU Southampton lol
I want to play pro but watching this video really discouraged me
Fc Dallas u15 team better than this
Once the feeling hits you it never leaves. Then you realise what the rest of the world is mad about.
The coach is very entertaining, like a Swedish gumba from Brooklyn.