I realize the major theme of this thread involves the Academy vs High School but seems to have sidebarred into the inadequate player development here vs the rest of the competitive world and it got me to thinking. We have qualified for every World Cup since 1990, defeated #1(in the world at that time) and current World Cup holder, Spain 2-0 on nuetral ground( breaking a 35 game unbeaten streak)in a game we dominated. Two days later we lost 3-2 to 5 time World Cup champ Brasil--all of this, 20 months ago. We won our group in World Cup play( first time ever) and lost 2-1 on a late goal in elimination play. Obviously our player development is in shambles.
