Manu,
Thanks for your critique of my post. And maybe I did not put a great deal of thought into my 'terrible post', at a time when I am disgusted with the US showing. Its just my opinion and you can disagree all you want. I have been known to be wrong once or twice in my many years. It is difficult to compare American athletes with Euros or South Americans because soccer is their culture. Americans cannot develop into quality, skillful soccer players to be able to compete with the world, if they are not first athletic. I don't think the ODP/National program considers that at all. Too much emphasis and money has been placed on coaching and training these 'elite' players, and it has not produced any tangible results.
If those were the most skillful, athletic players in the US, then we are further behind the rest of the world than I would have thought.
