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As to USMNT and American style of futbol, its not just that we don't play like Europeans because we don't have that experience, its that our entire LEAGUE more or less plays the same way. USMNT style of run and gun is basically evolved from our years of playing in CONCACAF primarily. In fact, the first year for Klinsmann was an eye-opener. He tried to immediately implement an entirely different style, and it wasn't just inexperience that hurt USMNT, it was that this style doesn't always match up well against other CONCACAF teams and they were eating us for breakfast.

I like what Jurgen did in the past year and a half, its sort of like a hybrid system. It has better passing, dribbling, and a quasi-diamond formation but it also relies on the more CONCACAF style of defense which is better suited to the USMNT skill set anyway.

I agree with !@#$%!, the changes that are being implemented will take a decade at least to mature into fruit. Its not like the US team just gets beaten up all the time, we can hang with almost any time. Can we win the WC? Not a chance, but that isn't exactly our goal just yet.

Its pretty obvious that we develop better basketball and American football talent from a young age, and that our amateur and "college" teams are much deeper at that, but looking at how dominant US Women's soccer is, I think its safe to say that we can develop quickly if it becomes the focus of some really good programs. Honestly the best middle step would be for American colleges within Division 1 to begin to focus on recruiting and developing, because within the American framework Division 1 college sports is basically the amateur leagues of America..

Also, to be sure, 25% of current NBA players were born outside of the US, so its clear that if the world can get better at playing America's own game within 20 years, that surely Americans can get better at playing the world's game.