USWNT

MakeAPlay said:
Revenue generating sports are a meritocracy NOW but make no mistake that was not always the case. How many legitimate national champions were there prior to the civil rights movement? How many World Series champions were legitimate prior to Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier? Make no mistake there were some immensely talented players that were excluded from most college and pro sports prior to that.

Unfortunately as long as women's soccer is not a revenue generating sport in a self sustaining way it is going to be dominated by those who are able to pay whether through parents, scholarship or benefactor.
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Get over it.
 
Bernie Sanders said:
I dont know if Dunn offers what Morgan does.
Its apples and oranges.
On the other hand, Williams is better than both of them.
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Bernie you had mentioned Williams previously so it is cool to see your predictions come true. Must also be gratifying that your Waves have some of the best in the nation. Very cool. I guess Williams came from a very modest soccer background etc so that's nice to see as well.
 
soccerobserver said:
Bernie you had mentioned Williams previously so it is cool to see your predictions come true. Must also be gratifying that your Waves have some of the best in the nation. Very cool assuming they overlapped. I guess Williams came from a very modest soccer background etc so that's nice to see as well.
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My kid came in the year after Williams graduated.
Aside from the alumni game, they never shared the field.
It would have been cool if they did, but we have a new wave at Pepperdine, and they are busy writing their story.
Im a huge Lynn Williams fan, though.
I think she is a really a special player.

Im not alone.
Anyone who watched her play in college knows how special she is.
 
soccerobserver said:
Bernie you had mentioned Williams previously so it is cool to see your predictions come true. Must also be gratifying that your Waves have some of the best in the nation. Very cool. I guess Williams came from a very modest soccer background etc so that's nice to see as well.
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I think she was overlooked as a soccer player by many of the big colleges.
She was a track star, but I guess she had a passion for soccer, and Pepperdine got the golden ticket.
 
I thought Ellis was experimenting w the roster. Anyone have any insight into who will be added to the main roster for prime time ?? Seems like there is an over abundance of talented candidates.
 
Been busy and missed the rest of y'all post.

The lack of diversity on the men's basketball team was based on meritocracy, and who WANTED to go. Some folks turned it down. I'm sure if DIRK wanted to go he could.

Feeder schools, feeder clubs, all of that. And yes my player is glad to see some other ladies out on the field that look like her. Just as was stated in another thread above, us soccer over looks a lot of talent if it doesn't fit into their "box" whatever that box is (school, club, eye color, whatever). Look at the young lady playing on the Ghana u17 team.
Am I saying it's done intentionally? No. I'm saying I know more than ONE black or mixed heritage woman is good enough to be on the USWNT at a time. This is the first time I have ever seen more than one. This summer we got Mallory and crystal playing together. The other night we had Casey, crystal, and Lynn. It was a nice look.
My opinion. You don't have to agree.
 
pooka said:
Been busy and missed the rest of y'all post.

The lack of diversity on the men's basketball team was based on meritocracy, and who WANTED to go. Some folks turned it down. I'm sure if DIRK wanted to go he could.

Feeder schools, feeder clubs, all of that. And yes my player is glad to see some other ladies out on the field that look like her. Just as was stated in another thread above, us soccer over looks a lot of talent if it doesn't fit into their "box" whatever that box is (school, club, eye color, whatever). Look at the young lady playing on the Ghana u17 team.
Am I saying it's done intentionally? No. I'm saying I know more than ONE black or mixed heritage woman is good enough to be on the USWNT at a time. This is the first time I have ever seen more than one. This summer we got Mallory and crystal playing together. The other night we had Casey, crystal, and Lynn. It was a nice look.
My opinion. You don't have to agree.
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What will make you happy?
 
Bernie Sanders said:
I think she was overlooked as a soccer player by many of the big colleges.
She was a track star, but I guess she had a passion for soccer, and Pepperdine got the golden ticket.
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One of my players defended against Williams in college and stated she was a serious beast and was shocked she didn't have call ups yet....she feels vindicated now
 
pooka said:
Been busy and missed the rest of y'all post.

The lack of diversity on the men's basketball team was based on meritocracy, and who WANTED to go. Some folks turned it down. I'm sure if DIRK wanted to go he could.

Feeder schools, feeder clubs, all of that. And yes my player is glad to see some other ladies out on the field that look like her. Just as was stated in another thread above, us soccer over looks a lot of talent if it doesn't fit into their "box" whatever that box is (school, club, eye color, whatever). Look at the young lady playing on the Ghana u17 team.
Am I saying it's done intentionally? No. I'm saying I know more than ONE black or mixed heritage woman is good enough to be on the USWNT at a time. This is the first time I have ever seen more than one. This summer we got Mallory and crystal playing together. The other night we had Casey, crystal, and Lynn. It was a nice look.
My opinion. You don't have to agree.
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I agree. You forgot Press her dad is half black.
 
Canada Soccer does it right

The Canadian soccer federation is at least 10x better than US soccer. How do they continue to get it right with a 10th of our population and we can't figure it out? They even get US colleges to help develop their players!
 
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