warrior49
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That's the million dollar question. Politics. The best players in the nation are not necessarily on the USWNT.
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That's the million dollar question. Politics. The best players in the nation are not necessarily on the USWNT.
suzysoccer1
SILVER
RU serious? Do you have any clue how hard a game international soccer is? For fuck sake.
Making the Full U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team is such a insurmountable accomplishment words often times don’t account for how hard it is. One does not “make the team” your never on the team really. It always changes. You have to earn that shit and then you have to TAKE AWAY a spot from a player who is the best in the world at her chosen craft. No one is 40 on the team. Players are on the roster for one reason only they are better than the next closet option. But if you think for hot damn second for example Carly Lloyd is just gonna step aside to give someone else a chance. No way, never.
suzysoccer1
SILVER
Where are they then?
That’s ridiculous. The core players have won two straight World Cups and caused the WNT to go on the longest and best run in its history and anyone’s history for that matter. This batch of players comprise the most dominating team in the history of women’s soccer. They’re not only great individually, but the sum of the their parts is even greater than that. There’s no debate. None.
warrior49
SILVER
Not sure. I'm just going by my kid's club days, when we saw US scouts come tournaments and pick girls for camp. Most of them never seen again at camp. Most were busts. Not saying we don't have great players,
Ok my bad. I take it back ; ) But I have often wondered about the age of some of the USWNT players.
suzysoccer1
SILVER
I agree with you on the youth team call ups. Those often times are US Soccer just looking at player and a weeding out process. We IMO dot have the best YNT system U23 and down. Often times yes with prior WNT coaches maybe they didn’t look at more players in a camp call up situation. That’s a totally fair assessment.
MacDre
PREMIER
What’s make international soccer so difficult?
Why does the EU/UK produce so many different “national teams” (England, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Scotland etc.) and we keep the same players until they are in their late 30’s? My BS meter is going off.
Check back tomorrow morning.....
dk_b
GOLD
Here’s a chart with the average age from the 2019 WWC. Of note, Japan went from the 2d oldest in 2015 to the 2d youngest in 2019. Also of note, our average age was about the same in 2019 and 2015 so there is turnover at roughly the same rate WC by WC (or it would skew older by 3 to 4 years (it was 27 in 2011, 28 in 2015 and 28.6 in 2019)). Given our vast player population, I think the odds are that we will tend to be the oldest or near the oldest team but, really, the average age is not that different. And given that there is such limited substitution, what would be more interesting to me would be to analyze is average age by minutes played.
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it is impossible or nearly impossible to make the full Women’s national team. Period. Those women are studs and not just soccer wise. They have the full dog mentality. That’s why so so so many women don’t or will ever make it.
Why don’t we see more player turnover? Cuz they are freaking studs. Is there politics involved? Sure. Are there other players out there that could make it and be as good? Probably. But that’s true of any team anywhere. It takes some luck and connections and intangibles to make it.
but we are talking about such a slim margin here. These are the best women in the world.
other nations are on the right track to catch us. But the gap is still there.
mexico is doing a good job growing their league. I wouldn’t take my kid there instead of playing in college in America. Maybe in 5 years it will be a better bath to pro but right now it isn’t.
Why don’t we see more player turnover? Cuz they are freaking studs. Is there politics involved? Sure. Are there other players out there that could make it and be as good? Probably. But that’s true of any team anywhere. It takes some luck and connections and intangibles to make it.
but we are talking about such a slim margin here. These are the best women in the world.
other nations are on the right track to catch us. But the gap is still there.
mexico is doing a good job growing their league. I wouldn’t take my kid there instead of playing in college in America. Maybe in 5 years it will be a better bath to pro but right now it isn’t.
notintheface
GOLD
Great pictures, and Marshawn is the man, but good lord get out of here with that Pogba united kit.
MacDre
PREMIER
Liga MX Femenil is a pro league. Tigres beat Houston Dash of the NWSL and then the Dash won the NWSL challenge cup.
Why wouldn’t you take your kid to Club Tijuana at 18 and let her attend UCSD simultaneously? Do you really think a college team environment is superior to a pro team environment?
I’m also starting to see a trend of players leaving college early. I think the fat lady is starting to sing and the writing is on the wall for college soccer.
Desert Hound
DA
What first seemed to be a hobby to the football aficionado Jorge Hank Rhon, has now been projected as a business and institution with many ambitions by his son Jorge Alberto Hank Inzunza, President of Club Tijuana, and co-owner Alberto Murguia Orozco. The president has announced several times in press conferences that the project is far bigger than a stadium and a First Division team. The institutional plan involves football schools and clinics throughout the region, including San Diego and Los Angeles, professional football training, talent recruitment squads; 1st, 2nd, and 3rd division affiliates; foundations and green campaigns, and a heavily invested commercial complex.
Rodman is a different story. Assuming her dad saved a fraction of the money he earned with Chicago, she can ignore pay and do what she loves.
Not everyone is in that place.
MacDre
PREMIER
This is not a surprise to anyone about TR
This is not surprising at all. She couldn’t get into UCLA, and I was told she might not be eligible academically so if that’s the case she should go
eastbaysoccer
GOLD
not surprised. Perhaps a good move on her part.
I hope that pro soccer works out for her then.