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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
The biggest obstacle for the usmnt is… you guessed it. $$$$$$$$$$$
They refuse to unlink usmnt with mls. While it has boosted our talent pipeline it has also held us back. We don’t need our best to play against minor league talent. We need more of them in Europe practicing and playing with the best. Instead we notoriously prioritize our mls talent. They’d rather have a growing MLs than the best possible national team.
The second is in the stupid pay to play model. You can’t tell me we don’t have outstanding talent all over the place. If Uruguay can do it with a few mill we sure as shit can do it. The most blatant example is Latino communities. You don’t think there’s elite talent there obsessed with football? But no, instead for a sport that just requires a ball and a field we prioritizes kids with money. You pay for the best coaching. You pay for the most competitive leagues. And worse, our recruiting favors those who pay to go through their pay channels.
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You are absolutely correct on pay to play but honestly don’t understand the MLS bitching. Players get to play and do play wherever they want. Sometimes it’s in MLS sometimes it’s not. More and more it’s been less MLS players. It takes a lot of players from a lot of places to make up a national team.
MLS growth is good for US soccer but it’s a head scratcher to see all the teams around the world this current squad plays for and pretend MLS is standing in the way of literally anything.