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At 7, my intention to play football is just hang out wiyh friends and having fun. The most common rules in the game is the last team score win the game. Nobody pushes us to win anything. The desire to win come naturally
He's right.
Well said!
And wanting other sports rejects because they have athleticism over talent!!
Pay to play is even a bigger issue because club soccer programs are funded by the parents and there's a lot of talent that's not looked at because they can't afford the high cost of club soccer programs.
Big surprise that older generations are ruining things for today's youth
This whole everyone pays to play is dumb. You earn you playing time. Landon Donavan is what’s wrong with American soccer
Many youth soccer leagues in the US are a joke. They let parents coach, the kids skip practice all the time, and EVERYONE gets a trophy!
How many times have we seen people arguing with one another in little league games??? …😅😅😅
Why do you guys keep avoiding the real issue? Promotion,relegation. Every other country has a proven method to develop talent. The MLS pay to play style in the U.S doesn’t work
But Asians aim to win, and they actually do.
No Landon, the issue is PAY FOR PLAY…. Crazy soccer fees for the academy levels…. only rich and well off financially families pay their kids on these teams… not on these teams for the talent, on kids are on American ACADEMY TEAMS because of their parents dollars!🤑
Must play to better
Wow…something coming out of LD's mouth that isn't cringeworthy. Been a long time since that's happened. He's right on…..
Only club he needs to worry about is Hair Club for men!
Absolutely. And it manifests itself tactically. Playing against those coaches lets you teach how to use their aggression against them. Things as simple as give and go. You can teach your group “You WANT them rushing at you. Use that. Work as a team!” Just have to calm your kids’ parents down sometimes.
I think he is wrong on this one, at least partially. The issue is not just wanting to win but how you go about it to win. Most countries have street ball where all of the kids play and they play to win, the difference is that they do not have a coach telling them what to do and how to do it. They simply start by mimicking and then simply practicing to be better and better.
I have always put development over results over 30 years of coaching, but that’s youth soccer. At the professional level, results are all that matters. You don’t get style points and the best system and style is the one least reliant on the technical and tactical quality of the players. It’s time to abandon emulating foreign play and adopt a purely American style, whatever it is.
Who is this guy? Never heard of him,
You train and get better to WIN!
Hes right
This guy is cooked
In Argentina and Uruguay, coaches teach kids to WIN and be competitive. Also, at the same time, they teach you technique and tactics.
Great take, every level outside of collegiate and semi-pro and pro should be about development, even in high school, bigger fish to fry than a low level 15 year old tournament
Literally kicking and screaming lol
Soft ahh dude
Does Donovan still support the Mexican national team?
Time to build the Landon Donovan development academy!
O hey, It's Captain Sabbatical
Him and pulisic have the same exact lifelessness behind their eyes.
Facts.
Never seen a more cocky untalented player lmfao bro couldn’t make it in Everton why is he always crying 😂😂
This is why the world makes fun of American soccer
my son is 6 yr old and love soccer of money issue i cant put him in a club. I will take him somwhere else , europe or somwhere. I cant afford here and the attitude is not there..
Totally disagree. Usa Soccer biggest problem is over coaching and making soccer to regiment based not under coaching as Donovan is saying. Soccer in other countries is more based on creativity and a almost artistic / dance l😂ike approach to the game. Especially offensivley . Not dumb robotic drills coaches make you do. This is why Usa mens soccer never produces good ball handlers and strikers and is onle e er good at defense and goaltending. And scores most of its goals on set pieces and counter attacks. Plus its good to teach kids in all sports about dealing with winning and losing the right way. A competitive drive and teaching kids you play to win the game is important in any sport. Donovan is wrong on his take.
American soccer from age 4-10 should only play in 4v4 games. Each week, they should play at least 2 games outside of practice. No long-distance games or tournament
100% agree! I still remember parents question why I didn't play only the players that could win our Final game. I wanted all my players to play and learn. And I hate the pay to play mentality in youth soccer.
Finally someone with actual ball knowledge.
The problem with US soccer is that they are all dorks. No good personalities you can get behind in terms of the top US players.
The problem is making a development system that is available for all and not just the rich or those who can connect with money. When my three played club soccer 15 years ago if our team didn't have a rich parent really involved in our club, my sons would've never played. It just cost too much.
Always makes me laugh how for such a patriotic nation, who love to wave their flag and sing their anthem America stubbornly sticks with sports that don’t actually reflect how good they are against the rest of the world. (Other then the Olympics) but that’s pay to play on steroids
IMO it's bigger though it's the AAU/club structure. With basketball I see kids that are 15-16 playing against seventh graders. Some parents holding back their kid for the sake of a sport. Some programs it's not about helping the kids improve, get better, etc. And those are the programs you stay away from.