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Also on a side note, while I've been going on and on about the coach etc, in my opinion the real problem lies within our youth development system not our national team coach. We have a federation that has many unqualified people in high positions from the board of directors down to the coaching staffs. When Claudio Reyna, a great player in his own right and worthy to pursue a coaching career, is the USSF Director of Youth Development but DOESN'T HAVE A SHRED OF COACHING EXPERIENCE, that is one example of where our problems are. The saving grace of US Soccer is going to be the the MLS Academy systems that have sprung up over the last few years. They are geared to get the best overall players aged 15-18 so that they can hopefully sign them etc at some point. Once they start taking over development, which they are starting to do, and every individual MLS team has their own agenda on development than we start to see some of the best talent we've ever had emerge. Granted it's still years away but this is a loose version of how every other country operates and develops talent. The key point is FEDERATIONS LIKE THE USSF DO NOT PRODUCE TALENT, CLUBS DO!
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