Tom Byer is a true international treasure to the game of soccer (or football). His knowledge and understanding of the game is immeasurable. I can listen to him all day. Too bad he's not part of USSF federation. He would surely make a difference for the USMNT development.
Remember hearing about Tom around the time we lost to T&T. Shame US soccer shunned this man, his philosophy and tactics could have put our youth development years ahead of where it is today.
Tom is right. I only had my mom growing up and I didn’t start playing till I was 6 and always played in organized play and I was good but my thing was my technical ability. My cousin was 3 yrs younger and lived with me so his dad taught him and even made a team for him when he was like 6 or 7 and you can tell the difference between him and me. Although his technical side is not as good as mine, he’s very flashy and outgoing with his play while I was very reserved and we both play/played as fullbacks.
MLS and US Soccer need to watch this video especially regarding what Tom refers to as “building the advocacy.” We need to do a better job of marketing soccer to our youth through commercials, tv shows, social media, video games, and sponsorships.
Gee I wish that was possible, but because of our hyper Capitalized Society with a thirst for Bloodsport, Soccer doesn't move the needle when it's talked about on Sports Networks unless it's the World Cup. 2020 is the biggest example when ESPN didn't have a choice but to advertise MLS, because it was the only Sport that they can broadcast. Then once the NBA Bubble opened, it was back to the cellar. That's why MLS is on Apple TV. Our Domestic League is rejected by US Broadcasters. FOX shows some MLS, but the Production is so low now. There is a silver lining with CBS & Paramount+ with the new NWSL & USL Deals happening next year, so we'll see.
@@AKUNJIG That's a fair point but it also doesn't help that when you do speak to soccer fans in America they reject the domestic game saying "that's not really soccer" often times. At least that has been my personal experience anyway. I find that mindset ironic because I'm sure people in foreign countries would still support their local 3rd or 4th division club because of the community aspects of it as something that they can physically go to taking friends and family making lasting memories in the process.
@@Wolplum I get those similar responses from people living in Atlanta when asked why I follow MLS. My response is always that I love the community that was created out of it. We all have a club we can cheer for after Morning Banter at the Pub. Bringing in the Tailgate Atmosphere into Football ⚽ is the best thing to happen. It's a Mix of German (Flags & Chants), Latino (Drums), and Turkish (Pyro).
@@AKUNJIG that's a prime example of why people should support their local club. Also not for nothing but more attention on the league means more money which means better players in our league
@@paulofernandotudela7152I'm sure many people thought the same thing about current times when we made quarter finals in 2002, it never materialized. I hope so but it's doubtful especially since half that time Greg will be managing the senior team.
When I was coaching my kids in AYSO soccer, I got the Wiel Coerver books and as many soccer videos and books as I could find. Coerver's methods are just the tip of the iceberg on what is needed to control the ball. He has a good number of "moves" that a soccer player can do to beat somebody one on one, but there are many, many more, some of which I picked up by watching videos of the top players in action, like Cruyff and Ronaldinho. And I'm not talking about the Cruyff turn, which is included in Coerver's book - I saw Cruyff do this fabulous stop and start move to shake off a German defender in one video clip that I started teaching my oldest daughter. The biggest thing, though, that is missing from Coerver's methods, is the need to practice trapping the ball, and then immediately passing or shooting the ball in response. This is a skill sorely missing amongst American players, and a big reason is that you normally need another person, a coach, another player, or a parent, to deliver th ball to the trainee. So it's not a skill a player can practice on their own. The Germans developed a machine system, costing some one million dollars or so, that could fire balls in a circle around a player, so that he/she could repetitively practice trapping the ball and then immediately pass or shoot it into a target. Anyway, it's this lack of trapping ability that I see so often is missing in so many American players, trying to play at the pro levels - they get a difficult ball to trap, like at chest level, or one coming from up high and from distance, and they make just a total mess of it. Watching Pulisic - he's one of the few American players who knows how to properly trap a ball, almost every time, and then immediately is able to do something with it, like a pass or a shot on goal. With my AYSO teams, during team practice, I tried to emphasize dribbling and ball control skills, having them start off every practice dribbling the ball around the field and then around a line of cones. Then a simple drill to teach them how to shield the ball from an opponent. A simple ladder passing drill. Practice time was always about developing simple ball skills, at this level (U6-U10) there wasn't much else to teach. I asked every player to bring their own ball so they could practice with it. I know a lot of youth coaches probably just had them scrimmage, but that was pretty useless, since the better players always dominated control of the ball, and there were just so few ball touches per player per minute.
Pulisic was raised the way Tom preaches. First touch, in all forms and parts of the body is built from comfort with the ball. The ball has to be like another body part. This takes an enormous number of hours to develop and a lot of improvisational and creative play as well, and not just predictable scripted skills. You're totally right.
I lived in Japan in the late 80's and observed the appreciation of fundamentals whether it be in baseball, soccer, or golf. In Brazil it is almost expected to play pick up games in your neighborhood, in the US everything is a playdate (God I hate that term), and in Japan every neighborhood has a nice gym or multi use facility where fathers and sons could practice fundamentals and build from there. All 3 countries have different scenarios and all 3 have different results: Brazil #1, Japan #2, USA #3. USA is tapping into 10 percent of it's population and all come from upper middle class. Dempsey's tragic upbringing was a success due to the sacrifice of his parents and the passing of his sister. I love this guest and his insights on how to catch the attention of the young child in Japan and successfully build a soccer culture in a country which has been raised on baseball, the largest sport spectacle every year is the High School Baseball tournament
This guy is a legend in Japan. Seriously. Take a deeper look and you'll find that many of the best Japanese players playing overseas have gone through Tom's programme. I can't tell you how many Japanese mama-sans fell in love with this guy through his television appearances every weekday morning for something like 15 years. Their kids wanted to play his sort of football, but their mothers wanted to play with something else, haha. Search out the videos of his kids at home at an early age ... their on the ball skills are simply next level. If the USSF doesn't use this guy's philosophy and programme, they don't deserve to be competitors on a global stage for the next twenty years.
Great guest. I’m moving into those years of life where it’s time to put down playing and pick up coaching. Guests like Tom will help those like me getting into coaching and hopefully we can help change the future of this sport
I was able to develop my son's technical abilities in very short order before organized play using Tom's soccer starts at home methodology. It's really as simple as he says.
What an amazing interview!! I have a 7 year old son, and I was under the impression that kids should only start doing drills and techniques AFTER they get into an academy at 5-6 years of age. Turns out that parents are the only "coaches" that can develop professional players, as they are the only ones with that much influence over their kids. It is so incredibly hard to find kids that my son can play with on a daily basis here in the US. It is almost impossible to do without joining a club.😢
Around min 34 went he gives the sample of his kid team , you guys should add that part and post it Instagram case he is right about the head start and people need to know
Tom is such a Wealth of Knowledge that I wish stuff like this could have been implemented into America. The Japanese Comic Magazine he talked about where he put the ads in is Weekly Shonen Jump. The place where some of the most Popular Series got their Start including Captain Tsubasa who was the Catalyst for many Japanese Youth.
I can say as a true to life volunteer dad soccer coach, that US soccer is communicating the message of early play-based practices and enjoyment for early aged kids. I imagine it’s hard to change the culture when you have to communicate to not just random mom-dads like me but generationally-influenced coaches, schools and club organizations
Think about how I fell in love with a sport, for me it was easily baseball, my parents took me Giants games, I always had Giants gear, wiffle ball bats, etc. But I was a shy kid so I never really built the early confidence to become a real high level player at youth level but I know how to throw and friend and I have an instinctual swing because I lived the sport as a child. We would play kickball all recess in elementary school because that is what we did at the public school I went to for 1st and 2nd grade. San Francisco is a baseball town through and through.
Japanese football federation (jfa) and ussf professionalized soccer around the same time. The jfa goal was to make 100 professional clubs and an open pyramid. I think the Japanese colleges also play in the pyramid. Meanwhile we have a closed system and now our reserves play in MLS next not the usl. A huge step backwards in my opinion.
We need quality development in California, Texas, Florida, New York, Georgia, Maryland, Michigan Louisiana, Virginia etc. for African American players, once they decide to join the game it’s a wrap fr 😂
You know what.Your comment started off strong at the very start of your paragraph, but you ended up getting too emotional more like us, too. Best comment but add opportunities for coaching positions. We need more closed training just like the olympic dream team. A larry bird would pop up eventually on the pitch.
Ps: The NCAA got involved privately behind closed doors plus the media were not informed or invited in. Romours leaked out that they (NBA franchise players) recieved a can of butt wooping. The flip side was a wake up call to the coaches about finalizing the rich players role representing themselves to the world hence the dream team. Again I repeat a person like these two legends Bird or Love are out there too.
@@almostnorris623 idk how I got emotional, almost seems like you did like the comment triggered you or something. Lol not sure why you brought Larry Bird into this
"He was named NBA Coach of the Year for the 1997-98 season and later led the Pacers to a berth in the 2000 NBA Finals. In 2003, Bird was named president of basketball operations for the Pacers, holding the position until retiring in 2012". Woah....that was issentially what this video was about... the original one and the current one.
Excellent interview Tac!!! USSF should absolutely hire Tom Byer!!! 🇺🇸⚽️🙂👍🏼 Japan’s national team 🇯🇵⚽️ is doing very well & can adapt to pre game, in game, & post game situations!
A fall, winter and spring middle Futsal leagues through out our public school system would shut the whole planet down in as little as 16 years. I guarantee it.
Interesting. I’ve always said these kids that come into soccer later, when they are older 10-15, are rarely incredible players. It’s kids that are already kicking around a ball when they are 4 years old that have greater potential.
Imo I don't think its too late for a player say at age 8-10 or so, there are always late bloomers. It just depends how committed that player is in getting better with the ball.
🏈🏀 are the most popular sport in the US and the NFL and NBA don't have Pro/Rel 😂 Yet those sports are the most popular by far in all ages here in the US😂
Nice pulling my kids out of soccer since they aren’t super technically gifted at 4. I don’t care if my kids are now technically gifted and able to read the game better than the allstars when they were 6. They won’t make it, time to save some $$ and just bring them to more games… I’m being sarcastic, seriously though they all played at home and kicked the ball around as soon as they started walking, but in the US technique is worth less than speed (kick the ball long and chase) and kids get chosen still for that. Just keep your kids playing and soon the fast kids will be worth much less and the technical kids will start to be able to do things they can’t, to win games.
We need a cultural revolution…. Soccer players that exude coolness… how do we do this.. Pulisic needs to intercept Taylor Swift from that dumb NFL player ASAP!
Tom Byer is a true international treasure to the game of soccer (or football). His knowledge and understanding of the game is immeasurable. I can listen to him all day. Too bad he's not part of USSF federation. He would surely make a difference for the USMNT development.
Remember hearing about Tom around the time we lost to T&T. Shame US soccer shunned this man, his philosophy and tactics could have put our youth development years ahead of where it is today.
He wasn’t party of the “boys club” - but that happens a lot in the US!!
Well they're fools because we still haven't gotten anywhere since 2017.
Tom is right. I only had my mom growing up and I didn’t start playing till I was 6 and always played in organized play and I was good but my thing was my technical ability. My cousin was 3 yrs younger and lived with me so his dad taught him and even made a team for him when he was like 6 or 7 and you can tell the difference between him and me. Although his technical side is not as good as mine, he’s very flashy and outgoing with his play while I was very reserved and we both play/played as fullbacks.
MLS and US Soccer need to watch this video especially regarding what Tom refers to as “building the advocacy.” We need to do a better job of marketing soccer to our youth through commercials, tv shows, social media, video games, and sponsorships.
Makes me wonder what would happen if he became the new commissioner of MLS
Gee I wish that was possible, but because of our hyper Capitalized Society with a thirst for Bloodsport, Soccer doesn't move the needle when it's talked about on Sports Networks unless it's the World Cup. 2020 is the biggest example when ESPN didn't have a choice but to advertise MLS, because it was the only Sport that they can broadcast. Then once the NBA Bubble opened, it was back to the cellar. That's why MLS is on Apple TV. Our Domestic League is rejected by US Broadcasters. FOX shows some MLS, but the Production is so low now. There is a silver lining with CBS & Paramount+ with the new NWSL & USL Deals happening next year, so we'll see.
@@AKUNJIG That's a fair point but it also doesn't help that when you do speak to soccer fans in America they reject the domestic game saying "that's not really soccer" often times. At least that has been my personal experience anyway. I find that mindset ironic because I'm sure people in foreign countries would still support their local 3rd or 4th division club because of the community aspects of it as something that they can physically go to taking friends and family making lasting memories in the process.
@@Wolplum I get those similar responses from people living in Atlanta when asked why I follow MLS. My response is always that I love the community that was created out of it. We all have a club we can cheer for after Morning Banter at the Pub. Bringing in the Tailgate Atmosphere into Football ⚽ is the best thing to happen. It's a Mix of German (Flags & Chants), Latino (Drums), and Turkish (Pyro).
@@AKUNJIG that's a prime example of why people should support their local club. Also not for nothing but more attention on the league means more money which means better players in our league
Great insight. Agree that Japan has some great development in the past few years, pretty amazing to see.
I just pray in my lifetime I see the US compete with the world's best in world soccer. I think we'll get there
Mls coach:let me introduce my self.
I think by 2030 we'll be competing with the likes.of Argentina and France
@@paulofernandotudela7152I'm sure many people thought the same thing about current times when we made quarter finals in 2002, it never materialized. I hope so but it's doubtful especially since half that time Greg will be managing the senior team.
2002 could have made it to the finals.
German handball on the line went uncalled in the QFs. Then it would have been South Korea in the Semis
We will see that
Japan is easily ahead of the US right now.
Oh their clear.
thats not saying much
I wouldn't say easily. If we had all our best players show up, I still think we would draw or win.
@@JJ-nu8qinope they’re still better than us our best players don’t shine against top teams
@XxAlex530xX Nope, you're wrong. I'm right.
Another 10/10 interview conducted by Tac. What a legend this guy is
When I was coaching my kids in AYSO soccer, I got the Wiel Coerver books and as many soccer videos and books as I could find. Coerver's methods are just the tip of the iceberg on what is needed to control the ball. He has a good number of "moves" that a soccer player can do to beat somebody one on one, but there are many, many more, some of which I picked up by watching videos of the top players in action, like Cruyff and Ronaldinho. And I'm not talking about the Cruyff turn, which is included in Coerver's book - I saw Cruyff do this fabulous stop and start move to shake off a German defender in one video clip that I started teaching my oldest daughter.
The biggest thing, though, that is missing from Coerver's methods, is the need to practice trapping the ball, and then immediately passing or shooting the ball in response. This is a skill sorely missing amongst American players, and a big reason is that you normally need another person, a coach, another player, or a parent, to deliver th ball to the trainee. So it's not a skill a player can practice on their own. The Germans developed a machine system, costing some one million dollars or so, that could fire balls in a circle around a player, so that he/she could repetitively practice trapping the ball and then immediately pass or shoot it into a target.
Anyway, it's this lack of trapping ability that I see so often is missing in so many American players, trying to play at the pro levels - they get a difficult ball to trap, like at chest level, or one coming from up high and from distance, and they make just a total mess of it.
Watching Pulisic - he's one of the few American players who knows how to properly trap a ball, almost every time, and then immediately is able to do something with it, like a pass or a shot on goal.
With my AYSO teams, during team practice, I tried to emphasize dribbling and ball control skills, having them start off every practice dribbling the ball around the field and then around a line of cones. Then a simple drill to teach them how to shield the ball from an opponent. A simple ladder passing drill. Practice time was always about developing simple ball skills, at this level (U6-U10) there wasn't much else to teach. I asked every player to bring their own ball so they could practice with it.
I know a lot of youth coaches probably just had them scrimmage, but that was pretty useless, since the better players always dominated control of the ball, and there were just so few ball touches per player per minute.
Pulisic was raised the way Tom preaches. First touch, in all forms and parts of the body is built from comfort with the ball. The ball has to be like another body part. This takes an enormous number of hours to develop and a lot of improvisational and creative play as well, and not just predictable scripted skills. You're totally right.
I lived in Japan in the late 80's and observed the appreciation of fundamentals whether it be in baseball, soccer, or golf. In Brazil it is almost expected to play pick up games in your neighborhood, in the US everything is a playdate (God I hate that term), and in Japan every neighborhood has a nice gym or multi use facility where fathers and sons could practice fundamentals and build from there. All 3 countries have different scenarios and all 3 have different results: Brazil #1, Japan #2, USA #3. USA is tapping into 10 percent of it's population and all come from upper middle class. Dempsey's tragic upbringing was a success due to the sacrifice of his parents and the passing of his sister.
I love this guest and his insights on how to catch the attention of the young child in Japan and successfully build a soccer culture in a country which has been raised on baseball, the largest sport spectacle every year is the High School Baseball tournament
Huge fan of Tom Byer, been waiting or this episode for weeks!
This guy is a legend in Japan. Seriously. Take a deeper look and you'll find that many of the best Japanese players playing overseas have gone through Tom's programme. I can't tell you how many Japanese mama-sans fell in love with this guy through his television appearances every weekday morning for something like 15 years. Their kids wanted to play his sort of football, but their mothers wanted to play with something else, haha. Search out the videos of his kids at home at an early age ... their on the ball skills are simply next level. If the USSF doesn't use this guy's philosophy and programme, they don't deserve to be competitors on a global stage for the next twenty years.
Great guest. I’m moving into those years of life where it’s time to put down playing and pick up coaching. Guests like Tom will help those like me getting into coaching and hopefully we can help change the future of this sport
Japan development adapt to the world while US, is treating MLS like an NFL franchise
So what , everyone doesn’t have to copy Europe you know
@@samplingmastersxlr8660u don't need to copy Europe but it has to be simple not confusing
@@samplingmastersxlr8660you can learn from them
I’m very high on Japanese youth development. Kinda jealous that the US is growing slower than Japan. But both are in the rise!
US has potential to surpass
I was able to develop my son's technical abilities in very short order before organized play using Tom's soccer starts at home methodology. It's really as simple as he says.
Great interview. Byer is a legend.
What an amazing interview!! I have a 7 year old son, and I was under the impression that kids should only start doing drills and techniques AFTER they get into an academy at 5-6 years of age. Turns out that parents are the only "coaches" that can develop professional players, as they are the only ones with that much influence over their kids.
It is so incredibly hard to find kids that my son can play with on a daily basis here in the US. It is almost impossible to do without joining a club.😢
Do you live in a big city or small town?
@@oliverallen2565 It is a small college city of about 50K people. You hardly see random kids in a soccer field playing.
Tom and Tac. The dream team
This was great! Besides Berhalter I kept wondering why Japan has surpassed USA.
Surpassed? They were always better than the USMNT.
@@superikura2453yeah I was thinking the same thing...they always been better than us.
Around min 34 went he gives the sample of his kid team , you guys should add that part and post it Instagram case he is right about the head start and people need to know
Fantastic interview all around Tac!
Tom is such a Wealth of Knowledge that I wish stuff like this could have been implemented into America. The Japanese Comic Magazine he talked about where he put the ads in is Weekly Shonen Jump. The place where some of the most Popular Series got their Start including Captain Tsubasa who was the Catalyst for many Japanese Youth.
I used to watch Tom san every morning growing up
I can say as a true to life volunteer dad soccer coach, that US soccer is communicating the message of early play-based practices and enjoyment for early aged kids. I imagine it’s hard to change the culture when you have to communicate to not just random mom-dads like me but generationally-influenced coaches, schools and club organizations
USA can do it
I’ve been Tom Byer pilled for years. Bought his book and became a Byer fan. Dude gets it
great interview!
Tom sounded like my neuroscience professor 😂. Great episode
Thanks for making this man
great interview
USSF needs to hire this guy right now. But they don’t want anybody calling out their bullshit.
Tom Byer as assistant coach for the USMNT
Great interview. Love when you do videos on youth development!
Excellent interview! All parents should watch this!
Amazing interview
10:55 him saying “tentacles“ in a Japanese context is crazy🐙☠️
That was the best interview you've ever had. Wow.
Love Tom’s passion!
This is absolutely brilliant. Amazing interview
Good stuff tac
Think about how I fell in love with a sport, for me it was easily baseball, my parents took me Giants games, I always had Giants gear, wiffle ball bats, etc. But I was a shy kid so I never really built the early confidence to become a real high level player at youth level but I know how to throw and friend and I have an instinctual swing because I lived the sport as a child. We would play kickball all recess in elementary school because that is what we did at the public school I went to for 1st and 2nd grade. San Francisco is a baseball town through and through.
Good content. TY
Thanks for sharing the wisdom 👍
Japanese football federation (jfa) and ussf professionalized soccer around the same time. The jfa goal was to make 100 professional clubs and an open pyramid. I think the Japanese colleges also play in the pyramid. Meanwhile we have a closed system and now our reserves play in MLS next not the usl. A huge step backwards in my opinion.
Great interview, Tac.
Thanks!
Thank you Daniel! ❤️
This is a really good interview.
We need quality development in California, Texas, Florida, New York, Georgia, Maryland, Michigan Louisiana, Virginia etc. for African American players, once they decide to join the game it’s a wrap fr 😂
You know what.Your comment started off strong at the very start of your paragraph, but you ended up getting too emotional more like us, too. Best comment but add opportunities for coaching positions. We need more closed training just like the olympic dream team. A larry bird would pop up eventually on the pitch.
Ps: The NCAA got involved privately behind closed doors plus the media were not informed or invited in. Romours leaked out that they (NBA franchise players) recieved a can of butt wooping. The flip side was a wake up call to the coaches about finalizing the rich players role representing themselves to the world hence the dream team. Again I repeat a person like these two legends Bird or Love are out there too.
@@almostnorris623 idk how I got emotional, almost seems like you did like the comment triggered you or something. Lol not sure why you brought Larry Bird into this
"He was named NBA Coach of the Year for the 1997-98 season and later led the Pacers to a berth in the 2000 NBA Finals. In 2003, Bird was named president of basketball operations for the Pacers, holding the position until retiring in 2012". Woah....that was issentially what this video was about... the original one and the current one.
UA-cam guidelines right out the window.💀💀☠️
Tom Byer should have Matt Crocker’s job at beginning of this year.
It makes me hopeful that there is a way to build technical skills with bad coaches.
Loving this. Thanks
Excellent interview Tac!!!
USSF should absolutely hire
Tom Byer!!! 🇺🇸⚽️🙂👍🏼
Japan’s national team 🇯🇵⚽️
is doing very well & can adapt
to pre game, in game, &
post game situations!
Japan can do tiki taka and counter attacking football. Very dangerous
A fall, winter and spring middle Futsal leagues through out our public school system would shut the whole planet down in as little as 16 years. I guarantee it.
Nooo Tom please tell us more about your thoughts on specialization!!
Interesting. I’ve always said these kids that come into soccer later, when they are older 10-15, are rarely incredible players. It’s kids that are already kicking around a ball when they are 4 years old that have greater potential.
Imo I don't think its too late for a player say at age 8-10 or so, there are always late bloomers. It just depends how committed that player is in getting better with the ball.
I believe that too
Anything new in this series that wasn't already covered in the 11 Yanks interview a while back?
Tom Byer for USSF president
Guess you can say he changed the way the world sees Japanese soccer
This guy is speaking facts
Frank Lampard might be the only realistic option available to coach the US to replace Gregg
Men's USSF would lose to Japan. Their style is boring and unattractive soccer. Japan on the other hand, is fluid and dynamic in all areas.
Japan can Tiki Taka and play counter attacking football. Very dangerous
This makes sense but how do you know when a child is technically proficient ready for organized soccer?
I'd say when the kid can pass somewhat accurately while running and has enough control to run with the ball without having to look at it constantly
If that kid is making his/her peers look like they don’t know what they’re doing. If that kid can hang with older kids.
If his technique or game is better than kids in his age group.
W interview!
You somehow found the biggest football nerd alive. Nice.
Japan play a prettier game than the U.S., but a game, imo, could go other way... Unless it's not in the U.S...
The Football Entangled guy is getting more and more right everyday 😂
Usa and Japón have good YD .. but I wish to have natural talent from URUGUAY PLAYERS ( info , pop : 3 millions )
Wait? The head of Blue Lock is an American?!?!
Tom invented 1-2 touch soccer despite Brazil doing it in the 1950s.
I loved how this guys just nerded out and dumped all his information he’s learned about coaching on Tac lol
Cha Beum Kun and Korean football says hold my beer...
Korean football could be doing way better
😮
Without pro rel, millions of soccer first households and cultures are not allowed to influence and grow the game
🏈🏀 are the most popular sport in the US and the NFL and NBA don't have Pro/Rel 😂 Yet those sports are the most popular by far in all ages here in the US😂
🇺🇸 needs a rematch vs 🎌
True. GGG needs a chance to redeem himself
Either we lose again or we might manage a win
This guy needs to work for the usmnt asap!
Joe Biden should replace GGG
SOCCER STARTS AT HOME
japan has been ahead of us since the 90s tbh.
or at the very least, we've never been ahead of japan.
j league clubs would destroy mls sides imo.
Heeeeeeee W interview
Aight, everyone start procreating
Chill out tom
Anything to avoid giving credit to football players for playing football.
Nice pulling my kids out of soccer since they aren’t super technically gifted at 4. I don’t care if my kids are now technically gifted and able to read the game better than the allstars when they were 6. They won’t make it, time to save some $$ and just bring them to more games… I’m being sarcastic, seriously though they all played at home and kicked the ball around as soon as they started walking, but in the US technique is worth less than speed (kick the ball long and chase) and kids get chosen still for that. Just keep your kids playing and soon the fast kids will be worth much less and the technical kids will start to be able to do things they can’t, to win games.
That what I thought little kids have to start having a routine.
I see why doing something important later on in life is a failure
The environment help you grow who you are not just this
So many people have a hard time understanding this
We need a cultural revolution…. Soccer players that exude coolness… how do we do this.. Pulisic needs to intercept Taylor Swift from that dumb NFL player ASAP!
We need superstars that are loud. That’s how soccer players are created
Japan would smack the US right now...and it hurt me saying that. 😭
What do you mean the USA looks better? I can't think of a single period this century where anyone would have picked the USA over Japan
Prior to WC 2022
W