The Official FIFA World Cup Thread - QATAR 2022

WHO WILL WIN?


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Mister Terrific

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Not to be pedantic. But the US doesn't NEED to do that for the Women's game. Title 9 has been so successful, that a girl coming out of high school has an incredibly competitive D1 college circuit, or the option to fly over to Europe.
The men's game simply ain't at the same level. The issue is the game isn't promoted in the hood. Flatout. If the USSF wanted to be truly next level, they'd be setting up both men's and women's academies in NYC (proper), Chicago and the South.
Basketball and Football have a chokehold on the underclass still.

More infrastructure is good but girls are already playing the sport at a young age here, and with structure.
College at least in regards to soccer and the limitations it places on athletes in terms of training time isn’t as good as the European academy system. We see that with the men who nearly to a man come out of academies and not the NCAA. All title 9 did was give US women a head start largely because of cultural sexism towards sports that didnt exist in the USA.

Now European clubs have womens team attached to them and instead of playing soccer in the US the European women are staying home and able to take full advantage of the academy system. As to why recently the USWMNT has been getting its ass kicked.

The MLS would be served by taking the initial financial hit by establishing academies in the hood, and then see a return on investment once they are able to sell the players later on. But even if Mens soccer remains a regional and suburban sport in America it’s still in a healthier and long term sustainable place than the Women relying on the NCAA. Pulisic after all earns more in a year than the majority of women players will see in their lives.
 
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