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Or go all-in on thug ball and become the Detroit Pistons of soccer?

But I know absolutely nothing about soccer and I've never stayed at a Holiday Inn Express, so...
Posted: 07/02/2024 at 10:11 AM ET
(In response to this post by TomTurkey)

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I think it’s time to put US men’s soccer out to pasture
GreenvilleVT • 07/02/24 07:32 AM ET
Kinda mirrors our political system, don't it? This is the best we can do?**
UEMcGill • 07/02/24 02:57 PM ET
Sadly yes.
GreenvilleVT • 07/02/24 05:18 PM ET
Hire Jurgen Klopp
Happy Dog • 07/02/24 12:30 PM ET
I'm convinced they need to just start cranking shots-equivalent of 25' 3s
Dan1993 • 07/02/24 12:27 PM ET
Sounds like the 11-13 girls team I helped coach this spring.
MP4VT2004 • 07/02/24 07:22 PM ET
They infuriatingly refused to take some shots last night
hoosnowahokie • 07/02/24 01:11 PM ET
This is where I’m coming from when I talk…
vthokieq • 07/02/24 02:57 PM ET
right- my strategy is shoot for any open look inside "Corner Kick" distance
Dan1993 • 07/02/24 01:21 PM ET
It's all coaching,there is no way you can tell me that Panama has more
HokieBrazil • 07/02/24 11:48 AM ET
One minor note...he hadn't been fired. **
vthokieq • 07/02/24 12:20 PM ET
True,his contract expired and then they rehired him. Felt they couldn't get
HokieBrazil • 07/02/24 01:19 PM ET
Perhaps lazy…
vthokieq • 07/02/24 03:01 PM ET
An unspoken part of the decision was that the federation didn’t want to
GOHOKEE • 07/02/24 03:37 PM ET
That was certainly a factor.
vthokieq • 07/02/24 03:52 PM ET
what about youth soccer?**
bigbadbird • 07/02/24 09:22 AM ET
I’m confident other countries youth teams would destroy our best youth team**
GreenvilleVT • 07/02/24 05:20 PM ET
seems more pessimistic than confidence **
bigbadbird • 07/02/24 10:04 PM ET
Are you saying we should send kids out there against Uraguayan adults?
SteveInBaltimore • 07/02/24 12:59 PM ET
I dunno...some young kids might bite Suarez back. ;-)**
vthokieq • 07/02/24 01:08 PM ET
Coach soccer instead of thug ball
TomTurkey • 07/02/24 09:37 AM ET
Or go all-in on thug ball and become the Detroit Pistons of soccer? ◄
HokieNoVA • 07/02/24 10:11 AM ET
Good luck with that. CONMEBOL has that aspect locked up**
hoosnowahokie • 07/02/24 10:25 AM ET
US doesn't really play "thug ball".
vthokieq • 07/02/24 09:45 AM ET
Refs allow much thug ball in travel soccer**
TomTurkey • 07/02/24 09:46 AM ET
You're going to need to define "thug ball".
vthokieq • 07/02/24 09:48 AM ET
Precisely. Two hands to the chest isn't soccer. Any shove with a hand
TomTurkey • 07/02/24 10:35 AM ET
enroll them in trade school**
`lag • 07/02/24 09:36 AM ET
Give them pads and a helmet and send them to football practice.**
EDGEMAN • 07/02/24 09:33 AM ET
I think the pay college kids are getting to play football
GreenvilleVT • 07/02/24 05:21 PM ET
I don't know if these guys would make it thru one football practice
Zanderhokie • 07/02/24 09:47 AM ET
We have talent just not coaching **
HokieHigh • 07/02/24 09:22 AM ET
International soccer is just a really difficult/complicated animal IMO
Hokie Fiji • 07/02/24 09:03 AM ET
Could be worse. We could be England
hoosnowahokie • 07/02/24 10:30 AM ET
England has a long tradition of falling flat on their faces in tournaments
Zanderhokie • 07/02/24 12:12 PM ET
England was exactly where my mind wandered first
Hokie Fiji • 07/02/24 11:53 AM ET
Georgia lost on Sunday to Spain, they're out.
vthokieq • 07/02/24 12:18 PM ET
Missed that result -- although not surprised by it
Hokie Fiji • 07/02/24 12:26 PM ET
Going back to England....
vthokieq • 07/02/24 12:35 PM ET
Three Lions are my other rooting interest
Hokie Fiji • 07/02/24 04:58 PM ET
…or just let them use their hands already **
chumley • 07/02/24 08:58 AM ET
That would level the playing field for us. **
RoswellGAHokie • 07/02/24 09:20 AM ET
Eliminate the goalies. That would make it really interesting. **
Zanderhokie • 07/02/24 09:09 AM ET
A wild amount of hand wringing on this board last night and now today
JoesterVT • 07/02/24 08:56 AM ET
Bottom line: the vast majority of Americans don't give a hoot about soccer
Zanderhokie • 07/02/24 09:05 AM ET
My observation is US sports fans tend to prefer explosive-type sports
Tafkam Hokie • 07/02/24 11:16 AM ET
You are talking about me.....stop it............... :)**
santafe • 07/02/24 10:52 AM ET
yep, it's just not life or death for us... also it's kind of a country club
`lag • 07/02/24 09:35 AM ET
This. We only sorta/kinda care about soccer in the U.S.
Zanderhokie • 07/02/24 09:57 AM ET
Sorry...this is such a lazy, uninformed, ignorant take.
vthokieq • 07/02/24 10:04 AM ET
Which part of it is untrue, in your expert opinion?
Zanderhokie • 07/02/24 10:50 AM ET
The vast majority of what you wrote.
vthokieq • 07/02/24 10:59 AM ET
his first 2 paragraphs are undeniably true though**
JoesterVT • 07/02/24 12:48 PM ET
Not it's not.
vthokieq • 07/02/24 12:50 PM ET
That's how it works. The whole is made up of individuals. This isn't hard.
JoesterVT • 07/02/24 12:56 PM ET
If it was "undeniable" I wouldn't be able to deny it. This isn't hard. ;-)
vthokieq • 07/02/24 01:01 PM ET
disagry
JoesterVT • 07/02/24 01:30 PM ET
You're comparing apples to pencil shavings here
Nova Hokie 95 • 07/02/24 02:16 PM ET
It’s not really even that.
vthokieq • 07/02/24 04:55 PM ET
The unathletic stoners part, generally speaking**
JoesterVT • 07/02/24 10:55 AM ET
Only talking about my personal experience
Zanderhokie • 07/02/24 12:05 PM ET
Yep. Plenty of athletic stoners out there these days
Hokie Fiji • 07/02/24 11:56 AM ET
Don't necessarily disagree (though there's some hyperbole there)....
vthokieq • 07/02/24 09:09 AM ET
Who is "we?"
MAHokie69 • 07/02/24 08:54 AM ET
They should be a charity.
GreenvilleVT • 07/02/24 08:58 AM ET
Come on now...nobody runs on Uruguay!**
JoesterVT • 07/02/24 08:59 AM ET
Nice overreaction...I'll give it an 8.5/10. **
vthokieq • 07/02/24 07:46 AM ET
Over reaction? It’s been 50 years of mediocrity at best for men’s soccer
GreenvilleVT • 07/02/24 08:55 AM ET
Well, 50 years ago we weren't qualifying for the World Cup regularly
Nova Hokie 95 • 07/02/24 12:32 PM ET
Definitely a long climb for USMNT to be where they are
Hokie Fiji • 07/02/24 04:46 PM ET
I think Pulisic has...
vthokieq • 07/03/24 08:28 AM ET
I think we try to create All-Star teams for the USMNT and not necessarily
AirborneHokie96 • 07/03/24 08:56 AM ET
All national teams are "all-star teams" for the most part.
vthokieq • 07/03/24 09:06 AM ET
There have been some greats that were never capped by their country
AirborneHokie96 • 07/03/24 09:14 AM ET
And our best players are now going overseas to play.
vthokieq • 07/03/24 09:20 AM ET
well these things take time**
JoesterVT • 07/02/24 09:03 AM ET