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Originally Posted by BishopMVP
Oh, of course, but that's my point - Portugal, Argentina, France, Brazil, Germany, Spain are thought of as light years ahead of us, but there's still luck in getting a Zidane, Ronaldo, Neymar, Messi, etc. And even in those countries infrastructure, you still get huge surprises like a Drogba or Klose who develops via a non-traditional path.
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Well, look at Ivory Coast and Drogba, though. What have they have to show for this wonderful talent? The US has had more success. Of course, sometimes a once in a time talent develops, but if you don't have a infrastructure in place to support them, you don't get far as its one player and some others.
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if anything we took a step back towards bunkering this World Cup
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Agreed. I was a bit disappointed in Klinsmann for saying we'll never bunker again, and then decided to bunker. And fans still going "In Klinsmann we trust" regardless - I'm not saying he did a bad job, but he's not perfect. I mean Arena had his critics even after leading the US to the QFs. It seems the federation wanted Klinsmann for so long that there has to be unyielding acceptance of his decisions.
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People are in love with the potential of Green, Yedlin, and Brooks, and I hope I'm wrong, but odds are that this will be the high point of the career for at least one of them.
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No doubt. Plenty of players with huge upsides, who played in a WC, who flame out later - ie, Oguchi Onyewu.