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Message: [QUOTE="bnoro, post: 679886, member: 71"] A large part of the issue is the emphasis on winning rather than the emphasis on developing players. Since everything's about winning here a coach might not care if he has one kid make a run past 6 guys and score, when it would be better if they took 6 passes before scoring. We need to start getting to that point where the emphasis is on technical skill. If a country like Croatia can build a team capable of competing for a World Cup, so can the US. What Croatia has done in the past few years has been very interesting. Mandukic, Modric, Vucinic, and now Halilovic (a 16 year old who has already been capped internationally and has champions league experience for Dinamo) are propelling that team to a golden age. Same with Belgium, who's a bit further along in that regard. The US has the talent pool, they need to take that next step. [/QUOTE]