Recent content by Stmichael

Love the research! Love the support! Not sure if you guys get soccer at this level. Some quick negatives , which don't reflect how much we love you 'guys'. 1) high school accolades don't mean anything at the Next Level level. It absolutely means nothing- in fact, it's statistically an...

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Hope all is well! Here is my observation (ignorant spectator waiver in effect 😀). When watching the team play from the highest vantage point, one glaring assessment becomes evident, we have no 'shape'. WF had a very disciplined shape that was still very dynamic and filled with players that...

Definitely a spring perspective is the right context to view the game (except app state is not good and we should have destroyed them). Played 3-5-2 Only x1 wingback is suited to play the position currently. X3 backs did fine - Brown with superior passing and field vision and controlled the...

...and she might want to pick her words a little more smartly next time ...'can't wait to see the team in the flesh...'. 😂😬

Hopefully she can progress and learn from whatever scenario happened at Portland. If a player or players fabricated a story to damage their coach, then that/those players should be investigated and removed from the league. This isn't a one way street, peoples' livelihoods are at stake.

We all get the dynamics of human nature when our interactions include a lot of time together. But, fact is, if an organization wants to be focused and on solid foundation; got to keep the personal relationship line clearly drawn. Muddies the water too much. She just needs to move on and not...

Maybe the U.S. Women's team should start focusing on the esscence of sports and stop grand standing for obscure/abberrant social issues. Social issues that no one cares about except 1% of the population (if that). This is sports, damnit!! It's like going to a rock show to hear music and the...

Yeah- she's not coaching anymore.

Good points/observation. I'm not a fan of the NCAA, but college sports needs a governing body. Without it, say good bye to Title IX sports and any sport that doesn't generate revenue. Pessimistic prediction- college soccer goes away and becomes some form of an advanced club league that...

Got to figure out a practice platform that maximizes reps for all of the players. As you know, the reps are very lopsided and significantly favor the players the coaches think are starters - it's why we look off when players have to sub in for injuries - player exchanges or subs should be fluid...

Like you wrote in the past, it's difficult to predict how high school players will transition into college play --so many variable, some soccer related some life changes related. I will say that Tennessee clubs, nationally, aren't that good (Texas, Michigan, Virginia, Jersey, west coast are...

Hire - silly voice text makes me look illiterate!!

Ok - you got me figured out 😂😂😂. When the coach to player ratio is diluted = disorganization/failure. Dorrance's goal was to trap all the best players so other teams couldn't get them (before the transfer rule change). At least he took his salary to higher more coaches and increase their pay...

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