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Message: [QUOTE="SubbaBub, post: 4452785, member: 523"] Because we don't have 330 people for whom futbol is life from the time they are 6 years old. We never will. Our academy system does a good job of developing players but that doesn't draw from a big enough pool. I'm not going to rely on the football/basketball argument because I think that is too simplistic. Most of our better players are still foreign born and/or went through some sort of academy. Most of this squad played together as U17 and U20's. Is that good? Do entire college FB or Basketball teams make the NFL? They don't so it's fair to conclude the US approach puts out the best possible USMNT it can but doesn't produce enough player options to be a top world cup squad. The US is consistently a top 16 squad. To move up, we need the goals, which is the most difficult player to develop. [/QUOTE]