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Message: [QUOTE="gtcam, post: 3266270, member: 2844"] Its not entirely on the recent coaches of the Mens National team for the gap of tactical proficiency of the players. That rests with the caliber of coaching that American players receive from U-8 through the U-18 ranks. These coaches are technically inclined because these players in the USA aren't born with a soccer ball in their crib and don't have fathers/parents who know the game of soccer. The level of technical skills are something that coaches in the USA inherit are way behind what that same coach in Europe or South America would enjoy. But you are correct - the Americans are tactically behind most of the soccer powers because that training and education has not been the emphasis as they progressed when younger [/QUOTE]