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[QUOTE="LIuconn, post: 2366711, member: 134"]
We do, the problem is our coach played a meaningless tournament and the rest of the hex with a bunch of never-was career MLSers.

[URL="http://www.espnfc.com/united-states/story/2941240/us-team-youth-need-to-push-older-players-out-jurgen-klinsmann"]U.S. team youth need to push older players out - Jurgen Klinsmann[/URL]

"We hoped for more push from the younger generation, so our message consistently is when they are with us you've got to make your case. You've got to come out of your shell.

"You've got to speak up and ask questions. Push the older ones out. This is your job. In general, my experience over the last five years is that American talent takes longer, maybe because the college culture is still there in the middle of it.

"Meanwhile, you have European or South American kids at 18, 19, biting the legs off the older ones. Here [a player] needs to be maybe 22, 23, so that kind of personality jump comes a bit later with our players."
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