A Well Timed New Direction for US Soccer

Here is the new US Men's National Team Coach, Jurgen Klinsmann, speaking on ESPN a year ago during the World Cup in South Africa. He focuses on two main points that he thinks would help US Soccer improve on the world stage: 1. involving players of all socio-economic backgrounds and 2. being better technically. We couldn't have said it better ourselves Coach Klinsmann! It comes as no surprise that we at iSoccer are in complete agreement with both of these statements as 1) the iSoccer assessment is freely available to all youth players, and 2) Our mission is to Raise the Level emphasizes technical development.... Time will ultimately tell, but at iSoccer, we believe that this is right (and necessary) direction for US Men's Soccer.

"To get the kids on a technical level that are able to perform."

"What I mean with the technical level is the first touch."

"The first touch yesterday was just not there."

[Click the video to the right to see Coach Klinsmann speaking]

And here is Coach Wilmer Cabrera of the U17 Men's US Team after the U17 World Cup in Mexico.

"Unless we have an unbelievable team where we have six, seven very skillful players who can make the difference on the field. But we don't have those types of players. I haven't seen those players yet."

"We have to grow, little by little. And I'm not blaming anybody. It's the system. It's cultural. I'm part of this culture. I can't change what I cannot change. I want to try to help where I can. "

Do you see a consistent theme here? We have to Raise the Level!

PS. We also felt that it was important to note, that as the U20 World Cup kicks off today in Colombia the US will not be present. We did not qualify....