That's some good shit. Need more of this stuff to expose the ugliness that hides behind the MLS/SUM/USSF mafia.
That is an article about soccer that reads like it is written by real journalist who isn’t controlled by some outside force.
Y’all need to read the article. A pay to play club is trying to get money because Rubin played here as a child. It’s very clear the intent of the FIFA rule is to encourage free or nearly free soccer for youngsters. US style pay to play clubs aren’t relevant to that intent. “The landscape” may be waking up, but you’ll have to link a different article to prove it.
Carter is going to win. This thing has already been decided, bought and paid for. I still have a small inkling of hope for Wynalda.
The general principle in politics is: "if they win, they're part of the system; if they're not part of the system and still win, they can be bought; if they can't be bought, they're killed or forced to resign." Works for countries and CEOs in corporations, at any rate. And, of course, the best trick is to make one of the GOBs win while making people believe s/he's the outsider. That's a good one, worth a laugh.
because the ussf is a business that's why they have business people. just like every federation. Do you realy wanna back to the days of "soccer people" like joe barriskill? Some people needs there heads out of the clouds.
And they have business people on salary and working full time. But the Board of Directors and President oversee what the CEO is doing with the business. Further, the business of the USSF is to govern and foster the game of soccer in the USA. It is not to make a profit. Probably a whole soccer technical side needs to be created separate from the business side and answering to a GM that is on par with Dan Flynn and reports directly to the BOD. This is how most sports clubs and franchises run. To just have every decision made based on the business aspect of the problem and not the soccer aspect is short sighted and leads to things like missing the World Cup, being in court over solidarity payments, being in court over 2nd division sanctioning, being referred to the USDOJ twice in a year for criminal investigation; and being sued in the CAS.
Let's make this more concrete. In the season when Carter was an all-region goalkeeper, the All-American was Karen Richter (now Hoppa). So Hoppa trumps Carter in playing ability and probably also in brains (Hoppa graduated Magna Cum Laude). But the thing that really makes Hoppa a soccer person is the fact that she has spent the past 25+ years coaching, while the only actual soccer thing Carter has done since 1990 is play in some rec leagues. She's apparently never even bothered to coach a peewee team. Unless you want your fed to be run by a marketer or a puppet, Carter isn't remotely qualified.
I love the straw man! Yes, let's go back to the 70s. Silly. The USSF should make enough money to do its primary job of governing and promoting soccer in the United States. Its primary job is not to make money off of soccer in the United States. I think the focus has been on the latter for a long time.
Here is a link to the full forum with all the candidates: Seems like we should have done better than this group as a whole, but I guess in the case of USSF president you get what you pay for.
Consolidating posts from different forums since they probably belong here. Here are the presidents of some federations Germany: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhard_Grindel England: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Clarke Italy (former): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Tavecchio France: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noël_Le_Graët Spain: Juan Luis Larrea, but couldn't find a page for him Politicians and business people. I'm sure some federations are run by distinguished soccer players, but it certainly doesn't have to be the case. This is why I like Carter's idea (if not necessarily Carter herself) of setting up a blue-ribbon committee to look at player development. It's not enough just to have people with soccer expertise, you need people who have had success in high-level organizations. In the US, the overlap of those groups is small so you are going to have to have a mix of people. It's important to have people with domain expertise in technical jobs, but you don't necessarily need that in leadership positions. Organization skills are much more important in what's basically a loose affiliation of non-profits and businesses. Wynalda's and Martino's organizational experience is at such a low level that they will be lost trying to get something done. For me, anyone who is elected president should move to appoint technical directors for both the men's and women's national teams. These should be domain experts. Also, appoint a committee to look at youth development with half of the committee consisting of people from outside soccer but who have had high-level business success with sports organizations. After that, there isn't much for a president to do besides chair meetings.
Here is how i see the candidates from a scale of revolutionary to staus quo. Hope Solo Erik Wynalda Kyle Martini Steve Winograd Paul Caligiuri Steve Gans Carlos Cordeiro Kathy Carter
Someone that has Twitter needs to share all of these stories/reports/interviews of Bradley, Arena, Howard, Rongen and @ every one of the candidates. Let them know that this is not acceptable ways of thinking and this attitude is why we are in the mess we are in.
Problem would be who picks those in charge of panel. Same 'ol bunch that caused the problems that are there now? That's a reason to not have a business person in charge. Could be fixed if she named her soccer expert that would deal with that side so voters can determine if that expert can deliver what she promises. I would hope it's not Rongen or the blue ribbon panel might to to a more brownish color.