‘WHAT ARE WE DOING?!’ Taylor Twellman’s full rant on the USMNT missing the World Cup | ESPN Archive 

Get a president in the Federation that had ever played soccer first. Change the way the MLS is structured. All the academies have to stop charging money to the kids over 10 that have potential to become pro. Get rid of the stupid idea that you have to go through college before you go to the MLS. *THIS IS HOW YOU CHANGE THE CULTURE*

Some part in Pulisic's mind is wondering what would've happened if he declared for Croatia

I can find a group of Mexican immigrant kids in the Chicago suburbs that can beat this MNST.

taylor's ranting is the only good thing that has happened to u.s. soccer in the last two years.

iceland is playing in europe so there way to a worldcup is way harder than the way for the USA

America's entire football system is backwards. Having to go to college before turning pro is dumb, this isn't the nba or nfl, when u look at the best leagues in world they have 16, 17 year olds that are pros playing with menm

USA isn’t what you guys think .. they think about futbol as a business before an actual game

Pulisic spent most of his training years in the Bundesliga, that's why he's so good. America can't make a good men's team, and they won't until they change the training.

You can’t pay, you don’t play. Sad reality of soccer in the US.

US soccer is a joke.....if you’re rich you play....joke

We've been fielding privileged rich kids who have paid for all the best academies for decades... Need some more natural talent. Also from the youngest ages the way kids/teenagers are recruited is embarrassing, all about strength, speed, height etc. I've seen so many skilled players get completely overlooked because they're 5' 7, 5'8. Americans just want to do things their own way, how about paying attention to how successful countries do it and maybe you will be 🤦‍♀️

Twellman looks like the lovechild of Joe Hart and Fabio Cannavaro.

The USMNT just lost to Canada for the first time in 34 years. They're embarrassing.

USMNT just outdid themselves losing to Canada tonight. Congratulations.

Who else is here after the US lost to Canada?

US Soccer needed this. I come back to this from time to time to remind myself how far we’ve come

This was one of the darkest days in US Soccer history. After our win against Mexico last night, feels like we are truly back

I used to be better than most kids when i was younger i’m 16 now, i couldn’t play soccer/football because my parents were working and couldn’t afford to put me in good teams and i know a lot of other people that have had the same thing happen to them. US soccer will never find good talent unless they make it widely available.

Who’s here after the US beat Iran and reached the knockout stage in the 2022 Qatar World Cup?

I was a ref for 6-7 years throughout high school and college. The absolute best players are in the lower/rec leagues and get entirely overlooked by the pay to play system.

The USA failing to qualify for the World Cup from CONCACAF was far more embarrassing than Italy of the Netherlands failing to do so from UEFA, or Chile failing to do so from CONMEBOL (or even Argentina if they’d have failed to make it). Both the USA and Mexico should have an automatic ticket to every World Cup from CONCACAF. Mexico nearly threw away their ticket for the 2014 World Cup, but were ironically saved by the USA. The USA actually threw away their ticket for Russia in 2018.

How to qualify in the World Cup: never be born in the United States

Watching this after to getting out of the group against Iran

Two years later and nothing has changed. 0-2 loss to Canada and what has changed?

It’s a rich kids sport in the US you go nowhere without spending thousands of dollars. If your a kid that’s into sports play basketball .

Taylor Twellman should be in charge of the US soccer federation, or coaching the USMNT

And Canada just beat us 2-0... nice

Should have never gotten rid of Klinnsman. We over achieved under him at 2014 World Cup

This rant back then is why we have this young team today. It worked, thank goodness.

People keep talking about our soccer program but only at the professional level. But the problem starts at the youth level. You can't expect a senior level play to reach his potential when he wasn't properly taught at the youth level.

Watching this as an Brit makes me feel sorry for the Americans that genuinely care about football, when ever any European or South American national team fails to meet the required standards its viewed by the respective country almost like a national embarrassment, change is demanded and change usually happens.The whole setup from top to bottom gets the blame not just the manger and the players, like the guy in the video says it takes years to see the changes take affect but if it’s done right it can pay off big time. Unfortunately with the USA because football isn’t held in anywhere near the same regard as in Europe and South America it seems they won’t get the required changes that have to be made as there is nowhere near as much demand for it from the people.

Who’s here after USA failed to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics

USA adjusted, Mexico needs this now. Corruption is crazy.

Best rant ever.....and understanding

As an Englishman you would expect me to laugh at You ... No as I want FOOTBALL to be a major sport in North America. When Taylor Twellman says Iceland is a small country, yes he is right but he has missed a MASSIVE point ... Iceland is a European country and FOOTBALL is the predominant sport in Europe. You can learn from this ... its down to all your football authorities to collectively work together and put things right ... Its great that the U.S. Canada and Mexico are holding The 2026 World Cup ... Football will grow in North America don't give up!.

As a Trinbagonian, I love watching this

We’re in a totally different place now and I couldn’t be happier

I come here every couple months to rewatch what he said. It makes me appreciate the young guys we got in Europe even more after having gone through this. I’m glad this happened because now it seems the US is actually developing great young players and it all started after this embarrassment.

Looking back at this now after the USA beat Iran 1-0 really shows how far we’ve come.

As a former player of the US Soccer program, this was a very well said rant by Twellman . I feel the same way by the program

Kudos to Twellman for having the rage to angrily shake his phone yet the presence of mind to set it down gently unharmed

Just qualified for the World Cup!

Who else is here after the US qualified?

The MLS is the premier leagues retirement home

The thing that's missing in America is the culture around football (soccer ). In the US, it's a side sport for the rich or those who go to college. In the rest of the world, particularly in Europe, it's a religion and way of life. I'm from the UK and since I was around 5 years old I have played football with friends, using jumpers for goalposts, played in amateur teams, watched my local professional team play and watched it on TV at least once a week, often often a dozen times. There are hundreds of stories about young kids from Africa or South America playing with a deflated ball in the streets of their towns, before making it as a pro and moving to Europe. Americans will be behind as long as they treat football as a secondary sport. The results of a match in the rest of the world can make or break a person's entire week. The US need to start by promoting football for free to kids and introducing relegation to their domestic league

And absolutely NOTHING was learned four years later.

I love Taylor’s rant here. It really shows his frustration with the national team and the program and how much change needs to happen for it as well

Now a distant memory as of 3/30/22

Watching this after the 1-0 victory today against Iran 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

It’s so refreshing to see so much passion from an American about FOOTBALL. I respect his passion, it is so clear he’s invested in football.

We have came a long way since this. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Who’s here after the US returned to the World Cup?

The RU-vid algorithm is going hard AF in 2019!!!! Such a timely reminder this is loooool

We figured it out. Thank god

Now we're back! USA vs Wales at 1 PM!

Who’s here after we failed to qualify for the Olympics again.

Used to pray for times like these🎉🇺🇸

This is, by a massive margin, the best bake I've ever seen a commentator/ex-player deliver to a sporting team. Years of frustration and disappointment unleashed in 7 minutes of perfect delivery.

You need to change the way you work with youths if you want to get results in the future.

At least we have the ladies 🥇

Love to see his passion. Hopefully it will inspire some change here

Glad this popped up on recommended. Dude on the right was could’ve gone on an in depth rant that the American people need to hear but tried to stick to one point. Major props 🤙🏽

This was a low day, but it prepared us for today. Great game today fellas. I'm excited about today. I'm excited about tomorrow! Long live the beautiful game.

- USA won Nations League - USA won the Gold Cup - USA is 99% qualified for WC22 - USA has promising young talents I think the lesson here is that time will give you the best result.

And 4 years later, the US are back baby!!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

What if I told you USA listened to him and are now a top 10 team with a chance to headline their group in the world cup

I just came back from World Cup 2026 and the US just lifted the trophy.

One of my all time favorite sports rants. Incredible

Im gonna back here every now and then to see the overall progress the usmnt has made. Seems like a night and day difference from when we failed to qualify. We finished 2nd so were looking at the netherlands and argentina in the rd 16 and quarters. W/e happens, im proud of this golden gen and im looking forward to future progress. Just wish our coach selected the roster better (ie pefok, sands, tilman etc)

Without rants like this , nothing changes ....... He's right on every point !

Wow you can just put this in on repeat for 2021😢

Fellas

Perfect time to watch this video.

I come from the future. We have avenged Couva. We have returned to the FIFA World Cup.

Who's here after the US made the 2022 wc ?

ITS HAPPENED AGAIN!

Coming back to aatch this right after we won the gold cup with out C team and winning the nations league

Make it three consecutive Olympics missed for the US.

Who’s here after Panama

they are not ready!! you are so right!!

1:28 Now it's the last three Olympics

We beat Mexico, but we mustn’t forget that we are once again not going to the Olympics. Shame on the USA

So that’s where the “What Are We Doing”!! That SVP uses in Bad Beats came from. Good to know.

Who's here after the USMNT U-23 failed to go to the Olympics AGAIN for the 3rd Olympics in a row?

I love this guy’s passion

Hiring Berhalter was not a good idea.

Just stumbled across this. Good to see so much passion for football in the USA. Every nation that fails to qualify has the same discussion, part of the beauty of the game is that the little guys can have their day which sometimes means expectations aren't met. It's not always about resources and size of the nation.

Here after 2022 and it’s amazing to see how much progress we’ve made

This rant makes me smile in 2020 Just for 5 seconds Then I remember its 2am And I cant leave my house without a mask And can really only go to the petrol station

Maybe if you start calling it football you'll qualify

Love his passion … 💪🏼

Who else is here after 2 disappointing draws against El Salvador and Canada?

What are we doing?!?! Bottling up energy for the 2022 world cup!!! We are going boys congratulations.

USA just qualified and I still remember this podcast and the pain

very well said

In hindsight (albeit short hindsight) this may have been one of the most important rants in American sports history, certainly in American soccer history. It's been quite the ride since this all-time low. Cheers to the future boys!🍻

Who else is here after the US did the double and beat Mexico with the C team to win the Gold Cup

Who is here after us just beat Panama

The US just won the gold cup. This rant was definitely a wake up call for them and they took it seriously.

Sometimes I watch this because it’s so incredible, but then I think of the progress we’ve made since then and the amount of young talent in top leagues in Europe now and it really was a blessing in disguise 😅