Taylor Twellman says there's an 'arrogance' to the U.S. men's soccer team | SportsCenter | ESPN 

This guy is the only realistic person in America about soccer right now like seriously.....

Where's the lie?!? Taylor spoke the gospel truth on US 'Soccer' right now!

The biggest problem with American soccer? Children have to pay to play. It's a sport of the privileged here. The kids from low income backgrounds get overlooked for kids that have the money to play travel ball.

This dude been heated the last 24 hours lol

MLS needs relegation

USA lives in it's own bubble in sports. With soccer is the perfect example. Women care and men don't. While in the rest of the world is the opposite. Footbal (or soccer) is considered the "men's sport" and women barely play it.

This guy looks like Joe hart

Listen to this Man:::: He is so right.... Here in Germany, the coach and the players would have been evil , angry, crying and shacking on fear with coming home with such an result.... Loosing the jobs would be the first to do... there is so much money in this sports and a lot of jobs on it and except Pulisic, nobody on that field has really fight for a good result...

This guy is fantastic. Idc about USA soccer but his passion is infectious!

The US also abandons basically anyone who isn’t amazing by age 12 when all they need is a bit of good coaching and maybe getting in better shape. The US will never see someone like Jamie Vardy who came from nowhere because they just give up on players who aren’t amazing right away and don’t want to make kids better

The new Stephen A Smith of soccer 🤣⚽️

He’s right , that American arrogance, this ain’t basketball we don’t have a Messi either lol

Look at Jozy Altidore's Career, this pretty much sums up American Soccer.. In England - 70 Games - 2 Goals In United States - 109 Games - 51 Goals As you can see, when Altidore played in the most competitive league in the world he failed miserably and is considered one of the worst Premier League strikers of all time. When he moves to the MLS he starts scoring goals for fun, coincidence? I think not. The problem is the MLS is of an incredibly poor standard. Your players aren't good enough to play with the elite players in Europe, hence why the majority of USMNT still play in the MLS. Only a handful of players have been successful in Europe.

US football biggest mistake was not give Santiago Nuñez a citizenship

Bravo, Taylor! Just a month ago Michael Bradley, US team's captain, responded to criticism by Alexi Lalas with this stunning piece of arrogance: "The lion doesn’t care about the opinion of the sheep". Boy, if there has ever been a swifter proof of the old adage "Hubris goes before destruction". Done.

Twellman is woke

The US team needs to talk to this guy

He was spot on with the accountability part. In England or in Europe generally when you lose a match, a game you’re letting down an entire nation. You just don’t have that sort of drive and guilt to push you back to the top in the states.

the kids dont want to be soocer players in the usa, its just not taken seriously enough, everyone wants to be a basketball player or NFL

I used to play soccer, but it got too expensive for me to keep playing.

The problem is that USA doesn’t have many people like Taylor that speak the truth the way he spoke it after that devastating day. Taylor spoke nothing but facts and he said with all his heart. Hosts of these shows on espn or fox that talk UMNT soccer need to be more vocal

Walking pieces of mediocrity.

I really wish we had someone talk like Taylor, that would criticise the England football team.

Taylor twellman and Stuart holden have that typical image of an American jock soccer player haha. I know a lot of the US players have hated on Taylor for being a so called hater but he’s always honest and what he says is always true. He just cares so much about US soccer and makes him boil when we should be better than we have been.

Taylor is spot on!

Wait we got a soccer team?

Watching this today after Copa America and it's the same issue as 6 years ago.

Homeboy is all the way correct

Lower barriers to entry, increase player base and increase the number of Pro License coaches.

ICELAND 300,000 THOUSAND VS USA 300 MILLION ONE GOING TO THE WORLD CUP

Suggestion: Make soccer accessible to inner city kids, and you'll get your national team, kids in middle class neighborhoods are not hungry or passionate.

it's 2024 and the issues haven't changed

That dude is highly entertaining.

My Opinion ranking sports in the States 1.NFL 2.NBA 3.MLB 4.NHL 5.MLS. But I do agree soccer has gotten bigger here but in terms of turning on your local TV and seeing MLS being played nope your more likely to see Arsenal or Manchester United playing in the UK.

where can I get the full clip of this. He goes further into detail on how the whole system of soccer should change from top to bottom and how college kids play/practice for all of 2 1/2 months and expect them to beat players like messi or ronaldo. He goes to say that we should stop playing soccer the American way and start playing soccer the world's way. It was a really inspiring quote. Can someone (or espn) send me/show me the full of this please!?

Lololol this is from 2 years ago, I thought this was about the recent Canada vs US game.

"...And in Hockey" Canada has entered the chat

hahahahahaha I love that Taylor Twellman is the only one showing passion for football in USA so they invite him to every show

The fact is that Klinsmann was the man for the job! I know we looked sloppy at times but I could see the US evolving! Evolving out of that "old USA way" of playing soccer was going to take a lot of painstaking years to really become a TRUE CONTENDER in the world. If you couldn't see that Klinsmann was getting us "there" then you don't understand coaching soccer. Please come back coach! Please! Klinsmann! KLINSMANN! ! ! ! KLINSMANN! ! ! ! KLINSMANN! ! ! !

Resources dont make the person, it just helps. Ultimately boils down to the person themselves.

The fans are the most arrogant. Glad they got a taste of reality

this man speking factsss, thank god im brazilian

Nail on the head! Preach Taylor!

I think the style of American soccer is really not that good and a huge part of that is player development. There is no creativity and no flair in American soccer with it's players. The exception is Pulisic who is a world class talent at such a young age. There a few other players who merit playing in the national team but at most maybe 5 have the quality to be on the national team roster. MLS is a huge part of player development but they fail because they want to Americanize soccer and make it like the NFL or NBA. If the MLS sacrificed their revenue for player development by adding promotion and relegation more talent would definitely be discovered. The fact is a lot of USL and NASL teams are capable and have beaten MLS teams and that there says a lot about the quality of the MLS and is also a reason for promotion and relegation to be added. But this is America where all they care about is money and they bring in old European talents past their prime to add attention to the league instead of making changes that will help in finding and developing homegrown talent.

"We might as well go play in oncoming traffic" oh my God

First of all, clean house, ok? Fire everyone responsible for this. Second, bring a coach with international experience, mainly Europe. The development of the players in US are made completely wrong, college soccer level is lower than the second division in south america leagues, bring the players to Europe and let them to develop there.

“Cuz if there’s no changes coming, we all might as well go play in oncoming traffic” 😂😂😂😂😂

GO TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

You guys have no idea how happy I am that a ton less people will be pretending to like soccer for the world cup.

Damn USA, I’m Mexican American and root for both countries, The Boys lost against Venezuela Sunday 3-0 🤦🏻‍♂️

This guy is way more exciting than the sport he covers.

I know this guy a former player but he hit the ball on the dot with what happened. And what needs to happen going forward.

You have to get the NCAA, USSF, MLS, AYSO, Pay-to-play, NASL, USL together and put money and ego aside and great a bottom to top system that allows players to get the technical skills and quality coaching in their early years. Also, relegation has nothing to do with creating a better national team, league or quality of play. I'm not against it but Twellman is blowing smoke.

1:00 my boy Bruce arenas smoking cigarettes while USA is losing lol!

Cheers from argentina lisent to this guy he knows a lot about football you need to change things starting from getting future stars from parks and fields and not arrogant college kids

Love his attitude, America needs more people like Twellman working with soccer.

"I can tolerate arrogance in basketball, american football or hockey, because all the best leagues are here in this country" Yeah, but only Hockey is a game played in many countries, the rest are just made so that the US can call themselves best at something, like baseball where the "world series" are 100% made up of American teams.. So they are the "world champions", when they've only played against fellow national teams.:P

you should call it football to start with

So true

A clip that is now, thankfully, a part of history.

I understand your disappointment Mr Taylor Twellman but stop fucking making Trinidad and Tobago sound like a nothing side. It is a team. Respect is supposed to be given whether T&T lost nine games or twenty games in a row. Know yuh damn place. English, French and German football leagues are all more popular and more recognized than MLS. Talent on the pitch is what counts. Not the price tag of some player. I understand you're passionate about your country and you wanted USA to win but you don't need to be repeatedly bringing down Trinidad and Tobago. I'm surprised Shaka didn't travel there to the studio and kick your ASS.

He is wrong about hockey, European league including Russian league are much better and tougher than NHL

What did Tim Howard say to Omar Gonzalez?

Thank you Taylor. Bless you.

Haaaaaahahahahaha. The SALT in these comments... I LOVE it. Dat 1989 karma is a BITCH ain't it?

It all started when the USA prevented Costa Rica from qualifying to the 2010 WC. People say "They were pros, it's their job" and I agree to some point, but four years later they did the same thing to Panama. That may still be "their job" but it seemed like they enjoyed eliminating teams that way. Things went worse when the US Soccer tweeted "hey Mexico you're welcome", aimed to mock at Mexico but mocking Panama and to a lesser extent Costa Rica, because that tweet is like saying "Hey we do this to laugh on your faces." Now that is NOT professionalism, it's arrogance. @ussoccer is the only official football federation account I've seen that uses social media to mock other fellow federations. I almost forgot to mention that US Soccer forced Costa Rica to play under a heavy snowfall when that very same day a match in Europe was actually postponed for the same reason (Hell, even a match as important as Argentina vs Brazil has been postponed because of RAIN). Another thing I can't just overlook was the scandal at the 2015 Gold Cup, perpetrated by American referees Eric Boria and Mark Geiger. Now, let's remember the Copa América Centenario. Minutes after Chile defeated Mexico 7-0, @ussoccer tweeted "We're proud to represent CONCACAF at the semi-finals." Fine, another tweet mocking Mexico AND the rest of CONCACAF, just to see the USA getting thrashed by Argentina in that match. They way the players mocked the Trinidad and Tobago stadium during the training was the straw that broke the camel's back. I bet they would've been mad if, for example, Costa Ricans started to build snowmen all over the stadium at the SnowClásico match.

Fast forward to three years later and the USMNT has two CONCACAF Gold Cup Finals against Mexico and were 1-1 (RU in 2019; Winners in 2021) and a 2019-21 CONCACAF Nations League title. The USMNT and Italy, two of the major heavy hitters in association football/soccer who went from failing to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup to winning titles three years later. Their rebirths continue.

This is a splendid rant...

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"We have more resources"... I love his rants and indignation, but I don't see how US money has anything to do with anything. You can't buy your way into football relevance. There are elements of Iceland's success that can be copied, but money won't buy you generations of talented young players who love the game. That has to happen organically and we're not there yet.

tell me what is the strength of this team cause i dont see any

This is spot on

The irony here is almost tangible. He espouses the problem of US arrogance while having a melt down that the US didn't make it to the World Cup. Eh, the US had a couple of bad results. It's football, it happens all the time. That's why it's the greatest sport in the world. Until the US realize that the best athletes don't necessarily make the best footballers, then we'll be having this conversation again in future.

you cant compare womens soccer to the men. Men soccer is miles and miles ahead of the women's game

I would like to give a huge Thank You to Taylor Twellman for calling out the USMNT after the failed qualification for Russia 2018. Failing to qualify for Russia 2018 is now a distant memory. The USMNT redeemed themselves with an automatic qualification for Qatar 2022. Well done Gregg Berhalter and the USMNT.

Best rant ever. Give em a good kick up the you know what Taylor.

Bwahahahahahah..!!! USA football is Trash. Love it ! all great teams that will represent CONCACAF for this world cup. 2018.

the thing is the best athletes in the USA play 3 other sports before soccer.........imagine if our best athletes played soccer. a 6'8 guy like lebron james who is fast as fuck..... nfl players like antonio brown with crazy speed. and even 300 lb guys who can run like the wind. all the best athletes here dont play soccer cause its not where the money is.

The oncoming traffic comment was the BEST.

he is so right

Lmao I respect his opinion but when he said USA has more resources, more so then Mexico I laughed at his “arrogance”

He's wrong that USA has better resources than Mexico, liga mx is infinitely better than mls, concacaf champions league has been won by only Mexican teams and saprissa from Costa Rica.

It is a sad day for USA, a country that has been in FIFA since 1933 not to have ever gone to at least playoff.....if it was up to me, don't go looking for fast runner, no soccer player can run faster than soccer ball.....you should look for players that have technical skills, and natural finishers. All young men can be trained to become a good athletes, but you cant teach them natural instincts Someone in charge of USA National Team needs to wake up and know speed does not make great soccer players. Otherwise all 100 meter runners would have been in soccer teams around the world.....

He right, US is rich of resources of sports. Better leagues, better development and better environment. There need to be changes within US National men team.

0:58 I see nothing but disrespect towards the flag but nobody gone mention that

Usa messed up i feel disappointed to be from the usa. First trump now this.

Both the presenters were like just tell us US women are better than men and you can carry on your rumbling because that's all we care about.

There are probably thousands of prospective players in the streets and the inner-cities in the US that could've made US soccer more prominent in the states.

who gives a shit about soccer?

promotion-relegation rules will add that pressure necessary to drive the players to get out their best on the pitch, not only that, but it's important because now you would have talented individuals who had no chance before to play in the MLS and no chance to be discovered, play for a smaller club and if they're good enough scouts/people would notice the talent and help them move to the higher division and this makes it more focused on development rather than money

TT's been on a roll for a few days now.

So much re-structure in needed but there is hope...For example in US Soccer history only 3 American players have gone through the Juvenil Divisions (U17-19) in the challenging Academy system in Spain (the best development system in the world) and are now playing in 3rd Division National as Seniors: 18-yr old Ander Egiluz (CD Basconia), 20 yr old Mukwelle Akale (Villareal C), and 18 yr old Hayden Canizalez (UP Plasencia)...perhaps the '99-'97 age groups is what U.S. Soccer needs to invest on.

Since Taylor Twellman's rant calling out the USMNT for not qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, the USMNT has back-to-back CONCACAF Nations League titles in 2021 and 2023, a 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup, and the highest placed CONCACAF team in the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar with a R16 finish. Not too shabby so far.

Finally, someone asked the question I've been asking and studying for years now: "What are the women doing right?" This is why: if everything in US Soccer is so bad, and we're not doing anything right here, our women shouldn't be dominating the way they are. So in spite of little girls having to play with boys growing up because there weren't girls leagues (all my recreational teams until high school were co-ed), in spite of the absence of a strong (or even existent) women's domestic league, they are STILL putting together teams that can dominate on the international level. That's against the run of play as they say in England LoL. Because the alleged failures of the FA isn't hindering them from finding good players and literally establishing an assembly line of players that can come in every 4-8 years and achieve the same successful results as the generation before them. I'm not even mentioning the clearly defined formation and effective style of play, people can't handle it LoL. It's NOT gender specific because 10 years ago Germany remodeled their system to accomplish exactly what our women have done. Spain's been doing it, Japan's been doing it with the men AND women (World Cup 2011 winners I rest my case), Belgium is working on it. So I say, why look at these other countries when all we have to do is look next door? But we won't, because all I keep hearing is "they're women, it's not as tough for them, there's no pressure on them, our men are better than the women simply because they're stronger and faster" apparently. I'd take Alex Morgan or Abby Wambach over Jozy Altidore any day. Their individual numbers are the female equivalent of Wayne Rooney's in the men's game, but there's NOTHING we can learn from them because they're women?? Sorry, that's ridiculous to me and I'm a guy.

The irony is the ONLY potential candidate for USSF President who could do actual change is Eric Wynalda. And, uh, yeah, they've had issues. But everything he said is spot-on the truth.

They should have brought a goalie to the last game.

The arrogance of US soccer is all about money. Before the academy system we had ODP which produced the best American talent from Donovan to Dempsey and now the academy system, US soccer, and the cost to play for these teams are enormous. Soccer historically has been a poor-middle class sport throughout the world, but only in the US have we made it possible to charge $5,000 for an A License, 3-5,000 per year to play for an academy, requiring coaches throughout the US to get USSF licenses to coach an academy as if the NSCAA diplomas aren’t good enough.

On the comment made in the 20th second, starting the run on second 14; in regards to RSL Ruiz tackle on Miami Messi. The tackle is made from behind tripping Lio's right leg with his own left leg before even touching the ball and while he's pulling Messi's left shoulder. How can the commentator not see the foul? If the tackle is from behind and after the fact that Messi beat him and Ruiz recurred to the last resort to bringing down because Lio was about to create a dangerous play. How can the commentator be convinced that it was not a call worthy of a yellow card? I could probably understand this many years ago, when technology was not that advance, but good lord, they can review it just like us here, in slow motion.

Twellman on point! Only the best commentator on US soccer.

Hire Taylor as next manger