Women's Soccer USA

Coverage of women's soccer in the US. If it's not here...it's not important...

February 20, 2008

What is the USSF good for?

No other leading women's soccer country would consider having a foreigner in charge of the national team - such an occurrence has never been the strategy for Brazil, Sweden, Norway or Germany. Even countries such as England, France, Italy, Denmark will not permit it. This is a tactic used by the second tier nations who buy in expertise due to the lack of coaching quality in their own country.
In the US, there are around 315 D1 college coaches, and around 100 WPSL, W-League and elite club coaches.
Apparently Waldrum, Smith, Krikorian, DiCicco, Gabarra are not good enough to lead the US.
Now it seems that players from the Washington Freedom, arguably the best American club, are better off playing and training in Sweden.
If the coaching programs run by the USSF are of no value and produce no quality coaches, why do we need them?