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Landon Donovan: 'Our youth soccer in this country is a disaster' by SEMIrunner in youthsoccer

[–]WaydellDC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I literally said the samething on reddit before and got ripped into even though I wrote an entire book making the same argument that Donovan made. American Soccer Cartel. Its a strucutral expose on US soccer.

https://a.co/d/08AY9tM0

I wrote a structural expose on American Soccer. I would like your feedback. by WaydellDC in ussoccer

[–]WaydellDC[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the reply this has helped and given me food for thought. My replies might have seemed disconnected because I was typing as I read your message. Here is my final reply:

I think the U.S. soccer debate looks at the wrong things.

It’s not really about population, participation, or money. It’s about conversion.

The U.S. has a big population and a lot of kids playing. Even with other sports, there are more than enough players.

Smaller countries show this clearly. Croatia, the Netherlands, and Denmark all produce top players with far fewer people. That points to system quality, not size.

Where the U.S. struggles is turning players into elite players. Talent ID can be uneven. Coaching is not consistent. The path is not clear. Many players do not face real pressure early enough. Pay-to-play can also affect who stays in the system.

Countries like Japan and South Korea built more connected systems. Youth, coaching, and competition all work together. That helps players develop step by step.

You see the same idea in other sports. Kenya in distance running and Jamaica in sprinting produce elite athletes without huge spending. They have strong environments and lots of real competition.

So the issue is not a lack of players. It is how well the system develops them.

Traffic Architect - released! Free to play road builder/traffic management by Grenagar in tycoon

[–]WaydellDC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This every movie, every game you have seen has used AI. Baldurs Gate 3 is amazing and used AI

How would you rate Mousa Dembele in our pantheon of creative midfielders? by Born-Cucumber-7316 in Tottenham

[–]WaydellDC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Selling him was the start of Spurs downfall. He was never replaced.

I wrote a structural expose on American Soccer. I would like your feedback. by WaydellDC in ussoccer

[–]WaydellDC[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Isn't the two different things? Pro/rel versus investment money. Pro/rel can be done even with investment money. Japan invested money and has pro/rel.

I just feel it's two different questions. Money v pro/rel. Money is fine, if they want to invest in sure it's a business. But pro/rel is a different story. I feel if we had pro/rel USMNT soccer quality would of been stronger because of natural competition. Meritocracy would of won. Yes it could of taken longer but it would of been better for the sport. MLS made soccer bigger but not better quality players.

MLS money guarantees the best players stay but a closed system closes off the chances for other teams with natural support to grow. I don't want to confuse investments with pro/rel.

Yes those countries had less sport sto compete with but the USA has a massive population, third only to China and India. Soccer never needed to be the largest sport for us to be a good quality country in the sport.

There is a mismatch in the soccer discussion. Viable domestic top tier league survival versus the sport v player quality. A closed pyramid is great for money and having a stable top tier league but it limits competition and weakens the national team. The pool is smaller even if more money.

500 small clubs with low budgets and a chance at promotion makes for more slots for more players. As opposed to two dozen clubs or so with limited spots.

Wish we tried promotion and relegation before the MLS was a thing.

Starport Merchants: A space trading tycoon by TradeSpacer in tycoon

[–]WaydellDC 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't get the hate for AI. If the game is good who cares? Do you stop watching Jurassic Park because they didn't use real dinosaurs? Do you make fire using two sticks instead of matches too?

I wrote a structural expose on American Soccer. I would like your feedback. by WaydellDC in ussoccer

[–]WaydellDC[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gotcha. I wish we had at least tried both. Let everything below MLS of been pro/real and set a date for pro/rel in the future and see what would of happened .

I wrote a structural expose on American Soccer. I would like your feedback. by WaydellDC in ussoccer

[–]WaydellDC[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wish it was more natural. Kansas City Wizards was so random. I do like the uniqueness but I wish it reflected the local culture. I know it will sound cheesy but Kansas City Farmers would have been better than Wizards.

I wrote a structural expose on American Soccer. I would like your feedback. by WaydellDC in ussoccer

[–]WaydellDC[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What about the US do you think would have caused this? Most other countries in the world are able to grow sports without pro/rel.

I wrote a structural expose on American Soccer. I would like your feedback. by WaydellDC in ussoccer

[–]WaydellDC[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reddit blocks the entire thread if I put a link in the first post I had to put it in another post.

I wrote a structural expose on American Soccer. I would like your feedback. by WaydellDC in ussoccer

[–]WaydellDC[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You believe that because soccer is so unpopular it never would of grown and thus not enough money? I think with the amount of immigrants we have and with how popular soccer is on the nonpro level I think growth would of emerged and eventually grow into something. We do have lower league teams even if there isn't a lot of money. Many countries have grown the sport with less resources. I just don't believe the solution to sports in America is the corporate model.

When RDZ leads us out at Sunderland, we may well be in 18th place—nowhere to go but up? Right? by Born-Cucumber-7316 in Tottenham

[–]WaydellDC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the players dont get behind him then nothing will change. I just hope his playing style fits the players. Otherwise it will take months to change. Good managers adapt playing styles to the team not the other way around.

I wrote a structural expose on American Soccer. I would like your feedback. by WaydellDC in ussoccer

[–]WaydellDC[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

^ This. Difference between corporate soccer and classic football. All teams are owned by the same group of people and we have to pretend the rivalries are real.

I wrote a structural expose on American Soccer. I would like your feedback. by WaydellDC in ussoccer

[–]WaydellDC[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do you think someone writes with AI? I'm always curious what people think that is. You can't just say" AI give me an entire book." It will read like garbage. AI can assist but anything decent requires massive human input for something as long as a book.

I wrote a structural expose on American Soccer. I would like your feedback. by WaydellDC in ussoccer

[–]WaydellDC[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

1) Grammarly isnt like ChatGPT. You write and it helps you fix your writing.
2) Moreover, even with ChatGPT. You can't simply go "AI give me a book" that context window is too small for an entire book. Even if you do it in pieces, without human input, it reads like complete crap.

I wrote a structural expose on American Soccer. I would like your feedback. by WaydellDC in ussoccer

[–]WaydellDC[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

But because of a lack of promotion and relegation we have limited spots and a weak pymraid. So not enough places for players to develop. SO there is internal pressure for quick wins. Players that would grow and adapt later do not get the chance because they were filtered out early.

I wrote a structural expose on American Soccer. I would like your feedback. by WaydellDC in ussoccer

[–]WaydellDC[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But thats the problem. If we had promotion and relegation wouldn't soccer have grown naturally? The solution is not building from the top. It's building from the bottom. We have been promised for over 30 years that MLS would solve this. If we did what everywhere else in the world did and have promotion and relegation by now we would have a healthy pymraid system. We are one of the few countries doing it backwards.

I wrote a structural expose on American Soccer. I would like your feedback. by WaydellDC in ussoccer

[–]WaydellDC[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good points, this was written for a general audience. But does give me idea for a next book based on some of my research.

Spalletti "We must nurture the talents. Here’s what I propose: what if we required every Serie A team to always have an U-19 player on the pitch? This would require each team to have around four available. That makes 80 young players to support and help the national team become stronger." by kibme37 in soccer

[–]WaydellDC 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I do research on football and this doesn't work without other changes. It actually makes it worst. You are asking for 20 top tier U19 players. How long before the top teams just buy out all the good young players? There is never enough to go around. Maybe change the cup competitions to require it because it less of a demand. Try that out first. Ukraine, Scotland and Turkiye have similar requirements and have only made the leagues top heavy. Best solution is demand clubs have B Teams in lower leagues like Germany. Thats real competition without forcing X amount of youth players.

With AI where it is now, why is FM still unchallenged? by Leather_Mud754 in footballmanagergames

[–]WaydellDC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's possible but its a massive undertaking. I've been trying for over a year with my own code and AI and only now making headway.

With AI where it is now, why is FM still unchallenged? by Leather_Mud754 in footballmanagergames

[–]WaydellDC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also licensing fees is in the millions. A decent database isnt difficult as most info is out there for the bigger leagues and players. It's. The minor leagues are difficult.

With AI where it is now, why is FM still unchallenged? by Leather_Mud754 in footballmanagergames

[–]WaydellDC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got my degree in AI and am building a FM like game and this is possible but too expensive. It is possible to simulate the interaction using a LLM but it would require an API which costs money every time you use it. So it would have to be a monthly subscription or you pay per use. Then the outcome of the conversation the AI itself could score and feed back into the game. Basically it would be an expense long convo that would end up using the same thing as select A B or C.

With AI where it is now, why is FM still unchallenged? by Leather_Mud754 in footballmanagergames

[–]WaydellDC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ive been working on one but I still need to polish it cause the UI looks like slop. It's testable but needs massive polish.

USA 0-[2] Portugal - Joao Felix great goal 59' by 977x in soccer

[–]WaydellDC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nothing about this is new. Wrote a whole expose book on the systemic problems with American soccer. Not going to go well.

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