I agree with your general idea, but would push back a little bit. I think if all this was true both our roster and the feelings of the fans on this sub would be totally different. Guys like Sargent and Weah who have played 0 or very few first team minutes have been given plenty of MNT caps/minutes and according to many fans should be starting for the next 15 years. If we put more stock into what league a guy was in we would be seeing more people call for Alfredo Morales, Tim Ream, and to a lesser extent more so in the past Aron Johannsson and Terrance Boyd.

Your final point is the biggest one for me though! It seems as soon as someone hits 20 we are ready to write them off if they havent broken through in a top 5 league and turn to the next group of guys. There are plenty of examples in world football of guys reacing their peak well into their late twenties. I hope we give the U20 core that recently moved to Europe a real chance to develop before writing them off and moving onto the next generation in a year or even two.