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National Teams Who No Longer Are Good
Topic Started: Nov 1 2011, 10:36 AM (391 Views)
vince stravino
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The ability for the National Federations to be organized and have developmental plans is essential for international success. Few are better at this than Germany, Spain, Holland and Italy in Europe. Argentina and Brazil are the best in South America. Japan South Korea and Australia are the standards in Asia.

For teams like Scotland and Hungry, they have to have a better national organizations. China and India, with their huge population advantages would emerge if they had the resources put in the right places, but they continue to flounder.

The WC 1994 forced the USSF into a position where they had to develop cohesion and planning. This is the only way we caught Mexico and started MLS.

Even small countries (Uruguay, Holland, T&T) have demonstrated that with money and planning, real significant strides can be made in maintaining excellence. T&T has fallen now, but this is a direct result of corruption.

From my own experiences in starting a national federation, it is easy to see how important a strong, committed governing body with qualified coaching can affect a National program.
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Martin
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From my own experiences in starting a national federation, it is easy to see how important a strong, committed governing body with qualified coaching can affect a National program.


An excellent point Vince and your special insight is much appreciated. This lack of planning is why so many African national teams run into trouble as their federations are too chaotic to properly prepare for big international events. Look at this past week where Cameroon had to cancel a friendly against Algeria because its players refused to play due to unpaid bonuses from past national team duty. Then you add how they are constantly changing national team coaches and you can see why they so often fail to live up to expectations.
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