Fansided · Apr 28, 2020
USMNT: Importance of playing the numbers with youth development
The USMNT are developing more prospective starters than ever before. They are playing the numbers game with youth development, and that is vital.
On Monday, mlssoccer.com’s Matt Doyle unleashed a massive piece on the best prospects and players from the many youth U.S. Men’s National Teams, stretching all the way back to 1995 and Tim Howard.
The piece is an excellent read, charting the ebbs and flows, highs and lows, moments of promise and pain of the USYNT throughout the years, but there is one common theme that is increasingly noticeable in the more recent years: the importance of playing the numbers.
Doyle himself highlights this in the conclusion of his piece: