Why did US Soccer shut down the Development Academy? What happened to Mario Götze? Why could no-one stop Arjen Robben?
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🗓️ 17 April 2020
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
It's a listener question special! Here are the timestamps and questions:
2:40 — Why did US Soccer shut down the Development Academy? What does it mean for soccer in America? Is this a good thing or bad thing or somewhere in the middle?
24:25 — What has gone wrong with Mario Götze's career?
32:30 — What would it take for Borussia Dortmund to Bundesliga title favorites?
36:20 — Why doesn't Berlin have a dominant team despite being the largest city?
39:40 — If you could drop 3 current USMNT players into the same squad in a top 5 European league, who would you choose and where would you play them?
51:30 — Why could no one stop Arjen Robben from doing the one thing he was famous for?
Here's a clip of Robben scoring the same goal, many times: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoZ4jhE_FVw&
59:55 — What characters or combination of characters from your favorite TV shows are you two most closely aligned with?
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| 1:04.5 | Hello, I'm joined by a man who's fully developed. His name is Taylor Rockwell. Hello. I don't even know how to yes and of that one. I mean, thank you, |
| 1:12.1 | I guess, is what I'll go with. It means if we're going to take it negatively, it means you're not going to get any better at soccer. Oh, okay. So my potential is my current level. That's what you're telling me? Yeah, whatever your FIFA number is right now, it's not going up. that's a bummer but i mean also accurate since i'm 35 yes we're both in that zone right where things can |
| 1:13.0 | the best we can do is maintain. Yep. Well, it's funny and it's also a little bit sad. It is. Well, hopefully we can get back to playing at some point before we really drop off the cliff, right? I mean, that would be ideal. I went for a bike ride today, and I'll just say, my fitness levels, not what they were before the pandemic. Oh, I mean, Taylor, mine were just coming back, right? You know, I just got back to playing. After almost a year out, I played my first two games, and then the pandemic. It's almost like the pandemic was designed to stop my soccer career |
| 2:01.0 | i mean it feels like it was that's probably why it was deliberately designed we know now it was |
| 2:05.9 | intentionally spread so that darrell would not be able to play soccer along the timeline that he |
| 2:09.4 | wanted so it is a carol soccer conspiracy it is uh helpfully been timed so that my leg was |
| 2:16.4 | able to heal do you remember when i only had like half the skin on my leg I was supposed to? |
| 2:19.8 | Yes. |
| 2:20.7 | Oh, you're the Harry Kane of Virginia Adult Soccer League. |
| 2:25.2 | Exactly, exactly. |
| 2:27.4 | All right, Taylor, we are not here today to talk about the Central Virginia Soccer Association. |
| 2:31.4 | Me and my big head. |
| 2:33.1 | We are here to talk listener questions. |
| 2:36.2 | We have, I want to say four, five, six. |
| 2:38.7 | It's a little complicated because one of them is a three-parter. |
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