Taylor Twellman made headlines at the beginning of the MLS season for highlighting the decreasing number of American-born starters from 2014-17. “That is a concerning trend when you look at opening day starters. Cause expansion is not going anywhere. So for the next 5-7 years if that trend continues, we are gonna look at 2022 [World Cup], the American starters being less than 33%,” said Twellman. He was very concerned about the effect on the USMNT, and U.S. Soccer’s response. He cited England as an example of a strong domestic league, but a struggling national team. However, in my research, I found that there is no statistical backing to his claims.
USMNT Mythbusters: American MLS starters doesn’t correlate to national team success
