“I still think that with all the players that we have in this country, we could play great football. Not good – great football.” - Hugo Perez
Hugo Perez spoke with Charles Boehm of FourFourTwo about U.S. Soccer development. As one of the best technical players in USMNT history and a former U15 youth national team coach, Perez knows more than most about the capabilities of the American player. Sadly, there are not enough people in influential positions in U.S. Soccer who think like Hugo Perez.
Far too often, the mentality within U.S. soccer at the federation and club level is that the players are not good enough to play good soccer.