Morocco is now hammering the US, 3-0. Morocco's 1st goal came from a PK on a very questionable call but not questionable enough for VAR to over rule it. US had a lot of chances but lacked that clinical finishing quality. Wide and over the bar on a lot of shots. And Morocco is exposing Zimmerman for being old and slow. Goals 2 and 3 come as a result of the US pressing to find a goal and leaving Zimmerman exposed in the back. Morocco is very good but not unbeatable by any stretch. We've discussed this in other threads but the US model of player development at the youth stages, because it is so focused on winning vs actual player development, really shows up in high level international matches...because those big fast players that dominate ECNL or other high level youth competitions, no longer are able to dominate against better technical players who are just as fast.
This continues to happen and yet USSF doesn't insist on anything at the youth levels in terms of development...like not keeping score at U10 and below games. Literally, the scores in those games mean nothing.