Bruce Arena, former manager of the United States, believes that the national team should look inward instead of attempting to mimic European culture.
The USMNT is managed by German Jurgen Klinsmann and he's brought many foreign-born footballers who have an American parent onto the squad.
“I believe an American should be coaching the national team,” says Arena. “I think the majority of the national team should come out of Major League Soccer. The people that run our governing body think we need to copy what everyone else does, when in reality, our solutions will ultimately come from our culture.
“Come on,” he says. “We can’t copy what Brazil does or Germany does or England does. When we get it right, it’s going to be because the solutions are right here. We have the best sports facilities in the world. Why can’t we trust in that?”