I agree with the cronyism that everyone always mentions, but to me it’s a bad excuse. Look at the Argentine federation. They are about as corrupt as there is, yet they don’t miss the World Cup. The cronyism doesn’t help, but plenty of federations are corrupt. The Mexican federation is plenty corrupt and their National Team has been beating ours a lot recently.
At the end of the day, it comes down to players and I think it’s missing the larger point when people act like we are where we are because the federation is corrupt. A lot of the loudest voices on twitter have brainwashed people into thinking it’s cronyism, meanwhile they take part and direct commentary in certain directions due to their own cronyism. It’s quite funny and pathetic, but I don’t like the discussion because it’s a distraction about the real issue. It’s a way that certain people can avoid a blow to their pride that our players aren’t good enough.
The federation doesn’t make Roldan a mediocre player or Ream a mediocre player. Yes, we can complain at the margins about squad selection, coaching, but it misses the larger point. We might not have these results if the federation was well run, but if we came up against a good team and were using these caliber of players, we’d get the floor wiped with us.
