Thierry Henry, Clint Dempsey and Charlie Davies discussing perception of American players in Europe
Read that a few years ago. Now, I’ve only been following football since '07 which is around the time time Dempsey made his move to Fulham. He was a thrill to watch and I’d reckon he def helped change some opinions around US players at the time with the likes of Pulisic or McKennie continuing to this day.
But just curious for a discussion, how prevalent are the stereotypes of US players today? Is it simply just banter or are there still managers who just don’t rate US players all that much.
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I don’t think anyone really judges players based on their nationalities any more.
If there is a stereotype then I’d say it’s US goalkeepers can be very good, but we’ve yet to see anything other than a ‘decent’ outfield premier league level American.
There will be loads of nations where you could make similar comments about though. For example, if I think of Danes then again I can thing of a few good to great goalkeepers, but no amazing outfielders
Here’s a link for those like me that don’t want to give the assholes at Daily Mail any clicks: