You have to deal with this bull**** all the time. Dempsey and Bradley both had to prove themselves everytime a new coach comes in, there is a definite anti-american bias.

http://www.espnfc.us/story/3133862/uss-perry-kitchen-set-to-leave-scottish-club-hearts-report

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You have to deal with this bull**** all the time. Dempsey and Bradley both had to prove themselves everytime a new coach comes in, there is a definite anti-american bias.

http://www.espnfc.us/story/3133862/uss-perry-kitchen-set-to-leave-scottish-club-hearts-report

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Perhaps the coach just thought the new guy was better? Players have to deal with that at all clubs when a coach leaves, not just in Europe

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"That's something for us, naturally he's not had a great time personally having not been in the side as often as any player would have liked but that's a personal thing," Cathro said. "These are things that happen as a team evolves, as a team grows and moves on. This is a natural thing and we all move forward. It's important that the [captain's] role is a more constant role and it's also important that we have a number of players who live their lives like that."

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This feels like some massive shade being thrown? Definitely an odd thing for a coach to say with a former captain departing; but, he's got every right to make his own mark.

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"That's something for us, naturally he's not had a great time personally having not been in the side as often as any player would have liked but that's a personal thing," Cathro said. "These are things that happen as a team evolves, as a team grows and moves on. This is a natural thing and we all move forward. It's important that the [captain's] role is a more constant role and it's also important that we have a number of players who live their lives like that."

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This feels like some massive shade being thrown? Definitely an odd thing for a coach to say with a former captain departing; but, he's got every right to make his own mark.

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Its not important.

I can't think of the last time an Arsenal captain started more than 5 games in a season

I'll just assume you haven't been following the game for long.

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I'll just assume you haven't been following the game for long.

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There are plenty of Americans playing at a high level in the European leagues. It's not a conspiracy, it's how talented you are and what the coach wants to do. Maybe the new coach had a new formation and Kitchen isn't as good in that? Maybe he simply didn't like him?

Who knows, but to say that Americans are unfairly treated in the European leagues is rubbish

As for length of time, I've watched soccer for about 15 years now, so while I probably don't have the history about Americans in Europe from the 90s I do follow along well enough to keep track of how they've done over the past few years

There may be anti-American bias...this doesn't prove it.

Was it anti-English bias when Giles Barnes was minimized after Coyle left and Barrett managed the Dynamo? He was captain too if I remember correctly. New managers bring inevitable, significant change. If they didn't, then they wouldn't have needed to be hired in the first place.

I think the Bundesliga begs to differ:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/football/2015/dec/23/why-german-soccer-wants-american-players