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Jul 2, 2024
6:44:07pm

pilot17 Contributor

This is a way better argument than OP.

If a LB played soccer he simply wouldn’t last on the field. There’s a reason most guys maintain such low body fat percentage. The three best soccer players of all time (Messi, Maradona, and Pele) were all short.

You don’t have to be an excellent athlete to be great. It helps but the us is lacking technical development.

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Honest question: Would the USA contend on a world stage if...

DansmithUVU

Jul 2, 2:38pm

Yes. Maybe a bit above France, Brazil, and England.

vagabonder

Jul 2, 2:42pm

Some of our shorter BB guys would have been better at soccer than BB.

DubuMfalme

Jul 2, 2:44pm

This is a way better argument than OP.

pilot17

Jul 2, 6:44pm

I don't really buy the "our best athletes don't play soccer" argument

Senora Featherbottom

Jul 2, 2:44pm

Yes, it’s not that the current tall WR and basketball players would be good at

babycarrot

Jul 2, 2:50pm

It's not a coincidence that our best player (Pulisic) has been playing in Europe

Lord Jim

Jul 2, 2:44pm

It's because he got/gets better coaching in Europe than he does/did in the US. Our coaching talent is abysmal.

Spiff

Jul 2, 3:32pm

When I served my mission, the folks from Australia and New Zealand were always

homegrown

Jul 2, 2:45pm

We’d be as competitive as all the other powerhouses are. I don’t think we’d be

babycarrot

Jul 2, 2:45pm

We have over 300M people

Carnac

Jul 2, 2:48pm

I agree, the "thin population" argument seems silly when you have Uruguay

Mitty

Jul 2, 5:07pm

No. The problem is not our athletes. It is our understanding of the game.

YSMACK

Jul 2, 2:50pm

I agree completely with this.

Senora Featherbottom

Jul 2, 2:52pm

It’s just culture. Football and basketball eat up so much of the player pool.

babycarrot

Jul 2, 3:05pm

5'6" 140 lb Messi would kill it in the NBA/NFL. Too bad soccer was more popular

Mr. Scoobs

Jul 2, 3:13pm

And the problem is the way you win in US soccer is to out-athlete the

Odysseus

Jul 2, 3:20pm

If soccer drew the same amount of attention and resources that the big three

shoganai

Jul 2, 2:52pm

No... youth soccer in our country is built by parents who can afford travel

Avery

Jul 2, 2:55pm

No.. unless we threw resources at it. If anything the abundance of athletes

cougfanz

Jul 2, 3:05pm

soccer is more popular than hockey in the U.S.

Czar-castic

Jul 2, 3:09pm

We should already be better than we are now with the guys we have on the team

Jul 2, 3:27pm

I'm convinced our biggest issue is coaching across all levels of US Soccer. We don't have enough quality coaches.

Spiff

Jul 2, 3:31pm

100% this. And there's really no solution other than time and patience.

shoganai

Jul 2, 3:37pm

Yes

JuicyJam

Jul 2, 3:33pm

I'm convinced it is mostly a cultural thing. Kids do not live and breath

diluigifan

Jul 2, 3:44pm

I see this every time I'm in Brasil.

DubuMfalme

Jul 2, 7:30pm

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