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Jul 2, 2024
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Czar-castic
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soccer is more popular than hockey in the U.S.
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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
BigHouse Coug
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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