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

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Jul 2, 2024
3:13:51pm

Mr. Scoobs All-American

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

in Argentina

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Mr. Scoobs

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Time

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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