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    #31
    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
    Give it time. The culture in the USA is changing, and more and more kids will consider soccer their number one sport. My kid does and he doesn't care for football or basketball on TV. He was born here but I wasn't. South Florida is full of families like this...and we're gradually moving north.
    The rest of the country is not south FL. Outside of certain demographic pockets we're easily 2 decades away from soccer being a top sport

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      #32
      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
      The rest of the country is not south FL. Outside of certain demographic pockets we're easily 2 decades away from soccer being a top sport
      And that's only if the National Team makes noise. The only reason there was a big push and buzz these last few years is because of the last WC. If they keep it up with not qualifying for the Olympics and WCs then that interest will not be there for the kids.

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        #33
        no one said bigger stronger faster we are talking about athletic ! a kid playing soccer would not lift weights like if he was playing American football. A skilled american football player if started playing football at a young age with correct training would beat out most of the kids that play on your sons da team and travel teams.SORRY TO BURST YOUR BUBBLE SOCCER IS NOT THAT HARD OF A SPORT TO UNDERSTAND AND PLAY

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          #34
          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
          no one said bigger stronger faster we are talking about athletic ! a kid playing soccer would not lift weights like if he was playing American football. A skilled american football player if started playing football at a young age with correct training would beat out most of the kids that play on your sons da team and travel teams.SORRY TO BURST YOUR BUBBLE SOCCER IS NOT THAT HARD OF A SPORT TO UNDERSTAND AND PLAY
          Odell Beckham, Kobe Bryant, Chad Johnson - to name a few played soccer when young. Kobe eventually grew to big and found basketball was his passion, same with probably Chad. Odell said he chose to go football because he didn't see a future with soccer unless he moved overseas. You can't tell me that if Odell decided to continue to develop in soccer that he wouldn't be one of our top soccer players here in the US. Most of the running backs in the NFL or Point guards/Shooting Guards in the NBA would destroy the current products the US has for top soccer players if they would have devoted the time to soccer when young. They are just better athletes, period.

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            #35
            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
            And that's only if the National Team makes noise. The only reason there was a big push and buzz these last few years is because of the last WC. If they keep it up with not qualifying for the Olympics and WCs then that interest will not be there for the kids.
            That's definitely a set back to the sport's popularity outside of the soccer sphere. We'll lose lots of sponsorship and ad dollars as well.

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              #36
              Originally posted by unregistered View Post
              odell beckham, kobe bryant, chad johnson - to name a few played soccer when young. Kobe eventually grew to big and found basketball was his passion, same with probably chad. Odell said he chose to go football because he didn't see a future with soccer unless he moved overseas. You can't tell me that if odell decided to continue to develop in soccer that he wouldn't be one of our top soccer players here in the us. Most of the running backs in the nfl or point guards/shooting guards in the nba would destroy the current products the us has for top soccer players if they would have devoted the time to soccer when young. They are just better athletes, period.
              your are spot on

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                #37
                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                wrong an athlete is an athlete
                Dumb @$$ statement like this is the reason we will never succeed.

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                  #38
                  Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                  Give it time. The culture in the USA is changing, and more and more kids will consider soccer their number one sport. My kid does and he doesn't care for football or basketball on TV. He was born here but I wasn't. South Florida is full of families like this...and we're gradually moving north.
                  Another moron.

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                    #39
                    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                    Its not about finding athletes to play soccer. Its about finding good soccer players ... regardless of athletic performance. They have to be good soccer players to begin with. You want a team full of Pullisics' or a team full of Altidores'? Yeah, if Bo Jackson would have played soccer ... he would have been a fast soccer player, no doubt. BUT would he have been a great soccer player? Who knows...its ridiculous to infer that Bo Jackson would have been a Pele ... when he could have just been another Altidore. You have to be a good soccer player first ... a good athelete second.
                    Finding? Why does the U.S. always dream of finding something. The best soccer countries make great soccer players...

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                      #40
                      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                      Odell Beckham, Kobe Bryant, Chad Johnson - to name a few played soccer when young. Kobe eventually grew to big and found basketball was his passion, same with probably Chad. Odell said he chose to go football because he didn't see a future with soccer unless he moved overseas. You can't tell me that if Odell decided to continue to develop in soccer that he wouldn't be one of our top soccer players here in the US. Most of the running backs in the NFL or Point guards/Shooting Guards in the NBA would destroy the current products the US has for top soccer players if they would have devoted the time to soccer when young. They are just better athletes, period.
                      Yeah is that why Japan's Women are so good at soccer or why Iceland is improving so much? Wales, ranked far ahead of the U.S. in FIFA is full of better athletes than the U.S.? A small country like Portugal it's their athletes? Let me answer these questions for you, no, no, no, no, no, and nope.

                      Stop making silly excuses and work harder and train smarter.

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                        #41
                        Originally posted by unregistered View Post
                        yeah is that why japan's women are so good at soccer or why iceland is improving so much? Wales, ranked far ahead of the u.s. In fifa is full of better athletes than the u.s.? A small country like portugal it's their athletes? Let me answer these questions for you, no, no, no, no, no, and nope.

                        Stop making silly excuses and work harder and train smarter.
                        the fact is the best athletes in america do not play soccer past elementary school and middle school.watch the drop off at age u13 .

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                          #42
                          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                          Yeah is that why Japan's Women are so good at soccer or why Iceland is improving so much? Wales, ranked far ahead of the U.S. in FIFA is full of better athletes than the U.S.? A small country like Portugal it's their athletes? Let me answer these questions for you, no, no, no, no, no, and nope.

                          Stop making silly excuses and work harder and train smarter.
                          Nope you are correct, but being that the US is more athletic than every other country in the world, especially those that you mentioned, it's the reason why we DOMINATE every other sport in the world....just look at the Olympics, the US comes home with more medals than any other country for the most part. And that's over multiple sports.

                          So imagine if we take are top athletes and allowed them to develop in soccer, they would not only have the same soccer skills as the rest of the world but will also be bigger, stronger, faster than them. Seems like we would have a fair chance at that point.

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                            #43
                            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                            Odell Beckham, Kobe Bryant, Chad Johnson - to name a few played soccer when young. Kobe eventually grew to big and found basketball was his passion, same with probably Chad. Odell said he chose to go football because he didn't see a future with soccer unless he moved overseas. You can't tell me that if Odell decided to continue to develop in soccer that he wouldn't be one of our top soccer players here in the US. Most of the running backs in the NFL or Point guards/Shooting Guards in the NBA would destroy the current products the US has for top soccer players if they would have devoted the time to soccer when young. They are just better athletes, period.
                            Are the best athletes on the U.S. national team our best players? Jozy has always outplayed Landon and Clint, right? Pulisic is an up and coming player because of his his technical ability, decision making, and vision; athletic ability is seemingly a lessor contributor to his success.

                            But sure the best athletes is what's missing.

                            How many African countries are in the FIFA top 25, I would estimate they are more athletic than European, South American, and Asian teams?

                            You only need to be athletic enough, to be a world class soccer player technical and cognitive skills make the difference.

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                              #44
                              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                              Are the best athletes on the U.S. national team our best players? Jozy has always outplayed Landon and Clint, right? Pulisic is an up and coming player because of his his technical ability, decision making, and vision; athletic ability is seemingly a lessor contributor to his success.

                              But sure the best athletes is what's missing.

                              How many African countries are in the FIFA top 25, I would estimate they are more athletic than European, South American, and Asian teams?

                              You only need to be athletic enough, to be a world class soccer player technical and cognitive skills make the difference.
                              Got to find the players who have everything not just that one thing.

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                                #45
                                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                                Nope you are correct, but being that the US is more athletic than every other country in the world, especially those that you mentioned, it's the reason why we DOMINATE every other sport in the world....just look at the Olympics, the US comes home with more medals than any other country for the most part. And that's over multiple sports.

                                So imagine if we take are top athletes and allowed them to develop in soccer, they would not only have the same soccer skills as the rest of the world but will also be bigger, stronger, faster than them. Seems like we would have a fair chance at that point.
                                Other sports are not soccer, that is an invalid comparison. We already have more people playing soccer than any other nation, the pool (19million) is large enough to be world class and larger than the population of many countries ranked ahead of us in FIFA world rankings. Our teams are always cited as being very athletic, but for some reason those who don't really understand the sport claim we need more of that, if we only ran faster, jumped higher, and physically dominate the game we'd take over the sport. That's just not so.

                                And those athlete wouldn't have the same soccer kills as other countries, that's the problem, we don't develop physical and mental soccer skills to the level of Spain, Germany, etc. Look at the teams in our Hex, do you think Trinidad and Tabago beat the U.S. because Lebron and Steph were getting ready for the NBA. Nope.

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