If The U.S. Focused On Soccer, It Would Be A Wrap

[10InchesTallBasket]

Brazilian hoodrats from the futsal courts in the favelas would nutmeg and dominate the hell out of pre-injury Rose, Peterson, Westbrook and Lebron.

 

[Bernie Madoff]

Eh, Westrbook is 6'3" 190lbs, he's smaller than Zlatan and not much bigger than Pogba, his body type is an outlier but he's not something so far out of left field for a footballer.




"running" is a skill, didn't you know?

One thing I didn't understand watching these copa games was how slow the USA was...

I understand we aren't going to be as talented as Argentina, but how can a guy dribbling the soccer ball be twice as fast as anyone we have playing D?

Couldn't believe how slow this team is.

 

[King Jove]

Why do soccer fans always act like soccer players are RUNNING all game long? They are not all running the entire game. There are plenty of similar style stoppages like they have in in the NFL, such as setting up for set pieces, throw ins, and laying on the ground for two minutes at a time. They are not running the entire game. I didn't mention Peterson originally, but the argument about endurance is always laughable.

NFL wide receivers and cornerbacks run on average 1.25 miles per game while soccer players run around 7 miles per match.

Which sports run the most? Stats show who burns the most shoe leather

 

[Malta]

The endurance argument you are trying to make seems to completely ignore that NFL players (I'll focus on strictly NFL players here) are not only running and sprinting, but they are running itto 250+ and 300+ pound behemoths almost every single play. That takes a toll on your body.

I'm not making the argument that there is more running involved in the NFL either. That is not what I am saying.

The NFL is a sprint based league, these dudes run full speed for a play then come out for Oxygen. Yes they run into people, but without that muscle mass Peterson wouldn't be the athlete you're talking about capable of "Shrugging poverty ballers" off of him.

The more muscle mass you have, the more oxygen you need to get into your body, it's not rocket science bruh. If Peterson played football he wouldn't be the dude you're talking about because he wouldn't be 220lbs, he'd be leaner and much smaller.

 

[PLKbanks14]

The US likes to put on the front that it cares about education, which is why it'll never happen. I mean, imagine how much better the NBA players would be if kids were being plucked out of school at 9-12 and developed by pro teams themselves.

The level of play would be absolutely insane if they ever implemented that in the US. These academies have their players train 3x a day, have personal nutrionist and chefs, and personal trainers. And their receiving a way better education since they have a much smaller class size and their own tutors. It's beyond stupid why they're not doing it here.

 

[Taco]

Peterson would shrug these poverty ball defenders right off of him.. Let NFL and NBA athletic specimens train for soccer and they would smoke the rest of the world. You act like Peterson is clumsy. We're not talking about Jamies Winston here..

There's one thing that football and basketball don't have which is offsides. There are things called offsides traps and highlines that prevent the fastest of players from scoring on fast breaks. Yedlin on USA is probably one of the fastest players in the world and by your logic should be able to smoke the rest of the world, but that's not the case.

 

[Malta]

One thing I didn't understand watching these copa games was how slow the USA was...

I understand we aren't going to be as talented as Argentina, but how can a guy dribbling the soccer ball be twice as fast as anyone we have playing D?

Couldn't believe how slow this team is.

Yeah, the US is slow as shyt too many white dudes, we'd be better if better athletes played but still wouldn't produce a world class striker without the proper pipeline in place.

I mean look at this shyt -



The US has never had anyone with a world class first touch, and probably never will as long as we still use the current structure.

 

[Loose]

Not soccer but we could dominate track if we wanted too

 

[The American]

Not soccer but we could dominate track if we wanted too

Nah b, too much competition.

OP is an idiot. There are too many dumb cacs here for any success. LeBron would be average at footy. So would Westbrook. Just because you're good at one sport doesn't mean you'd be good at others.

However, if Africa focused on association football, it would be a wrap. Ghana destroys the cacs every World Cup. Ivory Coast would win it all too if they gave more of a shyt. Support African football, then you'll see dominance. OP is white.

 

[Jermio]

nikkas don't understand how much soccer is skill dependent, even beyond the other major sports (besides maybe tennis). Hakeem can start playing basketball at age 18 or some shyt and become a Hall-of-Famer with GOAT center footwork, etc. but you simply can't do that in soccer/tennis.

 

[THEANGEL&THEGAMBLER]

Even for a country that loves the game the like England its not a wrap

Even for teams like Brazil and Argentina that produce lots of talent its not a wrap

Its not as simple as just focusing on it

 

[mastermind]

One thing I didn't understand watching these copa games was how slow the USA was...

I understand we aren't going to be as talented as Argentina, but how can a guy dribbling the soccer ball be twice as fast as anyone we have playing D?

Couldn't believe how slow this team is.

The US players aren't slower than the Argies

They have better ball control and thus can move faster with the ball. Elfrid Payton is the fastest player in the NBA yet John Wall is faster than everyone with the ball. Kyrie is quicker than everyone over short distances with the ball.

 

[desjardins]

I said this in 1998 and shyt still ain't show any evidence of becoming true.
I think soccer is more than just throwing some athletes out there. African countries stay getting ran by some euro team of cacs, biracial nikkas , and colonial c00ns
Futbol would have to become Americas top sport (never happening) for the right amount of development programs to gain interest across the country
THEN we'd probably have to wait two generations for shyt to pop

 

[Insun Park]

This. There's still a lot of academies in the us but they're no where near as organized as the academies in Europe.

I used to play academy soccer and one day we had a scrimmage against an unknown academy team from Sweden, and we got fukking washed. The discipline and skill they had was incredible. The US really need to invest in those type of programs where the kids live and go to school in the academy

Soccer isn't even the number one sport in Sweden

 

[010101]

if the best athletes in the world were given the best training they'd be the best players duhderpderpderp
america only really cares for american sports doe

but yeah i don't really see it changing

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