Soccer = Skill and Technique (USA Needs to Understand This)

[nomoreneveragain]

We just saw Belgium's superior athletes absolutely dismantle our defense though.

Why are y'all so adamant about this 'skill makes up 99.9999999999% of the game' shyt? i seriously want to know

Because they have Technique to go with the Size.

Thats why they were considered darkhorses pre WC

 

[BLAZO da GAWD]

fundamentals and technical skill are what separate the elite from the rest in soccer.... not being the biggest,fastest,jumping the highest or the strongest.

THIS X 1000

 

[ThaRealness]

Because they have Technique to go with the Size.

Thats why they were considered darkhorses pre WC

 

[#1 pick]

In what sport does this guarantee success?

That's the most insulting thing about this. nikkas acting like soccer is some rubik's cube our elite athletes couldn't handle. Surely they'd have to learn to play the game.

This whole topic is a mix of confusion and fukkery. These nikkas don't know what they want to talk about or argue. Here is what we know. There is no guaranteed method for player development or everyone would be doing it. What we know is in America, our best athletes don't play soccer. That's what we know.

 

[Lewis Black]

That's skilled. If skill and technique are going to be mean the same thing in this convo on this site, we should avoid using the term and specify what we are talking about.

Also technique, zidane/pirlo/deco/ etc are renowned for their technique.

I agree on the second bit.

 

[Black Magisterialness]

Agreed but we will never know if those talents don't play the sport which is a main point of this damn thread.

We won't know if thats true till soccer truly comes to the hood and the lower middle class. Its not really a racial thing, but even Jurgen said it himself. Soccer is a sport of the underclass. Nations like Brazil, where literally every kid grows up playing it do well, because the sport is cultural. Its kinda like how baseball was for our parents generation. Outside of Clemente virtually ALL the best baseball players were American because it was America's game. It was in our culture. Football and Basketball is in our culture now and thus all the money, attention and talent will go there. Hell, the NBA and the NFL are the only sports i know of in the states where people make an event out of its Draft...

 

[nomoreneveragain]

We had Eddie Johnson, I swear he could run a sub 4.4 40yard dash but if you passed him the ball with a little pace or if he took one dribble he'd lose the ball.

 

[#1 pick]

fundamentals and technical skill are what separate the elite from the rest in soccer.... not being the biggest,fastest,jumping the highest or the strongest.

it's like you don't get that being a "great athlete" is not some universal thing that ensures greatness in other sports.... or that being bigger,stronger and faster= i'm better than you in every other sport

us Americans are fukking stupid when it comes to shyt like this, and that's why Asians ate our fukking food for years in the little league world series.

That's true but here's the shyt. Without the talent, you can do those things and all you will become is Norway

 

[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

fundamentals and technical skill are what separate the elite from the rest in soccer.... not being the biggest,fastest,jumping the highest or the strongest.

Fundamentals and technical skill are what seperate the best of these great athletes from other great athletes.

Those lesser skilled great athletes are still gonna stomp out the slower, weaker, less hops having fundamentally sound guys. Just like any other sport

 

[Trip]

We won't know if thats true till soccer truly comes to the hood and the lower middle class. Its not really a racial thing, but even Jurgen said it himself. Soccer is a sport of the underclass. Nations like Brazil, where literally every kid grows up playing it do well, because the sport is cultural. Its kinda like how baseball was for our parents generation. Outside of Clemente virtually ALL the best baseball players were American because it was America's game. It was in our culture. Football and Basketball is in our culture now and thus all the money, attention and talent will go there. Hell, the NBA and the NFL are the only sports i know of in the states where people make an event out of its Draft...

And soccer in the US is the sport of the lulu-lemon mom, orange slices and participation trophies.

 

[King Jove]

this is why i hope this world cup encourages them to take up this sport,

you know that won't happen.

soccer still has a negative reputation in the hood ("soft", "sport for fakkits", "boring", "for white people") ad unless something drastic happens it will stay that way

 

[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

This whole topic is a mix of confusion and fukkery. These nikkas don't know what they want to talk about or argue. Here is what we know. There is no guaranteed method for player development or everyone would be doing it. What we know is in America, our best athletes don't play soccer. That's what we know.

I also keep saying we'd dominate to incite the fukkery, which while I do believe it, I know is baseless/unprovable unless we actually took soccer seriously....but still.

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

Not disagreeing but personally it looked to me the US team had average athletes and below average skill. We're too p*ssy about soccer too. The snobs in this country cant take criticism....when in actuality the soccer has not gotten any better since 1994. Klinnsman is a start though imo. He had the right idea saying we had no chance.

We're reading article after article about how we showed heart and how we played hard. fukk that.

 

[The War Report]

Y'all act like athleticism is a saving grace in basketball.

 

[BLAZO da GAWD]

And soccer in the US is the sport of the lulu-lemon mom, orange slices and participation trophies.

You should get out more.