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Vol423 said:
Then you should probably go back and re-read my two posts to which you responded. I said that in other countries the best atletes play soccer. In the U.S., the best athletes play a slew of other sports. That is the biggest reason that we don’t dominate the world in soccer.
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I don’t disagree that our best athletes are playing our main sports. I don’t think that’s the driving force behind us being inferior to other countries though. The difference between the US and other countries isn’t necessarily because of the level of the athletes, it’s more the influence of the game overall in that country. The teaching, the coaching, the academies, the competition.. all of it is miles ahead of what we have here. They invest in the sport. Having the best pure athletes doesn’t mean as much if they don’t have what they need from a training, competition, and coaching perspective to become the best at their sport.

From an athletic stand point, the top 20 or so players on the US men’s team all play in the top leagues in the world and they all fit right in from an athletic stand point. They are just as fast, agile and strong as their peers on their team and their league. Where they are behind is the mental and technical side of the game.
 
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Nash_Vol97 said:
I don’t disagree that our best athletes are playing our main sports. I don’t think that’s the driving force behind us being inferior to other countries though. The difference between the US and other countries isn’t necessarily because of the level of the athletes, it’s more the influence of the game overall in that country. The teaching, the coaching, the academies, the competition.. all of it is miles ahead of what we have here. They invest in the sport. Having the best pure athletes doesn’t mean as much if they don’t have what they need from a training, competition, and coaching perspective to become the best at their sport.

From an athletic stand point, the top 20 or so players on the US men’s team all play in the top leagues in the world and they all fit right in from an athletic stand point. They are just as fast, agile and strong as their peers on their team and their league. Where they are behind is the mental and technical side of the game.
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We already dominate like 4 sports. Baseball, basketball, hockey, and football. Hockey we stole. They can have soccer.
 
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Nash_Vol97 said:
I don’t disagree that our best athletes are playing our main sports. I don’t think that’s the driving force behind us being inferior to other countries though. The difference between the US and other countries isn’t necessarily because of the level of the athletes, it’s more the influence of the game overall in that country. The teaching, the coaching, the academies, the competition.. all of it is miles ahead of what we have here. They invest in the sport. Having the best pure athletes doesn’t mean as much if they don’t have what they need from a training, competition, and coaching perspective to become the best at their sport.

From an athletic stand point, the top 20 or so players on the US men’s team all play in the top leagues in the world and they all fit right in from an athletic stand point. They are just as fast, agile and strong as their peers on their team and their league. Where they are behind is the mental and technical side of the game.
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United States Soccer has come a long way from just 20 years ago..

London Donovan or Alexei Lalais wouldn't touch the field with these athletes now..
 
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Nash_Vol97 said:
I don’t disagree that our best athletes are playing our main sports. I don’t think that’s the driving force behind us being inferior to other countries though. The difference between the US and other countries isn’t necessarily because of the level of the athletes, it’s more the influence of the game overall in that country. The teaching, the coaching, the academies, the competition.. all of it is miles ahead of what we have here. They invest in the sport. Having the best pure athletes doesn’t mean as much if they don’t have what they need from a training, competition, and coaching perspective to become the best at their sport.

From an athletic stand point, the top 20 or so players on the US men’s team all play in the top leagues in the world and they all fit right in from an athletic stand point. They are just as fast, agile and strong as their peers on their team and their league. Where they are behind is the mental and technical side of the game.
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I agree with what you’re saying about the coaching, investment, etc., but you’re still ignoring the fact that fitting in athletically with other countries shouldn’t be the goal. If all the top athletes in the U.S. all trained in soccer their entire lives just like they do in other countries around the world, our team would be heads and shoulders above the other countries’ teams in terms of athleticism. We would be able to physically dominate. The only reason we don’t is that none of the best athletes in the U.S. are playing soccer. They do in other countries.
 
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