re: Why Can't the United States Assemble a Championship Soccer Team?

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Of course it would. If soccer were THE sport here, as it is in basically every country in the world (countries that matter at least), all of our sporting resources (including better teaching/coaching, better fans, better facilities/infrastructure, everything) would be dedicated to it.

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This is a huge hypothetical. We still need to learn how to develop technically gifted players if we want to succeed on the world stage. Does Spain have the best athletes in the world? Hell no. But they do have the best soccer team in the world. Why you ask? Because of technical ability and the fact that their coaches know wtf they are doing. Ours do not. Even with additional resources, our talent development is really holding us back. The interest is there, and with a population of 315 million+, even with more attention paid to football and basketball, we have a sizeable (and athletic) population that is definitely interested in the game. We are getting better, but again, it will take time. Changing your youth development program has long term goals with little improvement in the short term.