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re: Why Can't the United States Assemble a Championship Soccer Team?
Posted on 2/2/13 at 2:13 pm to LSUSOBEAST1
Posted on 2/2/13 at 2:13 pm to LSUSOBEAST1
Xavi
Iniesta
Cazorla
Mata
Puyol
Lahm
Berbatov
These guys aren't exceptionally gifted athletes. They're certainly well conditioned to play a certain style of football, but I'm not taking Xavi in a foot race against Danny Williams.
In comparison to these guys, Michael Bradley looks like a superhuman athlete. Bradley is perpetually one of the leaders in distance covered in whatever competition he plays. Landon Donovan's speed isn't on par with someone like Adrian Peterson, but it does force international quality defenders to change tactics.
We have some of the best raw athletes in world football, outside of England, Germany, Brazil and West Africa. We just lack in technically gifted athletic players.
Iniesta
Cazorla
Mata
Puyol
Lahm
Berbatov
These guys aren't exceptionally gifted athletes. They're certainly well conditioned to play a certain style of football, but I'm not taking Xavi in a foot race against Danny Williams.
In comparison to these guys, Michael Bradley looks like a superhuman athlete. Bradley is perpetually one of the leaders in distance covered in whatever competition he plays. Landon Donovan's speed isn't on par with someone like Adrian Peterson, but it does force international quality defenders to change tactics.
We have some of the best raw athletes in world football, outside of England, Germany, Brazil and West Africa. We just lack in technically gifted athletic players.
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Posted on 2/2/13 at 3:05 pm to thenry712
That list goes on and on. Like I said, there is a reason there are only a small handful of Cristiano's, Zlatan's, Eto'o's, etc.. Athleticism only gets you so far, and in plenty of cases, it hinders development.
This post was edited on 2/2/13 at 3:06 pm
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