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re: inspired by the tiger woods athletic thread (soccer)
Posted on 5/14/09 at 10:24 pm to Stagg8
Posted on 5/14/09 at 10:24 pm to Stagg8
At this moment? no. You are right. My point is that it could've existed, but the players that were provided and chosen for development were don't by a "who you know" basis, rather than by good scouting and evaluation. This is the problem with the US team and has been for two decades.
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Posted on 5/14/09 at 10:24 pm to thenry712
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Are we assuming that our elite athletes would put be willing to put their pride and ego aside so that they could flop like a bunch of pussies in order for the US to be perennial WC contenders?
The MLS is only 13 years old, and still in the development stages. It's the fastest expanding league in America and soon will surpass NHL. With the popularity of the sport growing and the league building specific stadiums it will be a bastion of good athletes.
Posted on 5/14/09 at 10:26 pm to thenry712
thenry, I for one and happy to see the success of the MLS. They realized it would be a hard battle and a long investment, but its starting to pay dividends. I hope it results in the development of some of the better talent we have here in the states.
Posted on 5/14/09 at 10:26 pm to rockchlkjayhku11
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it's not exactly rocket science
OK, well, I don't see how it's possible, besides memorizing an entire quote from another person and typing it in, when you click post reply to a different person, which would be:
a) EXTREMELY difficult, and
b) pointless
Posted on 5/14/09 at 10:26 pm to GeauxBob
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TigerinAugustine, I think we'd be better, don't get me wrong. I just don't think it would make us top 3 to just take our best athletes, even if they were trained or soccer from childhood.
I think we'd be better served with better scouting by the national team. The stopping of this retarded nepotism and actually developing players that have potential. This is the problem. The great potential players in the US are overlooked for the good ole boys. The US has players that could be developed to be great.
Staggs, the US has a great love for the sport at the youth level, just not at the professional level. Again,the players you see in the MLS aren't the best in the US, just the ones that got into developmental leagues because of connections.
but the entire system would obviously be reworked if the vast majority of our elite athletes were gunning for the national team and we had a larger talent pool to choose from..not saying every elite fb or bb player would translate but even if 10-20 percent became very good in soccer would the developmental leagues not be retarded to start branching out...plus wouldn't there be ALOT more developmental leagues?
Posted on 5/14/09 at 10:27 pm to thenry712
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It's the fastest expanding league in America and soon will surpass NHL.
Disagree (though, I'm a fan of both leagues).
Posted on 5/14/09 at 10:27 pm to Buckeye Fan 19
you highlight it then click post reply bro.
extremely easy and the same as the other way to do it.
extremely easy and the same as the other way to do it.
Posted on 5/14/09 at 10:27 pm to GeauxBob
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This is the problem with the US team and has been for two decades.
Yeah, I don't know enough about the recruitment and development process to say for sure, but what I can say (and I don't think I'm too off base) is that I can't think of a single world power in soccer where the nation's #1 sport isn't soccer. To say that the U.S. could be a world power in soccer when it gets athletes that get picked over by basketball, football, and baseball may not be crazy, but it would make the U.S. the first country in the world to ever do so.
Posted on 5/14/09 at 10:28 pm to Buckeye Fan 19
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OK, well, I don't see how it's possible, besides memorizing an entire quote from another person and typing it in, when you click post reply to a different person, which would be
a) EXTREMELY difficult, and
b) pointless
are you serious, dude
This post was edited on 5/14/09 at 10:30 pm
Posted on 5/14/09 at 10:28 pm to St Augustine
I agree. I just don't think its a lack of potential players in the game. Just an effed up system. Development at an early age is key in soccer, and we have limited top notch development available, and what we do have is simply pay to play.
Posted on 5/14/09 at 10:29 pm to rocket31
yeah i really think he is.
Posted on 5/14/09 at 10:29 pm to rockchlkjayhku11
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you highlight it then click post reply bro.
extremely easy and the same as the other way to do it.
Just tried it (highlighted your post, then responded to me by clicking post reply, then quote) and it didn't work. Oh well, it's really not a big deal, I was just wondering, and AP Lang was easy, IMO.
This post was edited on 5/14/09 at 10:30 pm
Posted on 5/14/09 at 10:29 pm to rockchlkjayhku11
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OK, well, I don't see how it's possible, besides memorizing an entire quote from another person and typing it in, when you click post reply to a different person, which would be
lawlz
Posted on 5/14/09 at 10:30 pm to St Augustine
What MLS needs is an academy system to produce talent like European clubs. After MLS/academy we need to ship kids to Europe who will PLAY on top level teams.
Posted on 5/14/09 at 10:31 pm to NOLATiger86
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Just tried it (highlighted your post, then responded to me and clicked post reply, then quote) and it didn't work. Oh well, it's really not a big deal, I was just wondering, and AP Lang was easy, IMO.
ok i feel like you are doing something wrong, but ill take your word.
and yeah it was pretty straight. didn't have any issues with it and was probably the easiest ap test ive taken thus far.
Posted on 5/14/09 at 10:31 pm to Buckeye Fan 19
i thought you got frickin all As and shite. 
Posted on 5/14/09 at 10:33 pm to Stagg8
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what non-sport-specific way is Cristiano Ronaldo a better athlete than LeBron James?
I can guarantee that he is faster than Lebron. Deion Sanders, if he had grown up in England or Brazil could have been one of the best in the world at soccer. You have to understand that the pool of soccer players is so huge that the US population really pales in comparison.
Posted on 5/14/09 at 10:34 pm to glassman
that's what i was saying on the speed. i dont think they understand how fast that mother fricker is.
Posted on 5/14/09 at 10:34 pm to rocket31
I've never responded to a person while quoting a post from an entirely different person. If I ever just quote a statement, I just click post reply to the post with the sentence(s) I want to quote, highlight and click "quote". 
Posted on 5/14/09 at 10:36 pm to glassman
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Deion Sanders, if he had grown up in England or Brazil could have been one of the best in the world at soccer.
he was actually the inspiration for this thread
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