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re: Seems like soccer isn't going to take over from the NFL in the USA any time soon
Posted on 6/16/18 at 3:48 pm to IgotKINGfisherSpeed
Posted on 6/16/18 at 3:48 pm to IgotKINGfisherSpeed
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Our BEST athletes are not picking up soccer at an early age.
Everyone points to this, and it's certainly a component of it.
But soccer is more of a head game, and less of an athletic game than people give it credit for.
I've seen guys with beer guts and knee braces make athletic guys looks incompetent because they could see things that the others couldn't.
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Posted on 6/16/18 at 3:51 pm to IgotKINGfisherSpeed
Joey Altidore was never that great of an athlete and he was an even worse soccer player.
Posted on 6/16/18 at 4:07 pm to tduecen
The recent big money signings have gone toward signings like Barco, Almiron, Kaku, Rossi, etc. Guys that are younger than 25.
This is MLS 3.0.
This is MLS 3.0.
This post was edited on 6/16/18 at 4:18 pm
Posted on 6/16/18 at 5:45 pm to RedRifle
Most of you guys bitch about the NFL and never going to watch it again. Why you bothered if real football takes it over? You should be happy.
Posted on 6/16/18 at 6:52 pm to IgotKINGfisherSpeed
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imagine Allen Iverson or Deion Sanders playing and loving soccer from an early age. The results would be different.
what makes you think these guys playing soccer wouldve made them better technically than any player we've ever had?
they wouldve just been more athletic versions of the players we have already had
they wouldve spent their whole lives playing forward and just running past defenders and never had to rely on technical skills. so when they hit the national team they wouldve been underdeveloped
This post was edited on 6/16/18 at 6:54 pm
Posted on 6/16/18 at 7:01 pm to sgallo3
Well yeah, if you don't have the development at a young age like the clubs do in Europe it won't make any difference. If, however, you had bigger, stronger, faster guys training from an early age it would make a huge difference. Enough to compete with the big boys. But until the clubs in America reach that level, it's still a long ways off.
Posted on 6/16/18 at 7:11 pm to EarlyCuyler3
We DO have the bigger stronger faster guys almost 100% of the time. People aren’t really understanding that.
Posted on 6/16/18 at 7:13 pm to thesoccerfanjax
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We DO have the bigger stronger faster guys almost 100% of the time. People aren’t really understanding that.
Kyle Korver would be our best athlete if he stepped on the field
Posted on 6/16/18 at 7:15 pm to MF Doom
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Kyle Korver would be our best athlete if he stepped on the field
Posted on 6/16/18 at 7:15 pm to MF Doom
Not likely.
In all likelihood he is too tall to be of much use at soccer though, even with life long training.
In all likelihood he is too tall to be of much use at soccer though, even with life long training.
This post was edited on 6/16/18 at 7:16 pm
Posted on 6/16/18 at 7:16 pm to thesoccerfanjax
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In all likelihood he is too tall to be of much use at soccer though
Peter Crouch will have a word with you now.
Posted on 6/16/18 at 7:18 pm to BlackCoffeeKid
Yes but he was good in spite of his extreme height not because of it. He was also horribly unathletic. One of my favorites though.
Posted on 6/16/18 at 7:30 pm to thesoccerfanjax
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all likelihood he is too tall to be of much use at soccer though, even with life long training.
Okay fine
Jacob hester would be our best athlete if he stepped on the field
Posted on 6/16/18 at 7:34 pm to MF Doom
quote:And?
Jacob hester would be our best athlete if he stepped on the field
Posted on 6/16/18 at 7:37 pm to MF Doom
Maybe. What does that have to do with being good at soccer?
Posted on 6/16/18 at 7:39 pm to RedRifle
90% of Americans probably couldn't name more than 10 international soccer stars
Posted on 6/16/18 at 7:39 pm to thesoccerfanjax
Yeah. Doesn't mean shite if he has the first touch of Gyasi Zardes.
Posted on 6/16/18 at 7:58 pm to gthog61
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90% of Americans probably couldn't name more than 10 international soccer stars
I couldn't name 1 or 2 of them
Posted on 6/16/18 at 8:31 pm to Jones
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I didn't even know it started
Shocker. 80000 posts and too stupid to recognize the inevitable.
Posted on 6/16/18 at 9:21 pm to MF Doom
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Jacob hester would be our best athlete if he stepped on the field
Jozy Altidore would beat the shite out of Jacob Hester... Hell, Jacob has told me that personally.
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