re: Could a high school boys soccer team beat a World Cup women's team?

i don't think most people know how good jesuit was compared to the rest of the state, on average

their win streak was like 80 or so when st. paul's beat them for the title

they would work any women's team ever created

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i don't think most people know how good jesuit was compared to the rest of the state, on average

their win streak was like 80 or so when st. paul's beat them for the title

they would work any women's team ever created

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I played at BM in the early 2000s (won state and then was runner up the next year) - went to a national high school tourney in FL and beat the defending national champs (Jesuit Tampa). I recently played the U18 Louisiana Fire select (mostly Jesuit, St Paul's kids) that got second in regionals losing to defending national champs. The bottom line is La high school soccer is not that great on a national level. Only 3 or 4 of those kids even go to play college soccer. The US women's national team would beat any La high school team in the last 10 years. I stand by that statement.

Then no offense but you're fricking retarded. Jesuit 2009 and Lafayette 2006 would at the very least be an even match with the US womens world cup team. I'm watching these games and the women don't even seem that skilled. At least not enough to make up the difference in athleticism. Average louisiana high school teams, yes the women would kill them, but the elite teams are made up of players who've been playing for 10+ years at least 4 times a week for 9 months of the year. The people saying the women would destroy them tactically arent giving the elite HS teams enough credit

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giving the elite HS teams enough credit

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Elite in Louisiana (esp high school) is overrated. Put Jesuit against the Dallas Texans club team and it would be 5-0. Those of the type of high school kids that would beat the US National team, not undersized but skilled players from New Orleans.

My junior year of high school I went to a camp at Texas A&M. There was a game on the last day that consisted of camp allstars vs the womens A&M team who was then ranked in the top ten in the nation. I believe we won 4-2. There were some pretty elite guys from Texas on the camp team though.

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I'm watching these games and the women don't even seem that skilled.

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This is the main thing I've noticed watching these games. These women honestly don't seem that skilled. We tend to think that athleticism and skill are separate characteristics, but they are intertwined. If you have inferior speed, strength, and hand eye coordination, then your skills will not be that much greater regardless of training.
I watched the US team play Mexico a few weeks back and our passing in the final third was horrendous. On top of that, we had about 40 shots and only 10 or so were on frame. They only managed to score once on Mexico's 16 year old goal. That team was inferior in tactics, athleticism, and skill, but we the US only won 1-0. I really feel like an elite HS team could beat them, even one in louisiana. An individual like Mullins would own these international team. He's like 6'4", who would stop him on a free kick?

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My brother's U-17 club team is one of the top teams in his age group in the Midwest region and the best in the state of Ohio and he says his team would for sure beat the USWNT. I don't know whether that's true or not, but I guess I could see it. I doubt an average HS team could, but the top ones, yeah.

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Ohio is pretty loaded for soccer, so yeah, I believe that they would beat the women's team. Like I said, good high school teams would have a very good chance and elite high school teams would almost definitely win.

I rather suspect it's like any other sport that doesn't rely on upper body strength - there's still a difference but it is much less than one would think.

For example, an elite high school male runner can beat a world-class female athlete, but most boys state champions would be left in the dust.

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I rather suspect it's like any other sport that doesn't rely on upper body strength - there's still a difference but it is much less than one would think.

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This. Ya'll are attributing a team made of mostly non-elite high school kids in a fringe sport with this athletic advantage over the 11 best women in a whole country. Everyone is so quick to assume the testosterone advantage reigns king that they don't look at the data we do have on the athleticism comparison between good high school athletes and world class women.

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Elite in Louisiana (esp high school) is overrated.

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everyone knows that soccer in lousiana is pretty shitty. people on here have had trouble admitting that though every time ive said it. i think they feel like it somehow demeans them if they played in lousiana, which is just retarded.