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that skill and vision

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doesn´t come from

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current training (which is what we will always have)

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You're trying to push your view that only American athletes are elite, and that soccer (unlike every other sport for some reason) is based purely on basic physical athleticism, which is not true at all

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Not my view at all, actually.

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The fact that you're basing your argument on the premise that soccer development in this country will be static for the rest of time shows your ignorance on this subject.

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It will be static in the sense that we will never get the broad pool of high level athletes committing to soccer by age 8. That's not our culture and that's not changing.

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and I would argue many better athletes than many in your beloved NFL, NBA, and MLB players.

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I've already tried saying that, but was laughed at by the NBA has vastly superior athletes crew.

I was going to copy and paste all the times you literally just said that our current USMNT players are less superior athletes, but it was every post you put down.
Just face the fact that there are good atheltes in our USMNT player pool. Yea, we missed out on Lebron, but chances are more likely that he becomes the next EJ before he becomes the next Rooney. Just because they are American and play in the NBA or NFL doesn't mean shite unless they have the natural born abilities needed to succeed in soccer, and the proper training at a young age to compete at higher levels.

Could zlatan play wide Reciever

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Unfortunately, he's slow and physically weak.

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you've been pretty wrong in this whole thread, but Bradley isn't slow or weak. In soccer terms, he's massive, at 6-2 180. You don't find CMs who can run like he does at his frame. It simply doesn't happen very often. He has insane stamina and his size intangibles are off the charts. Where he struggles is technique and vision. You act like that vision can be taught. A better athlete at his position would do nothing for us if there isn't a significant technical improvement. And in general, players over 6 foot do not have the requisite technique to maximize their athletic advantage. That's why you have Spanish playmakers under five ten absolutely dominating the most physical league in the world, the BPL. Fabregas, Silva, Mata and Cazorla (among others of that type) have dominated the league for nearly a decade now. Fabregas might be the slowest player I've ever seen. He has excellent stamina though, but he isn't a great athlete by any means.

In the possession based game that is popular at the top level, technique trumps all. In America, two of the most successful players the last decade, Pirlo and Xavi, wouldn't get a look in any sport, because the traits they possess, the ability to hold the ball in tight positions and move it ( not like a point guard, which is the analogy people seem to make, as often they just move the ball to relieve pressure or spread the play) are technical and not physical. So while the goalscorers due need more physical traits, where games are won and lost, in the heart of midfield, technique triumphs. You could have Usain Bolt as your striker and it would mean nothing if he wasn't able to receive the ball into space, which relies on technical players deep in midfield, and has little to do with athleticism.

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No one breeds the kind of athletes like we do in the States. And if we dedicated the kinds of resources to soccer as the rest of the world does and as we do for our sports, we would dominate the sport globally like no one ever has.

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Absolute horseshite. Brazil produces players very similar to the type we would if "all our resources" were dedicated to the sport, and despite their brilliant history, the modern game has moved away from what made them successful. Brazilians have elite technique but they lack in the tactical sense. And they've been in crisis for a fricking decade now, and you are telling me that if America produced like Brazil produces, we'd dominate? That's just myopia. The problem with this argument is that you don't see the forest for the trees, and when that is pointed out, you respond by saying that forest has the wrong type of tree anyway. It's infuriating.

I used to believe the "the U.S. isn't good at soccer because our elite athletes play other sports" argument until I read an article that laid down the logic as to why that wasn't actually the case. This caused me to ammend my views on the subject.

There are two types of people in this world and in this thread: those who can take evidence and form opinions and change said opinions as the evidence changes, and those who had a preformed opinion who refuse to budge when their notions of the truth are challenged, contrary to the evidence before them.

From now on I'm referring to big athletic black people as Yaya Toures.