World Cup

[irlkev]

The US probably flops the least IMO. I have watched a few games and both US games. Heart breaking tie on Sunday. The US was the better team but to many mistakes.


I played when I was a kid. 3rd generation Italian so my grandparents wanted us to play. Some countries make it really awful to watch play. They look like such a bunch of pussies. Soccer is by far the biggest sport in the world. I have no doubt if our best athletes played soccer we would absolutely destroy every other country

Love to know what you base that on.

[Rwy]

Love to know what you base that on.

Which statement?

[Hazard]

Love to know what you base that on.

I think what he meant was that soccer is a major sport in most countries. The best athletes in the country WANT to play soccer. In America soccer isn't as big as baseball or football. There isn't nearly as much funding for the sport as others here. When there is a lack of viewers and fan participation it will lower the income of players. Even as kids - soccer isn't pushed as much as football or baseball. It's jut not as popular here..... Not as many kids get into it at an early age like they do in other countries.

This means that less talent goes to soccer than other sports in the US. Sure you need to be good to make the USA team but the ones that make it are a very small fraction of the talented people in sports. The majority of our countries athletes play other sports.

[zaggahamma]

I think what he meant was that soccer is a major sport in most countries. The best athletes in the country WANT to play soccer. In America soccer isn't as big as baseball or football. There isn't nearly as much funding for the sport as others here. When there is a lack of viewers and fan participation it will lower the income of players. Even as kids - soccer isn't pushed as much as football or baseball. It's jut not as popular here..... Not as many kids get into it at an early age like they do in other countries.

This means that less talent goes to soccer than other sports in the US. Sure you need to be good to make the USA team but the ones that make it are a very small fraction of the talented people in sports. The majority of our countries athletes play other sports.

and on that note thank goodness the usa has some foreign born talent

[irlkev]

I think what he meant was that soccer is a major sport in most countries. The best athletes in the country WANT to play soccer. In America soccer isn't as big as baseball or football. There isn't nearly as much funding for the sport as others here. When there is a lack of viewers and fan participation it will lower the income of players. Even as kids - soccer isn't pushed as much as football or baseball. It's jut not as popular here..... Not as many kids get into it at an early age like they do in other countries.

This means that less talent goes to soccer than other sports in the US. Sure you need to be good to make the USA team but the ones that make it are a very small fraction of the talented people in sports. The majority of our countries athletes play other sports.

Certainly some valid points there, but the assumption that if it was more of a mainstream sport in the states you would be world beaters at it, doesn't ring through. Look at this world cup even. Uruguay, with a population of 3 million have made it to the last 16 while teams like Spain, who were world and European champions are on their way home. England, who invented the game, and is played by nearly every child in the country, can't get past t first stage. And they have the most successful and profitable league in the world, where numerous players are on nearly 500k dollars a week. America one day may become one of the top footballing nations, but it's a couple of generations away at the earliest.

[Rwy]

Certainly some valid points there, but the assumption that if it was more of a mainstream sport in the states you would be world beaters at it, doesn't ring through. Look at this world cup even. Uruguay, with a population of 3 million have made it to the last 16 while teams like Spain, who were world and European champions are on their way home. England, who invented the game, and is played by nearly every child in the country, can't get past t first stage. And they have the most successful and profitable league in the world, where numerous players are on nearly 500k dollars a week. America one day may become one of the top footballing nations, but it's a couple of generations away at the earliest.

England has the most successful league because they pay the most and the pound rules all currencies. America will never be a top team in the states. **** half the team arent even from America lol. They are Army Brats who had one american parent. One American player doesnt even speak English. They are there on a technicality. I love soccer but as I got older and watched MJ hang in the air I kicked the soccer ball in the garage and put my full attention into Basketball. This world cup is extremely effected by the weather. Most of the central and South American countries are thriving.....

[Hazard]

England has the most successful league because they pay the most and the pound rules all currencies. America will never be a top team in the states. **** half the team arent even from America lol. They are Army Brats who had one american parent. One American player doesnt even speak English. They are there on a technicality. I love soccer but as I got older and watched MJ hang in the air I kicked the soccer ball in the garage and put my full attention into Basketball. This world cup is extremely effected by the weather. Most of the central and South American countries are thriving.....

Another reason why America will never become a top contender with home grown players is because of the increasing number of kids getting into lacrosse. More and more schools are adopting lacrosse. It's a fall sport and therefore is attracting kids from football and soccer. Football is already established and is widely loved in America..... The kids with raw talent that do well through their youth won't be going to lacrosse. Same goes with soccer...... But there's a hell of a lot less because it was never pushed as a "popular" sport. Hell..... Highschools have 1/4 of the budget for soccer as they do football. Atleast...... That was the case for my highschool.

[Rwy]

Another reason why America will never become a top contender with home grown players is because of the increasing number of kids getting into lacrosse. More and more schools are adopting lacrosse. It's a fall sport and therefore is attracting kids from football and soccer. Football is already established and is widely loved in America..... The kids with raw talent that do well through their youth won't be going to lacrosse. Same goes with soccer...... But there's a hell of a lot less because it was never pushed as a "popular" sport. Hell..... Highschools have 1/4 of the budget for soccer as they do football. Atleast...... That was the case for my highschool.

If you live in North East and you do not want to pay college tuition put your kid in lacrosse. They give scholarships to bench warmers. Half my high school got a scholarship for lacrosse.