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I thought you will try to learn soccer
They have a good U21 or U23 team I think, so it will not be a "big" problem.
(If they even qualifie for the next WC10 in South Africa)
I thought you will try to learn soccer
USA is out, go Mexico!
hopefully young players like Freddy Adu show some drastic improvements and are ready to play in four years time. Youth soccer is the highest growing youths sport in the US but they haven't got enough quality players. I think the US will be back strong in South Africa
if T&T could do it...
The US has a bright future. Sure, no more McBride or Reyna but here come the youngsters like Freddy Adu!
IT's alright...but what I find annoying is the constant aire of superiority put off by Soccer Fans as if the game is too sophisticated for the average American to understand...
In fact, it's the least sophisticated game of them all. It's a bunch of dudes, trying to kick a ball.
Now if you want to argue that is it the purest ball related sport you might have a point...but still not one that justifies Soccer being more popular than our other pro sports...
Walking is the purest form of transportation...that doesn't mean it doesn't suck.
I like hockey even though I've never played it or watch it often, becuase I realize that what they do is hard as . Also, I'm 10x more a fan of the S.A. Spurs than of any soccer team out there irregardless of the fact that I'm 10x a better soccer player than a basketball one - go figure that being 5'-10'' is a disadvantage in basketball, but irrelevant in soccer.
American's like sports that provide a consistent and constant adrenaline rush, either provided by incredible feats of athleticism and violent compe ion, or else by situations within the course of the game...
It's in this area that Soccer is not compe ive with basketball and football and arguably, even baseball.
And this is by design...American's redesigned Soccer to provide more of these moments, and the result is American Football.
Hockey is similar to Soccer in it's dearth of adrenaline filled moments created by athleticism and situations, but at least Hockey has lots of violence to compensate.
Nope... but not because they are incapable of it... The pool is simply smaller...
America's great athletes follow the same pattern as generations before them... a neutral systemic recursion... albeit one that happens to hurt US soccer.
#1. I think it's more like...they go where the money is. Although nothing is keeping them from goung to Europe where there is substantial money in Soccer.
#2. They go where they envision themselves performing in a heroic situation athletically. And it's not Soccer.
Poland > USA
I was reading some magazine and there was written that Adu is very overrated player, is this true?
Be nice
Poland >USA
Costa Rica and Ecuador isn't exactly Italy, Ghana or CRPoland > USA
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,283-2028147,00.htmlI was reading some magazine and there was written that Adu is very overrated player, is this true?
And BTW....the record for highest average attendance at any World Cup...was set at the one held in America.
It's not that we don't give the game a chance, I've watched every game, I had an emotional investment, but wasn't as exciting as watching most games fo the NBA Finals featuring two teams I don't even care about...it's just not compe ive with our pro sports int he excitement factor, and as such it attracts low tiered athletes, $$$, and fan support.
USA >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>Poland.
Sorry but Poland SUCKS!
More point now and we beat you guys 4 years ago 3:1 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Whottt's solutions for fixing US Soccer:
#4. Send the Womens team.
Thanks, now I know that he is not so overrated. I hope that he will go to Chelsea.
#5 send LeBron james and Dwyane Wade
i'm cool with that
No way Poland is better than US.
No way should the US be saying we're better than whoever. The fact of the matter is that the US sucked this year. They scored ONE goal. Just one.
2 goals, but one was autogoal.
that's old news. DC United have denied those reports. AND yes Freddy is overrated. He still needs to show some improvements in his overal game. His major fault is he losing the ball too quickly ala Bobby Convey. He's playing in the MLS. He should be dominating the game. He has no goals but his has 4 assists. That's still not good enough. I only hope he shows some promise.
Whottt's solutions for fixing US Soccer:
#6. Find the best athletes in the most politically unstable countries in the World, IE the Soccer countries(soccer is always the most popular Sport in these countries, guranteed)...Offer them full citizenship, college education for them and all their siblings, and a ton of $$$ to come play for Team USA in Soccer.
This one has a long track record of success by the way...particularly in the Olympics.
#7 See if David Robinson cares more about football than he did about basketball. He might make a decent goalie.
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