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Posted on 2/3/14 at 11:16 am to Rebelgator
Posted on 2/3/14 at 11:16 am to Rebelgator
Agreed, but we're a very gay-friendly country. It's just strange
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Posted on 2/3/14 at 11:18 am to genro
I think it's because our best athletes play football or basketball. That leaves soccer only to our rich white kids, for the most part. Put Percy Harvin and Julio Jones on the soccer team and we'd be much better
Posted on 2/3/14 at 11:23 am to Bama Bird
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Put Percy Harvin and Julio Jones on the soccer team and we'd be much better
Not necessarily. They probably wouldn't be much better than anyone else we have on the roster today. If they were born today, they would have a better chance of being really good.
Harvin would probably be better than Julio.
This post was edited on 2/3/14 at 11:27 am
Posted on 2/3/14 at 11:27 am to Bama Bird
Wouldn't Blake Griffin, Ginobili, and Chris Paul be better. Isn't soccer basically a giant flop fest?
This post was edited on 2/3/14 at 11:28 am
Posted on 2/3/14 at 11:28 am to pvilleguru
quote:Agreed. Soccer is a game for children.
If they were born today, they would have a better chance of being really good.
Posted on 2/3/14 at 11:32 am to genro
It's a skill problem, not an athlete problem. The best overseas go to academies at a very young age and get professional coaching from then on. Here academy systems are just getting started. We always have the athletes, but the skill on the ball has been sorely lacking.
Posted on 2/3/14 at 11:33 am to genro
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Agreed. Soccer is a game forchildren.
No, it's easier to get noticed today, there's better coaching, and better academy options.
Posted on 2/3/14 at 11:57 am to genro
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I'm shocked that we're still not great at soccer.
The U.S. Women's team is the best national team in the world...
This post was edited on 2/3/14 at 11:58 am
Posted on 2/3/14 at 11:59 am to Duke
it is a few problems that hold soccer back. the academies over sees really give them a edge, also soccer is their number 1 or 2 sports. here it is way back on the back burner so it is using fourth and fifth tier athletes
we have seen great strides lately in correcting that and the growth of the mls can help us. also like you said the start up of soccer academies will help
we have seen great strides lately in correcting that and the growth of the mls can help us. also like you said the start up of soccer academies will help
Posted on 2/3/14 at 12:02 pm to Vols&Shaft83
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Perhaps Speed Skating is watchable, but other than that, I just have no fricks to give
Hockey is by far the best team sport at the olympics, summer or winter.
The NHL sends its best. Unlike basketball, more than one team is stacked with pro talent.
Even if you don't like hockey, it's entertaining.
This post was edited on 2/3/14 at 12:09 pm
Posted on 2/3/14 at 12:04 pm to Sleeping Tiger
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Hockey is the by far the best team sport at the olympics, summer or winter.
This.
Posted on 2/3/14 at 12:06 pm to CatFan81
I watched a good bit of Hockey for the first time in the last Olympics. It got me interested and I've been watching more and more NHL over the past few years, definitely my third favorite sport to watch now.
Posted on 2/3/14 at 12:10 pm to Vols&Shaft83
I don't give even a single frick.
Posted on 2/3/14 at 12:11 pm to genro
quote:We also have a large population to draw athletes from. We can put multiple athletes in every event. Compare that to a country like Switzerland that is a alpine nation, but the smaller population means less athletes in the talent pool, and therefore less of a chance to have someone medal.
We're the largest advanced country in the world. And we have the Rocky Mountains. Not sure why it's surprising.
Posted on 2/3/14 at 12:18 pm to CheeseburgerEddie
Yeah, Hockey is awesome. It's my second favorite sport after football.
Posted on 2/3/14 at 12:20 pm to heartbreakTiger
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here it is way back on the back burner so it is using fourth and fifth tier athletes
To some degree this is true, but not nearly to the extent most argue it. If our best athletes focused on soccer, we'd just have a shitton of wing players. Different needs for soccer compared to football and basketball. Our best athletes for soccer tend to get herded in that direction now a days. There are certainly exceptions, but for the most part I'd argue it's true.
Posted on 2/3/14 at 12:24 pm to CatFan81
Ya, the Finals last year erased any doubt of how awesome hockey was. Three or four OT games, and the flurry of goals at the end of game 6 for Chicago to win it.
Posted on 2/3/14 at 12:25 pm to CheeseburgerEddie
Yeah, I was pulling for the Bruins. I don't care for the Blackhawks.
Posted on 2/3/14 at 12:26 pm to Vols&Shaft83
quote:exactly
It's something to leave on while you're doing chores around the house, occasionally glancing at it
but i will actually watch hockey
Posted on 2/3/14 at 10:40 pm to Vols&Shaft83
I look forward to both the Winter and Summer games 
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