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re: The Winter Olympics begin Thursday
Posted on 2/3/14 at 10:48 pm to genro
Posted on 2/3/14 at 10:48 pm to genro
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I'm shocked that we're still not great at soccer.
The same reason we don't produce the best baseball players anymore: All the best athletes are playing football and basketball.
Until you get some of those elite football and basketball players kicking a soccer ball around from an early age we wont have a chance against soccer only countries.
Soccer is thought of as a game for rich white kids to play while their parents socialize on Saturday morning in this country.
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Posted on 2/3/14 at 11:16 pm to Roger Klarvin
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All the best athletes are playing football and basketball.
It really is that simple.
Posted on 2/4/14 at 6:43 am to Roger Klarvin
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The same reason we don't produce the best baseball players anymore: All the best athletes are playing football and basketball
We can field a great soccer team without the best athletes. It's all in the development of players. We are getting better, but our players aren't getting the same training that other countries are getting at an early age. It's easier to be a football/basketball player than it is to be a soccer player.
Posted on 2/4/14 at 6:50 am to pvilleguru
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We can field a good soccer team without the best athletes.
Agree somewhat.
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It's all in the development of players. We are getting better, but our players aren't getting the same training that other countries are getting at an early age.
This is assuredly true, though.
If the freak athletes that this country produces regularly for football/basketball were hitting the pitch with the same comprehensive development for soccer as their foreign counterparts, we'd be a futbol powerhouse already.
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