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Posted on 7/3/26 at 4:42 am to BurnsideStyle
What are you afraid of?
Posted on 7/3/26 at 6:44 am to BurnsideStyle
Lionel Messi wouldn’t have shot in the world of playing NFL football. He’d have trouble making a run of the mill 4-A HS varsity team. In soccer though, he’s the best the world has ever seen. Americans have a hard time trying to comprehend the skills these world class soccer players posses. American football for the most part is a genetic lottery. You have to be big, fast, athletic, and strong. Soccer requires a different set of skills to be truly world class. While being big, strong, fast, and athletic helps in soccer it’s not an end all be all. In football if a player is big, fast, and agile he’ll win most 1v1. In soccer it’s not that way. The easiest way to think of it is which American athlete would be good at baseball, football, and basketball at a high level. Charlie Ward probably could have been a hell of a forward. Danny Ainge would have been a tempo setting play making midfielder. Jordan could have been one of the best strikers of all time. Le’Bron James would be a great center back. Basketball and baseball players fundamentally translate better to soccer than football does. It takes more hand eye coordination to be successful at soccer than it does for football. These world class soccer player’s are on a different planet than any American witnesses first hand. Juan Mata could cradle a soccer ball with one foot dropped from 100 ft. In soccer there are far more player types than in football. As I said if you’re not a specific size you’re NOT playing in the NFL.
Posted on 7/3/26 at 6:56 am to LSUtigerNVegas9
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Soccer requires a different set of skills to be truly world class. While being big, strong, fast, and athletic helps in soccer it’s not an end all be all. In football if a player is big, fast, and agile he’ll win most 1v1. In soccer it’s not that way. The easiest way to think of it is which American athlete would be good at baseball, football, and basketball at a high level. Charlie Ward probably could have been a hell of a forward. Danny Ainge would have been a tempo setting play making midfielder. Jordan could have been one of the best strikers of all time. Le’Bron James would be a great center back. Basketball and baseball players fundamentally translate better to soccer than football does. It takes more hand eye coordination to be successful at soccer than it does for football. These world class soccer player’s are on a different planet than any American witnesses first hand.
The one thing Americans don't understand about soccer is the simple fact that soccer players have to run so much during a game with limited breaks. That is one reason soccer players look the way they do. Not like sprinters or football players...
Soccer guys look rather ordinary because their sport selects for prolonged running as much as it does the other skills it requires.
People need to kind of see soccer like they would if football still played one platoon with limited substitution. If football were still played that way... you would see guys who looked more ordinary because football would select as much for endurance as it does the other things it selects for.
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