you can't blame them Tahir. Its one they know and were raised upon. Hopefully "soccer" would cstch up in states and become a huge sport more than what it is now.
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[WC] World Cup 2010 - General Talk Thread (11 Viewers)
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you can't blame them Tahir. Its one they know and were raised upon. Hopefully "soccer" would cstch up in states and become a huge sport more than what it is now.Buy on AliExpress.com
Spot on, Sergio.
Every sport talks about recruiting the "athlete"... the Bo Jackson who can be molded into a football star, baseball star, basketball player, or whatnot. Sadly, none of them are molded into soccer players because the money in this country -- salaries and endorsements -- just isn't there.
It's a rational financial choice of any budding athlete in this country. You don't get rich becoming a soccer player -- you do going NFL, NBA, or MLB.
Players in Argentina and Brazil, etc., certainly love the game. But you'd be a fool to not also recognize it's those nations' #1 way for a poor kid from the slums to rise from poverty to become a media and financial superstar.
Every sport talks about recruiting the "athlete"... the Bo Jackson who can be molded into a football star, baseball star, basketball player, or whatnot. Sadly, none of them are molded into soccer players because the money in this country -- salaries and endorsements -- just isn't there.
It's a rational financial choice of any budding athlete in this country. You don't get rich becoming a soccer player -- you do going NFL, NBA, or MLB.
Players in Argentina and Brazil, etc., certainly love the game. But you'd be a fool to not also recognize it's those nations' #1 way for a poor kid from the slums to rise from poverty to become a media and financial superstar.
The NFL, the NBA, and the NHL are all predicated upon size. The bigger you are, the stronger you are, the more successful you can become.
Soccer isn't built that way, you can be 5'7", 150 lbs, and be successful.
Here;s the problem though. You can be successful at that size in baseball, too, and we all know where the roots of the country are in regards to sports culture.
The ONE sport, like soccer, where size doesn't really matter, also happens to be in the same country where the one sport that has been a tradition for almost 150 years shares that same idealogy
Soccer isn't built that way, you can be 5'7", 150 lbs, and be successful.
Here;s the problem though. You can be successful at that size in baseball, too, and we all know where the roots of the country are in regards to sports culture.
The ONE sport, like soccer, where size doesn't really matter, also happens to be in the same country where the one sport that has been a tradition for almost 150 years shares that same idealogy
Get rid of football at the university level. Create a team in every city or a couple of teams in every big city. Create a professional league around these teams and create youth leagues under each team (U-12, U15, U-18, etc). A kid will join his local team (youth sector) and if he's good enough he'll reach Division I when he's of age. He can attend college at the same time. That's the European model.
It would definitely a different game if England goal for 2-2 was correctly approved by the ref. Although Germany is the better team but the second goal for England will lift up their morale and give them momentum while it can affected bad on Germany players..
Also Germany 3rd goals started from stupid Lampard free kick that the rebound ball given away by Barry while all English players almost go forward to equalize. Do you think the case will be the same if the score was 2-2. And the 4th goal also started from Gerrard corner to Joe Cole and his cross is blocked and there is chance to counter attack. I don't know if this set-piece attacking set up was so worse because Capello instructions or their willingness to push forward
Also Germany 3rd goals started from stupid Lampard free kick that the rebound ball given away by Barry while all English players almost go forward to equalize. Do you think the case will be the same if the score was 2-2. And the 4th goal also started from Gerrard corner to Joe Cole and his cross is blocked and there is chance to counter attack. I don't know if this set-piece attacking set up was so worse because Capello instructions or their willingness to push forward
Size is something you develop for competitive reasons. Nobody really starts out that way.
If poor kids in the US were like those in the slums of Rio or Buenos Aires -- where they learn their #1 ticket to fame in fortune is to play soccer, not in the NFL, NBA, or MLB -- it would be a whole different story. American soccer needs a kind of affirmative action program for stupid people who all used to go to places like the University of Miami for their fame and fortune (because it certainly wasn't for the education).
If poor kids in the US were like those in the slums of Rio or Buenos Aires -- where they learn their #1 ticket to fame in fortune is to play soccer, not in the NFL, NBA, or MLB -- it would be a whole different story. American soccer needs a kind of affirmative action program for stupid people who all used to go to places like the University of Miami for their fame and fortune (because it certainly wasn't for the education).
