The US has no excuse for failing at soccer. It is 100% a skill issue. Basketball, American football and soccer do not share demographics, there is no overlap, let the tall 2m+ focus on the first, the fat on the second and the rest on third
Serious question: If today we banned every single male athlete in the U.S. from playing any sport beside soccer. How long would it take us to win a World Cup? 4 years? 8 might be generous.
@TreFourE@TonyStone50 yes you may say that but I am saying that 4 to 8 years for the US to win the WC is unlikely even in an imaginary scenario where everything suddenly changes. Id say over 50 yrs
womans soccer is less competitive than American football and basketball it is irrelevant to this debate
@CRM_62 Haha maybe but not in 4 to 8 years like post im quoting. I'd take the over on 50 years, even in such a perfect imaginary scenario
but def still worth trying imo
@BakerCulle90143 who cares about catch (which soccer players obv are better at than football players with their feet) I am talking about competing in the most competitive sport in the world (and winning)
@BadgerTrav Yeah exactly its going to take much more than most (American) people realize. Winning the world cup is a big deal. Even if you put all your people and mind to it like many countries have theres no guarantee to win,
and when you dont youre stuck in this weird helpless limbo haha
@An0n1991 yeah I also think the dutch world championships of stick jumping is the most important but that doesnt change the fact that soccer world cup is most competitive and glorious
@wilsonfriedman1 I get where youre coming from but basically I do not think that if magically Americans would switch to soccer today and pay gets better or whatever that the US would win a world cup in the next 50 yrs. because that requires skill something u keep on trivializing
@EricRussell82 its irrelevant, ppl dont choose which sport their kids play based on some potential max earnings. If the US wants to compete in soccer they must do more than change monetary reward. Even if thatd magically flip US wouldnt win the world cup. Must develop skill