@mikivainilla601@mensahkengh@LordOfDouglas@MoMohler If our top athletes played the sport we would have that though. Soccer is the 5th largest sport in the US, behind football, basketball, baseball and hockey. And just above MMA.
@SkipMalone_@MoMohler The point is, if country A has 7 times more people than country B, they’d likely be able to field a better team. Soccer just isn’t that popular in the US.
@stu_frost@MoMohler I’d argue the spirit of the original argument was simply that if the top American athletes grew up playing soccer, the U.S. would be one of the best countries in the world at it. With a population nearly seven times larger than Spain’s, that doesn’t seem far-fetched at all.