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There aren’t any NFL, NBA, MLB players that if they

Posted on: July 14, 2024 at 22:33:28 CT
FIJItiger MU
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Had decided to focus exclusively on soccer as a child that could have played at a national team level. Maybe as a goalie, but not as a field player.
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These teams are light years ahead of the US. Not sure how - TigerFan92 STL - 7/14 22:11:12
     We don't play soccer like we play BBall or used - Mizzou Lou KC - 7/15 08:52:46
          Referencing to my post below, one of the fundamental points - jumbo73 MU - 7/15 10:28:35
               This is the problem with all youth sports on this country. - sprintcar STL - 7/15 11:10:18
     We haven’t convinced enough of our urban/poor population to - jumbo73 MU - 7/15 08:23:06
     Because we have the NFL and NBA. - tgr MU - 7/15 07:56:55
     The US is a cricket country now (nm) - Sal CMSU - 7/15 07:37:04
          South Johnson County certainly is nm - Mizzou Lou KC - 7/15 08:57:50
     soccer is a different beast..... - SEC-BIG-GAMEHUNTER MU - 7/15 02:26:47
          "free balling it from birth with neighborhood kids" - kaw(nm) - TigerA MU - 7/15 08:21:12
     In a lot of these countries, it is soccer first - Eggs MU - 7/14 22:17:28
          I get that but I played very competitive soccer in the - TigerFan92 STL - 7/14 22:26:29
               Mexico is soccer crazy, has talent and a lot of people - XRob MU - 7/15 00:44:40
               When I was last in Uruguay - meatiger MU - 7/14 22:35:34
                    it has changed recently..MLS teams have acadamies - tigerinhogtown STL - 7/15 00:08:08
                    Neighbor kid plays for the Chicago Fire and my kids - TigerFan92 STL - 7/14 22:39:03
               But how many of those 10% are the best of the best? - Eggs MU - 7/14 22:29:56
                    Maybe 0.05% would be world class soccer players, but that - FIJItiger MU - 7/14 22:36:55
                    I quit soccer in 6th grade as frankly I was too tall and - TigerFan92 STL - 7/14 22:33:04
     They play soccer, we practice soccer. So their skill level - FIJItiger MU - 7/14 22:14:37
          Our best athletes don't dream of hitting a pk after doing - lqf2b8 MU - 7/14 22:21:08
               We aren't being "out-athleted", we are out-skilled and out- - Mizzou Lou KC - 7/15 08:57:01
               Our best soccer players do play soccer - FIJItiger MU - 7/14 22:25:05
                    Soccer is basically for boys too scared of football - El-ahrairah BAMA - 7/15 07:47:23
                    You are saying, in a less concise way, exactly what I said - lqf2b8 MU - 7/14 22:32:35
                         No, my point contained portions of the correct answer(nm) - FIJItiger MU - 7/14 22:44:46
                    If the best athletes from other sports were doing that - Eggs MU - 7/14 22:31:21
                         There aren’t any NFL, NBA, MLB players that if they - FIJItiger MU - 7/14 22:33:28
                              RE: agree maybe a fraction. Point Guards, and DBs and some - TigerFan92 STL - 7/14 22:35:38
                                   They might have the athleticism and build, but elite soccer - FIJItiger MU - 7/14 22:41:40
                                   And also you are discounting the 1000s of players that didnt - lqf2b8 MU - 7/14 22:40:16
                                        true. This tells me a lot in this graph. need 10 percent - TigerFan92 STL - 7/14 22:43:07
                                             Kaw has been scaring them away(nm) - meatiger MU - 7/14 22:46:14
                                                  does soccer attract diddlers?(nm) - TigerFan92 STL - 7/14 22:46:56
                                                       I think kids attract diddlers(nm) - meatiger MU - 7/14 22:48:25
                                   BWJ is the exact build of a soccer player(nm) - lqf2b8 MU - 7/14 22:37:57
                              Laughably wrong(nm) - lqf2b8 MU - 7/14 22:35:25
                                   I am picturing guys like Tyreek Hill - Eggs MU - 7/14 22:42:14
                                        Exactly but we are actually being too biased because - lqf2b8 MU - 7/14 22:50:23
                                        They wouldn’t make the US national team(nm) - FIJItiger MU - 7/14 22:43:07
                                             How do you know? - Eggs MU - 7/14 22:45:06
                                                  Because my original answer is still the correct one - FIJItiger MU - 7/14 22:49:03
                                                       If only America had travelling youth soccer teams - lqf2b8 MU - 7/14 22:53:25
                                                            They do, none of those kids play soccer - FIJItiger MU - 7/14 22:56:29
                                                                 Also I don't think your theory holds up because the great - lqf2b8 MU - 7/14 23:01:10
                                                                      I defer to your soccer expertise, bet you are right(nm) - FIJItiger MU - 7/14 23:04:38
                                                                           Usually a solid choice to do so. But I like your world of - lqf2b8 MU - 7/14 23:11:51
                                                                                You need a lot of practice. You just need to also - FIJItiger MU - 7/14 23:21:12
                                                                 I'm pretty sure they play games against each other - lqf2b8 MU - 7/14 22:57:47
                                                                      See original post question - FIJItiger MU - 7/14 23:02:46
                                                                           I agree having the third or fourth best athletes play soccer - lqf2b8 MU - 7/14 23:08:24
                                                                                I suppose to extend your argument, you could - FIJItiger MU - 7/14 23:10:53
                                                                                     I'll also say that if LeBron spent the same amount of time - lqf2b8 MU - 7/14 23:20:49
                                                                                          Never mind I guess you don’t understand baseball either - FIJItiger MU - 7/14 23:27:21
                                                                                               What if he didn't practice at it and just played could he - lqf2b8 MU - 7/14 23:34:47
                                                                                                    No(nm) - FIJItiger MU - 7/14 23:57:31
                                                                                                    for some dumb reason - meatiger MU - 7/14 23:49:21
                                                                                     I'm not saying LeBron specifically would be a world class - lqf2b8 MU - 7/14 23:16:42
                                                                                          There is no reason to believe any player in another - FIJItiger MU - 7/14 23:25:17
                                                                                               Coordination and reflexes and fast twitch.muscle - lqf2b8 MU - 7/14 23:33:11
                                                       omg - meatiger MU - 7/14 22:50:21
                                                            Tyreek is playing the correct sport. His athleticism and - FIJItiger MU - 7/14 22:51:53
                                                                 So if football /NFL did not exist - meatiger MU - 7/14 22:54:42
                                                                      If he focused on soccer - FIJItiger MU - 7/14 22:58:06
                                                                      Prison(nm) - lqf2b8 MU - 7/14 22:55:15
                                                                           Better way of phrasing it would have been if tyreek - lqf2b8 MU - 7/14 22:56:27
                                                                                That is totally different, see my original point(nm) - FIJItiger MU - 7/14 22:59:11
                                                                                     His athleticism would have gotten funnele into an affiliated - lqf2b8 MU - 7/14 23:03:25
                                                                                          If he stuck with it and worked hard - FIJItiger MU - 7/14 23:06:06
                                   yeah - meatiger MU - 7/14 22:38:11




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