American Athletes Would Dominate Soccer If They Took The Game Seriously

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Wizard Master: Mar 25, 2008; I am the Wizard Master

Could you imagine athletes of the caliber of Lebron James or Cam Newton if they played soccer from a young age? With the infrastructure, professionalism and money of American sports, American athletes would dominate soccer. Just my opinion

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# ? Apr 28, 2024 11:32

Borrowed Ladder: May 4, 2007; monarch of the sleeping marches

And i would lead that greatest American team to victory if i learned how to play and had athletic jeans

# ? Mar 12, 2019 04:12

ecavalli: Nov 18, 2012

Wizard Master posted:

Could you imagine athletes of the caliber of Lebron James or Cam Newton if they played soccer from a young age? With the infrastructure, professionalism and money of American sports, American athletes would dominate soccer. Just my opinion

Yeah, but we still wouldn�t give a poo poo about soccer.

# ? Mar 12, 2019 04:15

Peanut President: Nov 5, 2008; by Athanatos
(and can't post for 6 days!)

yeah but then europeans would invent some new game to get haughty over

# ? Mar 12, 2019 04:24

Mr. Meagles: Apr 30, 2004; Out here, everything hurts

I want the Americans to field the fattest, most out of shape team ever just to see how many points Germany or Brazil can put on the board.

Then the US team isn't able to get back home due to an immigration executive order and they have to spend the rest of their lives in Qatar.

# ? Mar 12, 2019 04:27

President in Residence: May 12, 2003

duh

# ? Mar 12, 2019 04:36

Away all Goats: Jul 5, 2005; Goose's rebellion

So the richest country would dominate an area that is historically dominated by rich countries

big if true

# ? Mar 12, 2019 04:37

Cubone: May 26, 2011; Because it never leaves its bedroom, no one has ever seen this poster's real face.

Wizard Master posted:

Could you imagine athletes of the caliber of Lebron James or Cam Newton if they played soccer from a young age?

no, I couldn't, because the athleticism of soccer is not real to me
I see people mostly standing in a massive field and pinging the ball to each other, until one team gets tired, usually scoring about once every 30 minutes, and then every once in a while one of them brushes shoulders with somebody from the other team and cannonballs their body 30 feet in the opposite direction and starts crying because pretending to get hurt is an important part of the strategy
it's an insanely boring awful piece of poo poo game

I could not, in unfathomable years of pondering, conjure the image of somebody displaying the speed, reflexes, and elegance that lebron displays on the court night after night, in the crud game, soccer

# ? Mar 12, 2019 04:47

Necros: Jul 23, 2003

ok op, but this caveman dad puts lebraun to shame tbh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeQ01fnxO3Y

# ? Mar 12, 2019 05:04

Nut to Butt: Apr 13, 2009; by FactsAreUseless

what if we just kill the other team

is there a rule against that

# ? Mar 12, 2019 05:09

OXBALLS DOT COM: Sep 11, 2005; by FactsAreUseless; Young Orc

I feel like if yoj just took a bunch of nfl players and stuck them on the soccer field they could still compete pretty well. Give them a year and they could whip most soccer teams

# ? Mar 12, 2019 05:13

Mu Zeta: Oct 17, 2002; Me crush ass to dust

NFL players are getting fatter and fatter these days. They couldn't handle running ~9 miles per game.

# ? Mar 12, 2019 06:02

Zeluth: May 12, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

This is a giant negatio.

I tried the sport as a kid and could not wrap my mind around it. These south american folk been doing it their whole lives. Screw the Europeans who make it into a an institution.

# ? Mar 12, 2019 06:07

super sweet best pal: Nov 18, 2009

Nut to Butt posted:

what if we just kill the other team

is there a rule against that

I'd pay to watch this.

# ? Mar 12, 2019 06:12

numberoneposter: Feb 19, 2014; How much do I cum? The answer might surprise you!

USPS/Discovery is the best cycling team ever. 7 Tour wins by one guy, in a row. Record will not be broken.

# ? Mar 12, 2019 06:12

homeless guy: Feb 23, 2019; by FactsAreUseless

you can't even use your hands

# ? Mar 12, 2019 06:22

numberoneposter: Feb 19, 2014; How much do I cum? The answer might surprise you!

try riding up a fuckin mountain against all sorts of dirty doping euros on their home turf. its sweltering, but the only way is up. you have the best team, the best coaches, the best equipment, the best drugs, one ball and a single track mind that bridges autistic with psychopath. bitches get the gently caress out the way, USA.

# ? Mar 12, 2019 06:23

deported to Canada: Jun 1, 2006

It would never take off in the states because you would have to wait 45 minutes for adverts.

Unless some kind of pop up advert for sports was used, flashing up to fill half the screen.

# ? Mar 12, 2019 06:34

Mu Zeta: Oct 17, 2002; Me crush ass to dust

deported to Canada posted:

It would never take off in the states because you would have to wait 45 minutes for adverts.

Unless some kind of pop up advert for sports was used, flashing up to fill half the screen.

Isn't there a major league soccer right now? And people like Bend it like Beckham have played in it. How do the adverts work for that?

# ? Mar 12, 2019 06:39

Burt Sexual: Jan 26, 2006; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS; Switchblade Switcharoo

OXBALLS DOT COM posted:

I feel like if yoj just took a bunch of nfl players and stuck them on the soccer field they could still compete pretty well. Give them a year and they could whip most soccer teams

We steal their kickers to do field goals.

# ? Mar 12, 2019 06:42

deported to Canada: Jun 1, 2006

Can't say I've seen it.

I watch tv exclusively for the adverts tbh.

# ? Mar 12, 2019 06:43

SLICK GOKU BABY: Jun 12, 2001; Hey Hey Let's Go! 喧嘩する
大切な物を protect my balls

Mu Zeta posted:

Isn't there a major league soccer right now? And people like Bend it like Beckham have played in it. How do the adverts work for that?

Nobody watches it so there's no advertisements.

# ? Mar 12, 2019 06:56

Moon Atari: Dec 26, 2010

America's most popular version of football constantly stops to allow players to get back into formations, has the most amount of reserve players and player substitutions per match and has the least amount of time spent engaged in physical exertion per individual of any football code. Its athletes are all highly specialized to a single role rather than broadly athletic generalists, leading to many living lifestyles that are actually kind of unhealthy rather than admirable.

# ? Mar 12, 2019 07:10

Zeluth: May 12, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

Moon Atari posted:

America's most popular version of football constantly stops to allow players to get back into formations, has the most amount of reserve players and player substitutions per match and has the least amount of time spent engaged in physical exertion per individual of any football code. Its athletes are all highly specialized to a single role rather than broadly athletic generalists, leading to many living lifestyles that are actually kind of unhealthy rather than admirable.

Play me at competitive ping-pong.

# ? Mar 12, 2019 07:12

Dr. Gojo Shioji: Apr 22, 2004

deported to Canada posted:

It would never take off in the states because you would have to wait 45 minutes for adverts.

Unless some kind of pop up advert for sports was used, flashing up to fill half the screen.

Nearly every auto race I've ever watched on American TV had enormous amounts of commercial breaks. Some series (e.g. NASCAR) are designed around this and actually do caution periods solely to allow time for longer breaks, but for stuff like Formula 1 and IndyCar you just have to accept that there will be a sizeable amount of race action that you'll miss. Also, the broadcaster will maybe do a tiny picture-in-picture break a few times a race and basically make it sound like they're doing you the world's biggest favor when they do. At least Liberty Media bought Formula 1 and put it on ESPN commercial-free now.

# ? Mar 12, 2019 07:14

jokes: Dec 20, 2012; Uh... Kupo?

The amount of dedication, time, effort, and resources that have been flushed down the toilet by all the people who wanted to but don't make it to the NBA/NFL could probably have won a few wars at this point

# ? Mar 12, 2019 07:15

Mr. Meagles: Apr 30, 2004; Out here, everything hurts

Dr. Gojo Shioji posted:

Nearly every auto race I've ever watched

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5-lwTqiPiI

# ? Mar 12, 2019 07:16

Aesop Poprock: Oct 21, 2008; Grimey Drawer

Moon Atari posted:

America's most popular version of football constantly stops to allow players to get back into formations, has the most amount of reserve players and player substitutions per match and has the least amount of time spent engaged in physical exertion per individual of any football code. Its athletes are all highly specialized to a single role rather than broadly athletic generalists, leading to many living lifestyles that are actually kind of unhealthy rather than admirable.

The punter is literally just the guy with the big boot from the Australia Simpsons episode and every team just takes turns with him

# ? Mar 12, 2019 07:23

Zeluth: May 12, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4uF-C13LlM

# ? Mar 12, 2019 07:25

Aesop Poprock: Oct 21, 2008; Grimey Drawer

You have to go through an apprenticeship for 9 months before they let you hose out the mascot costumes without a supervisor

# ? Mar 12, 2019 07:30

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