BlondieBC
Banned
BTW, this is either Future history or Chat. It has to get political eventually
Well, if Brazil, then the Brazilian team will need to go into protective custody, and never again set foot in Brazil. Now the USA seems to be able to get big wins against the UK, so that is at least possible.
This is the reason but the mechanism is a bit different. If you are a young athlete in the USA you can go to baseball, basketball or football and make well over 10 million salary and 100 million with endorsement. Soccer is a fraction of this amount. So the best athletes don't play. The example is from many years ago, but imagine these athletes on the field having played pro soccer in Europe:
1) Goaltender - Micheal Jordan or Magic Johnson. 6'6". Long arms, very fast reflexes, very good field sense. Any tall NBA goalie makes great goal tender. Either man could be easily the best goal tender of his generation.
2) Striker. The NFL normally has one of the top 10 fastest and often top 5 fastest men in the world at ANY sport on its roster. There are a whole list of these types of athletes, but imagine someone like Deon Sanders as a striker. Once he gets a 1/4 step on any defender, there is not a defender in the world that can keep up with his pace. Or if you like bigger strikers go with NFL receivers like Owens or Rice.
3) Defender: Think Bo Jackson. Over 6". Well over 250lbs. 4.5 second in 40 yard speed or better. You can't go through him, over him, or around him. At any given time, the NFL has 2-5 backs know for both speed (4.5-or faster and size-225 or larger)
4) I am not quite sure what physical traits you want for midfielder, but we have those people too. Big, tall, fast, good reaction time, smart, whatever.
The USA is much bigger than German or the UK, so we should be able to field a vastly better team, if the athletes went to soccer first. Potentially are worst starting defense man should be as good as the best or second best German defensemen. We should have a top 5 goalee and top 5 striker at any given time. And much of the time we will have top 2. This type of team is favored to make it to the semi-finals each world cup, and with just one or two breaks can win. The reason Brazil win so many world cups is it has more people (for the genetic lottery for world class athlete) and it has them play futbol first. Americans do football first.
And if as host country, Brazil LOSES to the US in the Final Round?
As above. If England LOSES to the US in the Final Round?![]()
Well, if Brazil, then the Brazilian team will need to go into protective custody, and never again set foot in Brazil. Now the USA seems to be able to get big wins against the UK, so that is at least possible.
Biggest problem is the lack of competitivity of the soccer. American players play very little matches, and the american soccer leagues are very low profile, so they can't improve much. The idea of getting "old glories" from the european leagues is good, but it's too little.
This is the reason but the mechanism is a bit different. If you are a young athlete in the USA you can go to baseball, basketball or football and make well over 10 million salary and 100 million with endorsement. Soccer is a fraction of this amount. So the best athletes don't play. The example is from many years ago, but imagine these athletes on the field having played pro soccer in Europe:
1) Goaltender - Micheal Jordan or Magic Johnson. 6'6". Long arms, very fast reflexes, very good field sense. Any tall NBA goalie makes great goal tender. Either man could be easily the best goal tender of his generation.
2) Striker. The NFL normally has one of the top 10 fastest and often top 5 fastest men in the world at ANY sport on its roster. There are a whole list of these types of athletes, but imagine someone like Deon Sanders as a striker. Once he gets a 1/4 step on any defender, there is not a defender in the world that can keep up with his pace. Or if you like bigger strikers go with NFL receivers like Owens or Rice.
3) Defender: Think Bo Jackson. Over 6". Well over 250lbs. 4.5 second in 40 yard speed or better. You can't go through him, over him, or around him. At any given time, the NFL has 2-5 backs know for both speed (4.5-or faster and size-225 or larger)
4) I am not quite sure what physical traits you want for midfielder, but we have those people too. Big, tall, fast, good reaction time, smart, whatever.
The USA is much bigger than German or the UK, so we should be able to field a vastly better team, if the athletes went to soccer first. Potentially are worst starting defense man should be as good as the best or second best German defensemen. We should have a top 5 goalee and top 5 striker at any given time. And much of the time we will have top 2. This type of team is favored to make it to the semi-finals each world cup, and with just one or two breaks can win. The reason Brazil win so many world cups is it has more people (for the genetic lottery for world class athlete) and it has them play futbol first. Americans do football first.