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[quote=Anonymous] Part of the reason US players are a little behind the rest of the world is because we value the wrong things in players and select based on those misplaced values. Speed is the perfect example. Coaches here look at running speed and think that translates to game speed. But most footraces in soccer are less than ten yards and in a ten yard footrace the winner is the one who takes the first step first, not the faster runner. Speed of thought is much more important than running speed in soccer and speed of thought it what dictates speed of play. And regardless of how much speed you have, if you don't have the touch you can't play at that pace anyways. At the higher levels if your trap leaves you taking an extra step to get to the ball or if your pass is off and leaves your teammate taking an extra step away to get to it, it's too late the defense is there. Soccer is a game you play with your feet but win with your brain. [/quote]
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