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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone know why the Central American countries suck so bad ? It’s claimed to be there their culture as well. [/quote]

Because they have relatively small populations compared to Brazil, France, Germany, etc... and because they're relatively poor and don't invest heavily in coaches and the infrastructure required to be soccer powerhouses.

The Economist has a nice article about what makes a country good at "football". They found that, unsurprisingly, wealth, country size, and interest are highly predictive of a country's success. Some of the overachievers by this measure are Uruguay and the Netherlands. One of the biggest underachievers is the USA.

By the way, Spain, Italy and France might speak romance or latin-based languages, but they play very different soccer from each other and from countries in Latin America. [/quote]

The origin of a language doesn’t translate to soccer styles. [/quote]

Exactly which is why OP is dumb. [/quote]

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