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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Soccer is not popular in the U.S. because it’s harder to master than the other popular sports despite the volume of children who have played it at some point. Why? Because you need to control the ball with your feet which is not what feet are meant to do. Compare to lacrosse which many athletic players can break into in high school and still do really well.

Thus, it’s a sport that’s harder to break into unless a kid has been doing it since they were young.  Athletics kids that start later can do well in youth and college soccer but rarely get past college.

I mean at many “high” levels of youth soccer, so many kids still haven’t mastered something as basic and fundamental as juggling the ball. At the end of the day, kids find it too hard and move on to a different sport that’s easier. [/quote]

Have you tried hitting a 99 mph fastball or a curve ball that starts at your shoulders and ends at your ankles with a wooden stick or shoot a ball into a hoop that is only slightly larger from 30 feet away?  Soccer is no harder to master than any other sport...golf is probably the hardest sport to master yet the US seems to be pretty good in that area.[/quote]

Golf, even baseball, isn’t really relevant to this conversation. Let’s stick with sports with similar worldwide popularity both by audience and people playing it. [/quote]

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