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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Boys soccer is actually a pretty good choice if your kid is a good but not great athlete. The best female athletes in the US play soccer and basketball (and a little volleyball). In contrast, the boys predominantly play basketball and football in high school. We'd be a much better soccer nation on the men's side if even 20% of our best athletes played soccer.[/quote]

Based on what facts and verifiable data do you present a narrative that the best athletes for boys go to basketball and football?

Please pause, take a minute or more, go through each position and game role activities in basketball and football, including the body types and fields of play.
Then tell me again with applicable logical reasoning how you reach a conclusion that soccer players are less athletic. [/quote]

Not PP and not going to present any proof just some thought:
$ influences and promotes decisions.  $ flows towards athletes in football and basketball in the US.  SPay to play in soccer in US: $ flows away from player families.  In Europe and Latin America $ flows towards athletes in soccer.  USMNT imports foreign born players.
Defensive backs and receivers in football are going to be significantly better athletes than soccer players in speed and strength as a general rule and experience.  And some of that is also because they train specifically for that improvement over a sustained period of time.  NFL has no need to go abroad to recruit athletic ability unlike the USMNT.
One interesting way of looking at it: https://www.widerightnattylite.com/2019/7/9/20686053/what-could-the-usmnt-look-like-if-soccer-was-our-most-popular-sport
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