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[quote=Anonymous]The player pool in the US is depleted of the very best athletes. With athletes I’m using the term broadly to mean those with superior speed, strength, coordination, determination, all the factors that matter at top levels with both physical and aspects. It’s a total package.

There is some selection based on body type (7 footers in basketball) but more so the athlete develops their body to be ideal for their sport. Lebron and MJ and Kobe were tall skinny kids who eventually bulked up in their 20s and 30s because it was needed for basketball. Beyond just physical attributes they were also superior in coordination and vision and determination that would apply to any sport.

The point is not that these 3 would have made great soccer players. The point is the top candidates with the natural abilities, physical and otherwise, at an early age, are not choosing soccer because it is the 4th or 5th choice.

It could apply at any level and player pool size. Take the very best candidates out of the pool and it propagates up the club, school, district, region, country level.

This is certainly not the ONLY reason for state of US soccer. Coaching, system, costs can all certainly contribute. But it is the primary reason that drives all the others. If the best of the best we’re going to soccer, the coaching and dollars and attention would follow[/quote]

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