TOTAL FOOTBALL FROM USA

When we started losing at basketball what did we do, we took the best basketball players and put them on a team together for two years so that when the olympics came we could slaughter everyone by 30 points. Make no mistake, this country celebrates winners. Our sports are our greatest past time. America invents sports. Not for the love of the game, but for the competition. We want to see who is the best. I have no doubt that if we were to solely focus on one sport, there is no country in the world that could compete with us. I don't say that arrogantly, I say it as a fact. Soccer is the fourth most popular sport in this country. That means that our best athletes play 3 other sports. If those athletes were trained to play a single game like soccer at a young age like every other country, with the resources this country has I just don't think another country could compete.

It's also kind of why I hope soccer never catches on in this country. We like sports with scoring. We like basketball because two teams will combine for 200 points. We like offensive football games. We like high scoring baseball games. We like offense. Soccer isn't like that. It's beautiful in that the only true way to watch a game is to be there. There are no timeouts, there is no stoppage. There aren't a ton of goals scored. If you blink, you will miss it. It's the build up. It's watching a goal develop and then being let down by a near miss. When you score a goal in soccer, you have accomplished a great thing. You can score 20 points a game in basketball and have an off night. You can throw 3 touchdowns in an American football game and have it be considered mediocre. You can get two hits in baseball, but if you don't get them at the right time it's not enough. A goal in soccer is good for the whole game. A goal in soccer is not a single event like a hit or touchdown or basket. A goal in soccer represents the culmination of several different skills, the ball being in the right place with a pass, a person being in the right place running without the ball, a defender being in the wrong place by not being in position and a little bit of luck that it all comes together at the same moment. It may only happen a few times a game.