Lol @ Americans who think basketball players would be good at soccer

[TheDemosthenes]

I'm seeing an increase of stupid Americans saying "oh if Americans actually liked soccer then we'd have Lebron and Kobe Bryant winning the World Cup for us"

Are you Fukin serious? Or just plain retarded

Do they seriously think 7ft manmores would actually be good at soccer?
Strong disillusion *******s

Delete yourselves

[evansanity]

LeBron would be top GK

[PuTangSlayer]

Just lol

[KillerzInstinct]

The top NFL WRs would destroy any soccer team given a years training

[40ozDrank]

Lol at euro***s saying all real football players and coaches are fat

[GenGenesisx]

Brb running around like a lamp post because I can't see where the **** the ball is going. Brb manlets all in between my legs and taking my ****ing ball. Brb no low center of gravity.

[thqmas]

The top NFL WRs would destroy any soccer team given a years training

Jeff Seid appreciation

and red

plz go

[TheDemosthenes]

The top NFL WRs would destroy any soccer team given a years training

Can somebody translate this for me? I don't speak red

[schlitta]

lol at using Kobe as an example. he lived in Italy when he was young and almost chose soccer as his sport to play but he moved to the US

[KillerzInstinct]

Can somebody translate this for me? I don't speak red

But you do speak ******* considering you like ******* soccer...











































*******

[Kingofthepitch]

The top NFL WRs would destroy any soccer team given a years training

not sure if srs......

[Kezzyukbrah]

So many potatos in the misc today. Theres a chit ton of really tall players already playing "soccer" and most of them are chit. Look at messi, hes female height and like a fukin whippet. Your big dum fuk players wouldn't stand a chance against someone with his skill

[DatPass]

So many potatos in the misc today. Theres a chit ton of really tall players already playing "soccer" and most of them are chit. Look at messi, hes female height and like a fukin whippet. Your big dum fuk players wouldn't stand a chance against someone with his skill

This^

brb only way to stop Messi when you're 7ft tall is to foul him right in front of the goal

[YesMad101]

Just look at Peter Crouch. Hes 6ft 7 and pretty ****

[Morati]

The top NFL WRs would destroy any soccer team given a years training

No wonder you are red kunt lol

We're talking different sports entirely, requiring different physiques, different training and different talents.

[KillerzInstinct]

No wonder you are red kunt lol

We're talking different sports entirely, requiring different physiques, different training and different talents.

Location: Netherlands

You don't know what talent is

[BruceBruce325]

yes if we had athletes who were very interested in soccer... or if the mls actually started becoming a big sensation and it became a "watched" sport instead of a "played" sport then we would probably dominate the world.

brb soccer players over 6'5"
brb soccer players running 4+ second forties
brb you stand no chance of 10

[P51]

yes if we had athletes who were very interested in soccer... or if the mls actually started becoming a big sensation and it became a "watched" sport instead of a "played" sport then we would probably dominate the world.

brb soccer players over 6'5"
brb soccer players running 4+ second forties
brb you stand no chance of 10

This... If people actually cared in the US we would fuk **** up. The thing is every kid in the US plays soccer when he/she is little. By 15 when HS starts no one plays anymore because Baseball and Football are the only thing people care about. If you could make soccer something we care about, we would be pretty fuken good. No one gives a fuk about MLS. I love sports and I couldn't even tell you where the teams are even.

Edit: lmao just saw there is a MLS team in the city I lived in for years. Never knew and never saw anything about it. Such poverty.

[Zwicker]

The top NFL WRs would destroy any soccer team given a years training

lol


Look into muscle fibre types. Fast-twitch v slow-twitch. Football players are explosive and have the muscle fibre distributions ideal for sprinting, jumping and blocking. Soccer has about a 50% aerobic demand... Football has a 0% aerobic demand (or, maybe 5% tops). Different physiological requirements completely.


As for basketball, you could argue that they might translate to soccer. At least basketball has aerobic demands as a sport. Silly to assume that they would automatically be good at a sport that requires different brands of coordination, movements, tactics, etc.

[jro9999]

yes if we had athletes who were very interested in soccer... or if the mls actually started becoming a big sensation and it became a "watched" sport instead of a "played" sport then we would probably dominate the world.

brb soccer players over 6'5"
brb soccer players running 4+ second forties
brb you stand no chance of 10

0-40 times don't mean **** if you can't do it while dribbling a soccer ball, reading the defense, and making plays. Why isn't every MLB pitcher a 6'5 230lb strongman freak of nature then? Surely raw strength directly translates into skill, right?

[WorkHardK]

yes if we had athletes who were very interested in soccer... or if the mls actually started becoming a big sensation and it became a "watched" sport instead of a "played" sport then we would probably dominate the world.

brb soccer players over 6'5"
brb soccer players running 4+ second forties
brb you stand no chance of 10

6'5? Do you know how hard it would be to dribble the ball at that height? Soccer is about agility. That's why Usain Bolt is so **** at soccer. That's also why manlets are so good. Most of the best players are between 5'6 and 5'10.

[wallace2000]

lol


Look into muscle fibre types. Fast-twitch v slow-twitch. Football players are explosive and have the muscle fibre distributions ideal for sprinting, jumping and blocking. Soccer has about a 50% aerobic demand... Football has a 0% aerobic demand (or, maybe 5% tops). Different physiological requirements completely.


As for basketball, you could argue that they might translate to soccer. At least basketball has aerobic demands as a sport. Silly to assume that they would automatically be good at a sport that requires different brands of coordination, movements, tactics, etc.

all of this. these athletes have been genetically selected and primed to be the best at their sport of choice. its like comparing a tennis player with a olympic swimmer.

[5HE0]

you americans keep talking about speed and strength but never take endurance into consideration

[TheSkins]

yes if we had athletes who were very interested in soccer... or if the mls actually started becoming a big sensation and it became a "watched" sport instead of a "played" sport then we would probably dominate the world.

brb soccer players over 6'5"
brb soccer players running 4+ second forties
brb you stand no chance of 10

If a nation as large as the US with the resources you have available and the importance you place on sports was really into soccer, then yes you would probably produce a lot of good players. That's just stating the bloody obvious. But you aren't and you don't, so there you go..

But what's with this delusion that being tall and fast would make anyone great at the game?

[BruceBruce325]

I think you guys are missing the point....

if soccer was as big here in the states... as it is around the world.... we would be one of the top dawgs...

our country breeds athletes.. you can deny it all you want but take Germany for example... they have three guys over 6'3" and they're vicious

so this whole derp it'd be herrrd to dribble business is idiotic... seriously... if you think because a guy is tall he can't dribble a ball we have nothing to talk about because you're dumb.. sorry.

if a super athlete like julio jones... who was a stud in almost every sport in HS....was trained to play soccer and stuck with it... he would be an ace

but the fact remains, here in the states there's no money in professional sports. till that day it's only a theory or speculation. but i have no doubt in my mind that if we had a history of soccer/football like the rest of the world it'd be no question we would mess everyone up.

[Neil4123]

The USA has 300 million people or so, if soccer was our sport of choice we'd crush every other country just like we do in Basketball every 4 years when the Olympics come around. Lebron James is the best athlete in the world, put him at goalie and he'd be great at it.

[jro9999]

This... If people actually cared in the US we would fuk **** up. The thing is every kid in the US plays soccer when he/she is little. By 15 when HS starts no one plays anymore because Baseball and Football are the only thing people care about. If you could make soccer something we care about, we would be pretty fuken good. No one gives a fuk about MLS. I love sports and I couldn't even tell you where the teams are even.

Edit: lmao just saw there is a MLS team in the city I lived in for years. Never knew and never saw anything about it. Such poverty.

lol @ baseball

Nobody under the age of 40 even watches baseball anymore. 3 hour games with no action, 180+ games in a season, only reason it's popular is because geriatric old folk get to sit down with a beer for 4 hours straight every day

Name another sport besides golf that's so easy you can play it everyday at a professional level

[kathebrahl]

ibrahimovic is one of the most skilled players today and he's 6'5''

[BruceBruce325]

you americans keep talking about speed and strength but never take endurance into consideration

because athletes don't have endurance....

if you train for an endurance sport... you will have endurance

these counter arguments you guys are throwing out are the absolute worst LOL

[Mitch1313]

I'm seeing an increase of stupid Americans saying "oh if Americans actually liked soccer then we'd have Lebron and Kobe Bryant winning the World Cup for us"

Are you Fukin serious? Or just plain retarded

Do they seriously think 7ft manmores would actually be good at soccer?
Strong disillusion *******s

Delete yourselves

Location: Australia

World Cup team status: Out.
0 wins 0 ties 3 losses

USA still in, you mad?
Ya you mad, just like England and Spain and all the euro *******s who talk chit about America.