Thread: Sports the U.S. would be dominant in if they really tried
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Old 11-20-2008, 11:42 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by BCWWF View Post
Soccer is the example you are looking for. The sport basically ceased to exist in this country for more than three decades until we qualified for World Cup 1990. All of our resources aren't in the sport and there are definite flaws in our overall development, but I don't think soccer is the kind of sport that any country can just become amazing in.

The U.S. has a huge talent pool, the closest on the world stage is probably only Brazil and Argentina (since China, India etc., aren't really relevant), but as we've seen the talent pool isn't as important as the training methods. Holland, for example, is tiny but amazing.

No doubt, I mean there's still a ridiculous talent pool in England, hell in most European countries, but only a handful manage to compete at a consistent level on the international stage in any meaningful way.
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