Another problem with American Soccer

I believe this tells the story of this thread:

 

I miss WhiteStar Warriors.

 

Five different English clubs have won the Champions League / European Cup, thats more than any other European country - Answer me one thing - If there is very little technique in England then why are their clubs so successful?

 

Streetballers!

 

I just need a catchy graphic but this might catch on:

"No alla schiavitù moderna"

 

But what about the times before that then? Look you have given us an awful lot of your 'opinions' but so far you havent given us ANY facts to back up what you say. I think its about time you gave us some facts - lets start with your belief that 'Latin Americans' play 'in the streets' more than Europeans, you are 'tarring' millions of kids here all with the same brush. Do you have any proof of this or is this just some more of your made up bullsh*t?

 

If you read into their backgrounds, most soccer players tend to have a similar history. They tend to come from a poor background. They didn't spend much time focusing on schoolwork, but instead ended up spending most of their free time playing in the streets, parks and playgrounds near their homes. Eventually, they ended up in the youth system for a local team and worked their way up from there. Most of them were in the youth system for a local team before they were teenagers. The romantic notion that Latin American soccer players are a product of streetball is nonsense.

 

Mr Anguilowhatsisname has categorically stated that 'Latin Americans' have streetball in their DNA and that they all play in the streets whereas Europeans do not - I am simply asking him for proof of this outlandish claim, thats all - I know I am going back a bit but I am European and I was constantly kicking a football around in the streets of the estate I grew up in and believe me I wasnt the only one! So I find it hard to believe that there were / are millions of other Europeans that were / are doing exactly the same thing!

 

I get why you're here. You don't really seem to have any interest in actually talking about American soccer. You say you want to coach, but it's pretty clear that you don't have any interest in actually learning anything about coaching. Anyone who wants to coach and makes a blanket statement about how they'll never use a certain formations is showing that they have a closed mind and lack of flexibility.

You keep claiming that streetball makes the best players. Let's say, for the sake of argument, that's true. Do you honestly think that playing streetball in any way prepares a person to be a coach?

 

I learned last night that having a paying job with a contract is modern slavery.

 

You're probably right that they don't play a lot of streetball; they have a job and work for a living and thus don't have the time to do the soccer equivalent of sitting in their parents' basement rubbing one out in front of the computer screen.

 

Buster Douglas.

 

Mike Tyson aggression got him thrown in jail for 3 years and then to bite another man ear.