I can not choose, all the players Français are super fantastique. I can say that any French top 5 would be better than the ones from the other countries written here.
because you've seen all the others? I'm sure the Argentine and Brasilian players might take issue with that.
Wow man, where were you in 2002, did you happen to see the choke job France did, and where did the US end up? Oh yeah, that's right in the Quarterfinals!!!
did you read the list? Do you know who any of those players are? Most of them are already pros, the others are training with the youth national teams. High schools and colleges are out of the loop.
Ooh la la, I forgot I am not only conversing avec la Français, so I am also among the not so smart and even the most obvious things must be spelled out. I am sorry. Let us rewind I am pvan4 and I say this: "because you've seen all the others? I'm sure the Argentine and Brasilian players might take issue with that." I am le sexy Alphonse and including the obvious things I am le saying this: "I, me, have seen, with my eyes, all the other, non Français, players of football, which is a sport, although I have to admit, I have not seen a lot of USA players, players who play for the USA, but let us, you and me, be serious, without kidding, no threat there, because they are not good" You understand now?
better to have past glories and tradition then nothing THE USMNT has nothing,theyre a joke and you make it to the quarterfinals of wc2002 and you think youre great the rest of the world doesnt think so..... u get some lil kid from ghana congo and everyone is saying freddy adu this and that but this is a team game.... usmnt talk too much trash---you guys forgot wc1990,1998 you stunk it up...... same thing will happen at the confed cup the games versus camerroon and turkey you will lose b/c those teams are much more physical than the sissy us team and brazil well you will meet adriano the next big thing out of brazil
I always find it humorous when people who live in this fvckin country slag it like they hate it. You are free to leave or might you have to go back to some 3rd world country where you can't say anything for fear of getting yourself shot by some warlord that masquerades as the head of gov't. You are a class A prat.
GERMANY doesn`t need talents. But nonetheless here are some: Paul Freier (23) / Bochum Kevin Kuranyi (21) / Stuttgart Andreas Hinkel (21) / Stuttgart Markus Feulner (21) / Bayern Bastian Schweinsteiger (18) / Bayern Sebastian Deisler (23) / Bayern Tobias Rau (21) / Bayern David Odonkor (19) / Dortmund Sebastian Kehl (23) / Dortmund Christian Rahn (23) / HSV Arne Friedrich (24) / Hertha BSC Berlin Thorben Marx (22) / Hertha BSC Berlin Markus Daun (22) / Werder Bremen Tim Borowski (22) / Werder Bremen Fabian Ernst (24) / Werder Bremen Mike Hanke (19) / Schalke Marco Vorbeck (22) / Hansa Benjamin Lauth (21) / 1860 Munchen Tim Wiese (21) / Kaiserslautern Daniel Bierofka (24) / Leverkusen Benjamin Auer (22) / Mainz Most of them are current starting players in their teams. The top five are: Arne Friedrich (24) / Hertha BSC Berlin / Defender Paul Freier (23) / Bochum / Midfielder Kevin Kuranyi (21) / Stuttgart / Attacker Andreas Hinkel (21) / Stuttgart / Defender Tim Wiese (21) / Kaiserslautern / Goalkeeper
please don't..... need him okay then, i'll bite and i'll try my best to do it without descending into tomvandamnation it's hard to judge that when you don't have tradition, but do you know what else is pretty exciting? building a tradition 1- you must be the most blissful person 2- i don't know a single US fan that thinks we are great - i think we all understand that we are a work in progress and when we play a HOLLAND or a germany, we carry all proper respects (just none from a sporting aspect) 3- things that we do have: a fine group of veterans, a vast pool of bright prospects, hunger, commitment, spirit, GREAT goaltending, a burgeoning counterattack, an upward slope 4- the joke will soon be on you see that's the thing you need to understand about americans: right or wrong, we generally don't give a flying rat's a$$ what anybody thinks of us 1- yeah we're the only country with naturalized citizens playing for the national team (how do i do a roll eyes?) 2- adu did NOT begin playing the game until he was in america 3- thanks, we all thought it was BigTennis 4- boo freakin' hoo bunny - you wish you had him - may he rain down upon you with every jiggy juke and toepoke available in the heavens 1- uhhhh DUH!!! who talks trash anyway? and 2- we shall see - hope those words are edible B yatch 1- a recent study showed that 83% of males who use the term 'sissy' are often masking overtly homoerotic desires... or so i'd assume 2- your one salient point that adriano is awesome falls under the adage 'even a broken clock is right twice a day' - so i guess it's CLOCK 2 YOU 1
for once I agree with my man bluedaddy(except Adu did play soccer in Ghana just not organized soccer)
Casillas is only 21? Man, my 39 year old wife was all over him on TV last summer. I've gotta tell her what a perv she is.
I know, they are addressing a problem that they've had for years. High school and college soccer stunt the growth of American talent. The new crop of talent that is coming through is promising and will be better than those before, but, unless they pay attention to leagues and players other than MLS they are going to take a while before you notice a marked difference in the quality of players we produce. Imagine, the best players in the world got where they are by watching the best, they always name: Platini, Van Basten, Maradona, Francescoli, Zico, Baggio etc. Do you agree? Unfortunately, there is some US campaign to "make soccer ours" and call anyone who respects European soccer a snob. In which case we're trying to reinvent the wheel.
For Japan, off the top of my head I can think of: Okubo Tsuboi Nakayama (the new one, not the old one)