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Someone made an interesting point in our TBCB boxing forum that the lower weight classes in boxing are the most exciting these days because they attract the best (boxing) athletes. The larger guys are now playing American football, hockey, baseball, basketball. Why get your face smashed in when you can make big money at somewhat less risky sports? So a superb athlete who is 5-9 and 160 is more likely to be a boxer than a guy who is 6-2 and 200.
Following that theory, you'd think that USA Soccer would attract some great athletes. You don't need to be huge to be a great soccer player. We've got 300 million people here - you'd think we could put a great team together. While I realize that soccer is a second-tier sport here, the potential talent pool would appear to be enormous.
I'm a casual soccer fan... no expert. Is our leadership really that horrendous? There seem to be more kids playing soccer than even Little League baseball...
And, lest this be a 100% negative post, congrats on a great victory over Egypt. Pretty amazing - let's hope they have another miracle in them for Spain.
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