Personally I always liked Ruud VanNistleroy. But this is....
not really fair to Americans. The most exposure they get to European football is through our media coverage of David Beckham. It's quite sad really. I watch some European games on Fox Sports World...and the level of skill played by Europeans dwarfs that of Americans.
I watched the MLS (Major League Soccer) All-Stars lose to a club team from Mexico 2-0. Which was astonishing because the club team was on offense almost the entire game. (shoulda been worst)
But in America's defense....our best athletes don't play soccer because it isn't followed as closely as basketball, football, baseball, or hockey. Soccer is getting more popular year after year though. I wouldn't be toooo surprised if an American club team or two got the opportunity to play in Europe or South/Central America in the next.....ummm....20 years or so. But who knows....that's a long time away.
(Europeans: yes i know our soccer is football to you, but i call it soccer in this post because i touch on American football for a second, and I didn't want confusion.)
Originally posted by Linkalicious
[...]I wouldn't be toooo surprised if an American club team or two got the opportunity to play in Europe or South/Central America in the next.....ummm....20 years or so. But who knows....that's a long time away.
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well right now if an American (US) squad were in a European league they'd get beaten so bad that they'd get boo'ed off the field. If, in the next 20 years, they could suit up a squad that was of a high enough level do you think a Central/South American league or European league would ever let them join?
or would they be forced to stick with our crappy MLS league?
The only way for the United States to get better at a sport like football would be to play against a high competition. Even the best US teams would get taken by average Euro teams...and it would stay that way for a long time, until they play against tougher opponents.