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Post by soccerfan30 on Jan 6, 2017 9:59:42 GMT -5
Saw an article today in regards to how a Catalan National Team would look like if they declared independence from Spain. The article also highlighted (for me at least) the gulf in development here in the US vs other countries given our population.
An independent Catalonia would have a population of approximately 7.5 million people, which is roughly the population of the state of Washington. Total US population is around 318 million.
Here would be a projected starting 11 for Catalonia
GK- Victor Valdez Defenders: Jordi Alba, Marco Bartra, Gérard Pique, Aleix Vidal, Midfield: Xavi, Cesc Fabregas, Sergio Busquets Forwards: Cristian Tello, Bojan Krkic, Sergi Roberto
That team would throttle the US and probably many other national teams as well. Shows with our population how far behind we really are.
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Post by gaprospects on Jan 6, 2017 16:30:02 GMT -5
Saw an article today in regards to how a Catalan National Team would look like if they declared independence from Spain. The article also highlighted (for me at least) the gulf in development here in the US vs other countries given our population. An independent Catalonia would have a population of approximately 7.5 million people, which is roughly the population of the state of Washington. Total US population is around 318 million. Here would be a projected starting 11 for Catalonia GK- Victor Valdez Defenders: Jordi Alba, Marco Bartra, Gérard Pique, Aleix Vidal, Midfield: Xavi, Cesc Fabregas, Sergio Busquets Forwards: Cristian Tello, Bojan Krkic, Sergi Roberto That team would throttle the US and probably many other national teams as well. Shows with our population how far behind we really are. I get the point you're trying to make, but you do realize that the last time the US played Spain in a competitive tournament the US won, right?
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Post by soccerfan30 on Jan 6, 2017 18:49:03 GMT -5
Yes I even watched the game live on TV In soccer anyone can win a one off game....See Greece, Iceland, Denmark etc, however I'm talking about sustained excellence, proven development for decades and technical/tactical abilities, in those areas we are wayyyyyyyy behind given the number of youth players and population size vs other countries, that was the point of the post.
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Post by soccerparent02 on Jan 7, 2017 12:48:09 GMT -5
We forget that in most of these cases, soccer is the main or only sport played by youth. It is also the sport most valued in their society. In the US, basketball, football, baseball, track, etc. are valued more. Many good athletes are in other sports and never play soccer.
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Post by rifle on Jan 7, 2017 12:55:21 GMT -5
We don't have a quantity problem, we have a quality and exclusion problem.
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Post by soccerparent02 on Jan 7, 2017 12:58:08 GMT -5
We don't have a quantity problem, we have a quality and exclusion problem. mo How so?
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Post by rifle on Jan 7, 2017 15:32:45 GMT -5
A country of five million with multiple sports might rightfully argue they don't have enough soccer players. A country of three hundred million.. nope.
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