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Message: [QUOTE="Hoo's That, post: 3046556, member: 3609"] To me, [I]the[/I] problem working against the US's being good in soccer like Europe and Latin America is that our best athletes at just about every level from 5-year-olds to pros play other sports. I posted this idea on our board and all the soccer aficionados agreed with my point. Just about every college football program has had a prototypical "3rd Down Back" in their history that their fans fondly remember. He's the one who would wreak havoc on the linebackers when he would run a wheel route coming out of the backfield. If he was able to catch the pass, it was a guaranteed 1st Down. Great, almost perfect, combination of speed and strength. Well, in the rest of the world, he plays forward in soccer. [/QUOTE]