1. 06-13-18 10:29 AM #36
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    Quote Originally Posted by Esco View Post
    Population + genetics are IMO the 2 biggest factors:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sports_Gene




    Right, and what continent do those African-Americans stem from??
    Honestly you can’t really compare guys from Africa to the black Americans here- most Africans live in poor country’s ? There body isn’t condition right like here in the states - you ever see a African lose marathons?
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  2. 06-13-18 11:27 AM #37
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  3. 06-13-18 03:25 PM #38
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    Quote Originally Posted by ikid2groove415 View Post
    Honestly you can’t really compare guys from Africa to the black Americans here- most Africans live in poor country’s ? There body isn’t condition right like here in the states - you ever see a African lose marathons?
    Many Brazilian superstar players come from poverty as well (Ronaldo, Robinho....etc).
    The soccer league structure in Africa is actually quite advanced and not as mediocre as you might think.

    So far the only 8 countries who have won the world cup have either been European countries, or countries from European descent:

    Brazil (Portuguese)
    Germany
    Italy
    Spain
    France
    Uruguay
    England
    Argentina

    I dont see this changing anytime soon
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  4. 06-13-18 03:28 PM #39
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  5. 06-13-18 03:29 PM #40
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    arent 60 of 80 games in usa

    plus all of the last whatever amount of playoff games

    thats like saying Mexico UK and USA now share nfl football because we play 2 games in UK and 1 in mexico

    fukk outta here with that nonsense

    ofcourse a canadian posted this
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  6. 06-13-18 06:31 PM #41
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    Quote Originally Posted by jizay View Post

    Not taking anything away from the very impressive results of the Dutch in sports. The "leftover" athletes that play soccer here are playing against who? It's not competitive, we don't have programs, etc. If kids inclined to play soccer were sent to other countries where it was the main sport, they would develop. Here, you don't get laid playing soccer. Until that changes, of course we will never produce good teams. Any more than the Dutch will produce a basketball team.
    What is this leftovers stuff excuse?

    Athletes in Australia play Aussie rules, or Rugby League, or Rugby Union or Tennis all ahead of soccer. And we made it.
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  7. 06-13-18 06:32 PM #42
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    Quote Originally Posted by RudyRuetigger View Post
    arent 60 of 80 games in usa

    plus all of the last whatever amount of playoff games

    thats like saying Mexico UK and USA now share nfl football because we play 2 games in UK and 1 in mexico

    fukk outta here with that nonsense

    ofcourse a canadian posted this
    Of course the American didn't read my post. Typical.
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  8. 06-14-18 12:47 AM #43
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    canadas womens team can beat the mens team
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  9. 06-14-18 05:41 AM #44
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    Quote Originally Posted by Optional View Post
    What is this leftovers stuff excuse?
    Athletes in Australia play Aussie rules, or Rugby League, or Rugby Union or Tennis all ahead of soccer. And we made it.
    But Australia is a huge multicultural/multiracial country with enormous budget and a gigantic human pool to select from.



    Oh wait...
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    Technically, all European countries have a middle eastern/African ancestors. You got your prehistory wrong.

    Quote Originally Posted by Esco View Post
    Many Brazilian superstar players come from poverty as well (Ronaldo, Robinho....etc).
    The soccer league structure in Africa is actually quite advanced and not as mediocre as you might think.

    So far the only 8 countries who have won the world cup have either been European countries, or countries from European descent:

    Brazil (Portuguese)
    Germany
    Italy
    Spain
    France
    Uruguay
    England
    Argentina

    I dont see this changing anytime soon
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  11. 06-14-18 06:39 AM #46
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  12. 06-14-18 03:45 PM #47
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    Quote Originally Posted by Grivas_Digeni View Post
    Technically, all European countries have a middle eastern/African ancestors. You got your prehistory wrong.
    Where did you hear that BBC.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hman View Post
    They would dominate it without question.

    Can you imagine guys with the size & quickness who also run 4.4 40's?
    They would do nothing, none of that matters in soccer.
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  14. 06-14-18 05:08 PM #49
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    Quote Originally Posted by ikid2groove415 View Post
    Well you don’t see many black American brothers playing soccer? - That’s where the best athletes are
    Sure you do, except they are not good at it.
    They have shitty genetics for soccer. They will never be great at it.
    That's why African teams always lose.
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  16. 06-14-18 05:12 PM #51
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    Blah blah blah, what if this happened, hypothetical, blah blah blah.

    I just want to see other countries hooligans vs our police squads. Won't end well.

    I wanna see the Russian police squads take care of business too.
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