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Tafkam Hokie

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Needs to be a passionate sport, not a popular one.


Heck, I'd bet more kids play organized soccer than football and basketball combined. But if you are an elite athlete, the money, fame, and glory are still in football and basketball. So those are the sports that get the best coaching, best player development, and the most organized leagues.

I don't care one whit about pro basketball. But I can still name at least a dozen NBA stars if only because they are celebrities. But I can't name a single active soccer player.

When soccer makes the crossover from popular to passionate and the best soccer players are every bit as rich and famous as Lebron James and are doing commercials for State Farm and Wrangler jeans like other famous athletes, THEN the US will be competitive on the world stage.

(In response to this post by vthokieq)

Posted: 06/07/2021 at 4:01PM


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  I will say it now... -- BMoreHokie 06/07/2021 12:30AM
  It has been VERY popular here for a VERY long time already ** -- Riverguy 06/07/2021 12:17PM
  It takes more than just being a "popular" sport. -- vthokieq 06/07/2021 1:29PM
  Needs to be a passionate sport, not a popular one. -- Tafkam Hokie 06/07/2021 4:01PM
  There's plenty of passion there. -- vthokieq 06/07/2021 4:56PM
  Really?? They introduced soccer to us in high school in the -- AZHokie59 06/07/2021 11:17AM
  We are much improved in the midfield and on the wings. -- Chris Coleman  06/07/2021 10:29AM
  Except youth soccer has an awfully high concussion rate too -- Tafkam Hokie 06/07/2021 10:16AM
  My wife had a 12 y/o female student get a soccer head injury -- Happy Dog 06/07/2021 10:23AM
  Does your wife know you call her Mrs. Dog? -- GretnaHokie 06/07/2021 3:27PM
  Lol, were you around in the early days of TSL? -- Happy Dog 06/07/2021 4:10PM
  US Youth Soccer doesn't allow heading under the age of 12. -- vthokieq 06/07/2021 11:23AM
  This was before the rule - header to the noggin ** -- Happy Dog 06/07/2021 11:52AM
  I believe that’s what my soccer coach told me in 1980. ** -- GreenvilleVT 06/07/2021 10:09AM
  I'll have what he's ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ having... ** -- great2bahokie 06/07/2021 10:02AM
  LOL! -- EDGEMAN 06/07/2021 09:58AM
  Whoa Whoa -- ElbertoHokie 06/07/2021 09:12AM
  They have no excuse to not be in the next 5 World Cups. None. -- hoosnowahokie 06/07/2021 09:09AM
  Ha-Ha -- Guy LeDouche 06/07/2021 09:07AM
  So what's this now? The third generation of youth that's going to -- 133743Hokie 06/07/2021 09:03AM
  Yeah, versus the world that lives, breathes and dies by football. From -- UTPr0sim 06/07/2021 08:30AM
  Wildly optimistic -- Happy Dog 06/07/2021 06:37AM
  Reyna is the best player on the US team by a large margin. -- ElbertoHokie 06/07/2021 09:13AM
  And Reyna was born in England. ** -- Chris Coleman  06/07/2021 10:32AM
  Let's hope we continue to pump out more talent -- Happy Dog 06/07/2021 09:52AM
  I'll have what he's having^^^ ** -- LonghornHokie 06/07/2021 01:18AM
  Still got a lot of work to do at the youth level. -- vthokieq 06/07/2021 12:37AM
  Only potential mine in the field ... -- Nova Hokie 95 06/07/2021 12:34AM
  Fcuking Legend!!!!!! You win the day!! ** -- BMoreHokie 06/07/2021 12:43AM

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