American 'Soccer' Players

[Bungle]

Got to thinking after Bob Bradley's dismissal about whether America will actually ever produce a truly world class coach or player?

There have been a couple that have been ok, namely the 2 we've had, Howard (latter seasons aside) and Donovan, but none you'd consider a huge success.

Michael Bradley was supposedly the next big thing but he's terrible and wouldn't get a start in a bottom half premier league team, Yedlin was going to be a world beater but he looks like fading into obscurity. We've had the likes of Shea, Altidore etc but they've all generally been poor.

I appreciate it's nowhere near as popular as other sports in America, but with a population that huge surely they should have produced a decent footballer by now?

Any Americans able to shed any light on your players failure to make an impact in Europe's top domestic leagues?

 

[Goat]

The short answer tho, is no.

 

[Bungle]

The short answer tho, is no.

They'll deflect back on the lack of success of the English national team, or how well they've done in a relatively short time, but the reality is I just don't think they have it in them.

 

[Seathestars]

Too many burgers.

 

[Goat]

They'll deflect back on the lack of success of the English national team, or how well they've done in a relatively short time, but the reality is I just don't think they have it in them.

They can come back when they have even produced a Gazza, nevermind a Glenn Hoddle.

 

[ijjysmith]

It's mental that a country that diverse, with that many people has never ever had a world class footballer.

 

[Bungle]

They can come back when they have even produced a Gazza, nevermind a Glenn Hoddle.

Knowing their luck they'll just have produced a world beater and Putin will then nuke them for being lairy tits.

I've veered off topic here, Americans please explain.

 

[ilikecheese]

I reckon Clint Dempsey made a tiny impact on Fulham when he led them to a European Final that one time and finished fourth to Van Persie, Rooney, and Scholes for Footballer of the Year that other time.

 

[jaycee]

They do tend to shoot dead a lot of potential players

 

[ilikecheese]

It's mental that a country that diverse, with that many people has never ever had a world class footballer.

It's even more mental that the country that invented the game produces so very few.

 

[abelard]

i expect the "our athletes are the best in the world because they are the best in the world at sports that nobody else in the world cares about" argument will surface before too long.

 

[Bungle]

It's even more mental that the country that invented the game produces so very few.

Cheese kicks us off with some superb bantz here, standard stuff

 

[ijjysmith]

It's even more mental that the country that invented the game produces so very few.

But yet has produced a good few in comparison.

 

[Woolly Blue]

I reckon Clint Dempsey made a tiny impact on Fulham when he led them to a European Final that one time and finished fourth to Van Persie, Rooney, and Scholes for Footballer of the Year that other time.

Bungle's got a bite here.
Cheesy tried to resist, but his patriotism won the day.

 

[ilikecheese]

But yet has produced a good few in comparison.

TBF we've only been playing the game seriously for ~20 years. Where are the world class Chinese and Indians? I mean there are billions of them.