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@QuantK22 Nah what’s the context with this? 😭 ik he scammed people but who’s Ewan?

Doku seeing he’s 2v1 every time he gets the ball out wide

@WadePlem @ba34473062q @alexydude9 That’s cool, imagine investing billions into youth soccer, having double our player count, and bragging about 'world-class athletes,' yet remaining locked out of the FIFA top 10 for two decades. You have the money, the population, and the facilities, yet you're currently ranked?

@TextureZ2 @ba34473062q @alexydude9 Per capita can be adjusted to contain per athlete, then who dusts who? lol Michael Phelps has more medals than most countries

@alexydude9 We legitimately have the same or less people playing soccer in the US as those in the UK. Think about that. A nation that absolutely dwarfs you in size barely plays the sport. Imagine if the number of people that played football baseball and basketball all funneled into soccer.

@WadePlem @ba34473062q @alexydude9 The gap is that we have a fraction of your population. Per capita, GB absolutely dusts the US in Olympic medals, even while we don't care about those sports. tbh imagine if we tried our best in the Olympics, ranked top 5 for 6 years in the biggest sport, if we cared then imagine

@TextureZ2 @ba34473062q @alexydude9 Now what’s the gap between 3rd and 1st in medal count

@WadePlem @ba34473062q @alexydude9 And once again, far more people in America do soccer than England do Olympic sports,Even if we look at your favourite metric, GB is literally third globally for Olympic medals, despite most of our population and not caring. But once again, on the global stage (soccer) USMT sucks

@TextureZ2 @ba34473062q @alexydude9 We don’t do Olympic sports at even the same degree we play soccer lol

@WadePlem @ba34473062q @alexydude9 Football dwarfs the Olympics on the global stage. Once again, you only care when its something America ‘cares about’ You invest billions and have double our teenagers on the pitch, but you can't build a world-class team in the one sport the entire world actually plays…

@TextureZ2 @ba34473062q @alexydude9 A simple look at the Olympics would show you who houses the best athletes in the world. It’s not even close.

@WadePlem @ba34473062q @alexydude9 Changing the convo to the Olympics is such a cope. In the UK, the Olympics isn’t nowhere near as big as it is in the US, we hardly watch it and the general public doesn't care about track or rowing the rest of the year. Football is the biggest sport on the planet.

@WadePlem @ba34473062q @alexydude9 How many more billions of dollars do you need to MAYBE produce a single world-class talent? My entire point is that other countries invest less have a fraction of your population, yet their teams are packed with elite players. I thought the USA was meant to have the best athletes

@TextureZ2 @ba34473062q @alexydude9 It lacks funds comparing to major sports in the US, especially at the college and pro level. The pay to play nature of it is a big problem but that is seperate from the grass roots funding of the sport

@WadePlem @ba34473062q @alexydude9 This ‘it’s not our sport’ stuff only matters when the USA is involved. When it’s sports not many countries care about its ‘Dominance’ but when it’s switched it’s ’oh we aren’t trying’ u aren’t the best at everything and it’s ok

@TextureZ2 @ba34473062q @alexydude9 You keep failing to realize the 900,000 you get are not the best of the athletes we have. Nor do they get the funding the sports we prioritize do, that trickles into coaching, and development

@WadePlem @ba34473062q @alexydude9 You spend billions, have 4 million kids trying, and still can't produce a world-class side for the biggest sport the on the planet. In fact, not a single American player IN HISTORY has ever been good enough to be a regular starter for CURRENT England, Spain, Germany, or France.

@WadePlem @ba34473062q @alexydude9 The FA database tracks over 450k registered club players just in England's U15–U18 brackets alone. Meanwhile, the US has nearly 900,000 registered teen players in those exact same age brackets. And still can’t produce a world-class team. This sleeping giant theory is BS im sorry

@TextureZ2 @ba34473062q @alexydude9 You mean to tell me that by 15 the youth playing soccer in the UK is 380K

@WadePlem @ba34473062q @alexydude9 Ik youth players that play for Malmo in Sweden, and they put some of the best American players to shame even sometimes being younger than them. It’s a running joke in the US themselves that when they play European teams, they know it’s gonna be a hard time, whever it’s anyone.

What happens when those youth ayso leagues end? In your country you continue, in ours the kids go into the bigger sports 70% fall out by 14. Which is why it stands to reason in a country that has more children than your entire population, if we instead all played soccer, we would ascend to the top of the world.

@WadePlem @ba34473062q @alexydude9 And even with more registered youth players the ‘D1 Athletes’ get embarrassed by not even first division European teams but 2nd.

@TextureZ2 @ba34473062q @alexydude9 Casual pickup and adult rec aren’t a relevant number. The actual number in youth soccer is around 3 million kids. In a country of about 70 million kids That’s about 4% being generous

@WadePlem @ba34473062q @alexydude9 And saying not a single USA player EVER gets into the CURRENT France, England, Germany or Spain starting 11.

@ba34473062q @alexydude9 Now respond to the rest of the point

@WadePlem @ba34473062q @alexydude9 England: According to data from Sport England and The FA, roughly 1.9 million to 2.1 million people participate in regular, organized football, though that number climbs closer to 11 million if you include everyone who plays casually (like a kickabout in the park)

@CameronDuf27788 @WadePlem @Chelsearory He just completely changed the convo when he got proven wrong damn 😭

@WadePlem @Chelsearory And this has anything to do with atmosphere how? I feel sorry for people around you because clearly when presented with valid points you just divert to whatever you can come up with, proper little fairy you are.

Who hasn’t experienced the atmosphere in the US? Been to many sporting events in many parts of America including the SoFi when LA won the Super Bowl. Like I say it was impressive in its way-big, sparkley, Dr. Dre…but in terms of organic, partisan, tribal support, it was flat.

@WadePlem @naphtrax Saying 30 years is crazy when not a single USA player EVER gets into the CURRENT France, England, Germany or Spain starting 11. USA has no grassroots at all even their best D1 Athletes get embarrassed by not even first division European teams but 2nd.

@naphtrax What makes you think technique can’t be learned? Technique aids Athleticism, molds it, allows it to flourish. We would need 30 years or so to build the foundation through youth development but it isn’t a question of if, but when

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