Soccer Columnists

Most are good but some are really bad, here is an email I sent to a soccer columnist today. I was responding to an article he wrote on why the US has not produced a player of "Brazilian" skill...enjoy!



Come on now...you can't seriously write that you believe we aren't going to be a great soccer playing nation until we start producing the types of players like KaKa, Ronaldinho...ect. If you could name me one other country that does then I wouldn't be writing this. It is baffling to me to read all the articles from the so called American soccer journalists out there the last couple of days saying that we are just no where near the type of team of a Brazil. What country is? Seriously? Argentina just got trounced in the final of Copa America with a Brazil B squad...almost every other country is beaten routinely and has been for decades by the Brazilians. No other country produces the type of player they do. As Americans I know we are supposed to think that we should be the best at everything but you need to have more of a glass half full perspective. At least we now have players that can have an impact on a game individually and are some of the most athletic soccer players in the world. We play with a certain style (albeit mostly on the counter) but we are quick and organized and for the most part can beat any given team on any day save Brazil/Argentina/France...also I love the comment you made (And they still don't appear to be that much closer to competing with the Brazils of this world.) I honestly didn't know that there is more than one Brazil...moral of my story is-have a little patience and look at the bright side of things. We have more exposure in this country from the media than at any other time, you can find a game any day of the week on TV, MLS is somewhat thriving, things are changing in youth development finally...but we aren't going to beat teams in the top 10 of the FIFA rankings consistently for several years. Soccer in this country is slowly but surely making consistent progress and I am happy with that...also if you were to somehow get the US team from '95 to play against the one from '07, there would be no contest. I would bet on the current roster of players to win 3-nil.