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Originally Posted by thaskalos
It's hard to really appreciate the game if one hasn't grown up with it from a young age. The sports-related cultural difference between the U.S. and Europe is striking. In Europe, when a little kid finds a ball on the street...he kicks it. Here...the little kid picks up the ball and throws it. This inherent instinct places soccer at a big disadvantage as the kids are growing up in this country.
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Completely agree.
It is also the reason that Europeans who entered the NFL typically did so as kickers instead of players: their base was in a completely different paradigm.
Of course, now we have a melding of everything and in this and future generations more North Americans will play futbol from a young age.
