🇬🇧BRIT REACTS TO - Why the US Sucks at Football!!

[@txmwxl]

If soccer was introduced to the poorer regions of the U.S. and we moved away from pay to play in our academies, we would have more world class players because of the grassroots connections

[@srockerboy1]

We have the talent but its to expensive to play club football at a youth age.

[@H-Vox]

That's so true. Never thought about that but it's dead true

[@Mazrati]

I was a victim of the pay to play system to the point where I avoided it by transferring schools and being good enough to eventually receive a scholarship to UCF. But I do wish the opportunities that my little cousins have were around during my time where a lot of the top European clubs are invested in the US to where clubs like PSG and Real Madrid are building academies in my city to develop and scout young American talent.

[@HatTrick.]

2:44 He's american born and raised he was just doing an impersonation of a british accent lol. It's really good sounds real

[@gracielynn9623]

Absolutely loved watching your reaction to this. Soccer doesn’t need to be the number one sport in the US. If only 20% of the country is interested in the sport that’s still 67 million people… That’s more than the entire population of the UK. Soccer is in a good spot and because of the way that Americans are if we start winning more than it’ll explode in popularity. One thing to say about Americans is they really only care about a sport if they’re winning in that sport. Now that the US men’s team is starting to win more more people are starting to become interested in the sport overall.

[@Hakuna65Matata]

I can say this to you. I live in the state of Pennsylvania. We have a town called Bethlehem, PA. It was the home of once called Bethlehem Steel. Back in the 1920s til about the 40s couple of the guys that worked at the steel stacks made a club called Bethlehem Steel F.C. It was one of the best clubs in American Soccer (Football) at the time winning numerous US Open Cups. Most of them were German, Italian and Slovak workers that lived on south mountain, they played their matches across the Lehigh River in the historical side at Moravian University. Which still stands today for Moravian athletics

[@woodsea434]

The Billion Dollar Goal is also a good documentary on US soccer history.

[@vibin1187]

Not so long ago playing soccer was soft here in the US. Because everyone watched American football and basketball soccer was seen as a girl sport.

[@kentgrady9226]

We do have an academy system. On many levels, it's quite strong, depending on the club (Red Bulls, Crew, Dallas, Galaxy, Timbers, and Sounders are all very very good). And now, USL clubs are fielding academies in smaller markets and communities. But, we did place the cart before the horse by starting up pre-fabricated clubs in communities with no ties to them, except for the hunger for the game. To be fair, in some cases (Austin, Saint Louis, Columbus, Cincinnati, Nashville, for example), that hunger was considerable. In other cases, the clubs are kind of just there. Primarily, it is because the cities already host professional teams in other sports and it just feels strange to American thinking to leave them out. I'm looking at you, Colorado and Chicago. There is a two part video by a creator called "Tactical Manager". It is an extended interview with Greg Lalas of USL. Whether for your own interest, or as a reaction, I recommend you give it a look. Spoiler alert, MLS might easily have competition as the North American top flight. Bottom line, the USSF (our FA) has got some work to do. The good news is, the pieces are already there. They just require assembly. The bad news, a lot of billionaires want to leave the pieces as they are - and billionaires don't often lose arguments.

[@sig-11signation49]

In the last 2 years an academy system has been implemented. Charlotte FC has brought a lot of its players from its Crown Legacy and Charlotte FC academy this past transfer window.

[@johnnymaldonado2567]

Thanks bro! Keep it up

[@ikuep]

NFL games are guaranteed to have injuries. This is why they call football soft even though it's not really soft. It's just the nature of the comparison in the US.

[@gacaptain]

I think the reason many Americans think of soccer as soft is because of the practice of many soccer players of falling to the ground (flopping) after soft contact to try and draw a foul call from the officials. It happens so often that it becomes difficult to determine if a player has really been hurt or not. This does not happen anywhere near as much in any of the traditional American sports. In part because the penalty for fouls and therefore the possible gains you can get from drawing a foul are not nearly as great in American sports. Also, it just takes alot more physical contact to have a foul called in American sports.

[@jamesbernald2850]

Major League Baseball didn’t start drafting players until 1965. Before that it sounds like MLB was very similar to soccer/football in other countries except for promotion relegation. Even today MLB teams don’t draft foreign players, they just sign them like in soccer.

[@pquiah5030]

Big up love the videos

[@Ibandalone]

The young players have always been there was born in 1991 and I played 15 years. The disconnect is as he says there is no bridge between the youth and professional players it’s always onto college when the 18-20 are starting to break into professional teams

[@aaronelizondo8318]

Should do one on Mexico as well

[@oscarsalas-mj7kv]

Mexico doesn’t care about winning anymore they put in players that give more promotion and money even if they’re old or bad, they leave out the talent for the money. If they manage things better they’ll be back on top.

[@kentgrady9226]

Please pardon the second comment: The presenter didn't mention it directly, but parts of the video montage did... Football support in the US is, fairly or unfairly, commonly associated with the American political Left. The game's core support has historically come from immigrants, as well as Americans who have lived, traveled or studied abroad. The latter are frequently europhiles by nature and are regarded with skepticism, suspicion, or outright hostility by many (not all.... relax, red state voters) politically conservative Americans. Ergo, association football as "a foreign game" is a well worn trope. To American conservatives, "foreign" means "Anti-American". It means socialized medicine, strict gun laws, and government regulation. It is Big Brother telling the rugged individualist what to do, and when and how to do it. Add to that, laws of the game which seem odd to Americans, low scoring volume which tends to tax the American attention span, and skills which no American sport cultivates in great measure, and there you have a recipe for an uphill climb for the game. Great reaction, as always.

[@aritandan]

100% agree. Was just about to leave a comment similar to this!

[@irishyankee]

this is not true it is associated with "momma boys" so too speak... plenty of the right are "momma boys"

[@jacquesmassard9226]

also i like to point out that usa got pro sports back when there was less than 100 million Americans in a country 70 times the size of the uk. it was harder to be a real national league. even baseball had a "west coast league" back in the day.

[@noting7678]

There are a lot of issues with soccer in the USA. Like Pay to play, a lot of corruption, etc.. People have to understand that soccer in the US doesn't have hundreds of years of history. US tries but many leagues have failed. Improvement is all I want to see. Everything else is going to be fixed with time.

[@nickb2049]

it's simple, all our best team sport athletes go play other sports because that's where they can make more money. When the MLS starts being worth as much as the other sports leagues here and start offering the big contracts to American players, more young athletes will be interested in a career in soccer.

[@mbkeller]

Zealand puts out some really good videos.

[@cameronmiller2163]

Columbus Crew have one of the best academies in America...look up our roster and see how many call ups we have! #Crew96

[@Pako_equis]

Good luck in the 2nd leg in the Champions

[@H-Vox]

They're about to face Monterrey, fingers crossed

[@SBarrettM]

Zealand is the goat and has tons of good soccer content

[@zgdafzgdaf4264]

Look up the game of their lives. Made a good movie about the game.

[@thezachari]

This fellow in the video looks like Edgar Allen Poe. Am I the only one seeing it?

[@Pako_equis]

Imagine if they did and their top athletes like Lebron 🏀 Barry Bonds⚾️ Michael Vick 🏈 Muhammad Ali 🥊 had chosen Football ⚽️? US mens team would be top 5 national teams

[@kingcheetah6495]

I agree that USA dosent take soccer/football seriously

[@Eye_Of_RaRa]

It's been getting better as yrs pass by though at least. Beckham made a push, messi now made great strides, and a deep usmnt run in their own wc would add evennnn more fuel to that

[@Android6Thousand]

Feels like soccer/football is gaining in popularity as American football phases out. Right now it's 4th best attendance of all professional leagues but I can definitely see soccer and basketball being the top 2 most popular sports in the future in the US there's going to have to be a renaissance at the collegiate level some type explosion of exposure something like what women's college basketball is going through right now

[@nickb2049]

@@Android6Thousand American football phases out? This year's Super Bowl was the most watched in history, the NFL is looking to directly getting involved with the UFL giving them dominance over spring. Soccer is never going to sniff American Football, ever.

[@Android6Thousand]

@@nickb2049 maybe not in our lifetime but science and studies show the effects long term aren't good and statistics show ppl ate putting their kids in football less and less, maybe American football changes to use droids instead of ppl🤷‍♀️. Globally speaking soccer/football has always been a bigger sport and it's popularity is growing in the states

[@skyurl3949]

Day 2 of asking u to react to Ricardo quaresma

[@tacticalmanagerbabymommaak5825]

I mean if you guys still believe that we arent good and not a soccer nation then what does it say about mexico? 😂 and what does it say about England not being able to beat the U.S. in a world cup. 2 draws and 1 win for the U.S. or the fact that the U.S. has that round of 16 win over Mexico. It says alot of this team as A whole and throughout the years and itll get better. Even with Berhalter. But we are obviously not top 10 nation good. But we are good.

[@SpoiledMilk321]

ya the us are a solid team right now and the youth is rellay good its just how they will capitalize one the world cup to get more funding for the country as a hole and less pay to play

[@WorLCommunity]

USA is not good bro even now they’re still mid compare to the other world . They have never really beaten a top 4 European power during their prime or even now . Mexico still far superior they just need to fix all their issues

[@tacticalmanagerbabymommaak5825]

@@WorLCommunity 😂😂😂😂 not even good? If we suck and beat mexico, what does that say about your sorry team? I know you were crying while typing that. 😂 now that made me laugh. You should be playing Guatemala or St Kitt and Nevis. That's more your level. Now go and watch your mexico videos of the past. Because that's where you live. So in conclusion, take your L and leave.

[@WorLCommunity]

@@tacticalmanagerbabymommaak5825 USA is a solid team I’ll admit but they not better buddy than the rest of the world like ever …

[@l510l]

@@tacticalmanagerbabymommaak5825you are not on the team lil bro

[@Terrell070]

We played soccer in elementary school when I was a kid, but by 6th grade few played, by 7th grade nearly no one played. Compared to gridiron football or Rugby football, it is. Gridiron football is more technical than you think. There are some YT videos about offenses, defenses, etc. on how the game is.

[@jacquesmassard9226]

the people who talk down "soccer" are just like the people who talk about american sports saying "they are not real sports" sadly. Different sports are awesome in their own way. If you grow up with them you feel them more cause they become part of who you are

[@vibin1187]

While Europe and the rest of the world were developing real football, the US developed in their own version of football. Some people say it was like they took an actual sport and their into something else.