Art Modell;715515 wrote:There's a reason that soccer players in high school dont play football,basketball,and baseball. Just saying.

Bc football is during the same season as soccer in HS retard. And plenty of Soccer players play other sports in HS, at least around here

Art Modell;715515 wrote:There's a reason that soccer players in high school dont play football,basketball,and baseball. Just saying.

You are acting like you played any sports.

Hb31187;715516 wrote:My point is you dont have to be in any better shape to play soccer than Wr or any skill position in the NFL. Once you get to that level all of those athletes are extremely conditioned and could handle the running it would take to play soccer. Obviously hes not skilled enough, but thats beside the point

Again, What skills do you need to play soccer?

Art Modell;715548 wrote:Again, What skills do you need to play soccer?

its actually pretty hard.I played organized for the first time indoors on a team with some of my friends. I suck at dribbling and shooting, but am a decent passer and really good at defense, which doesnt take any soccer skill.

Art Modell;715548 wrote:Again, What skills do you need to play soccer?

smh

DeyDurkie5;715458 wrote: you are right, except for the fact rooney is a forward not midfielder

Exactly. Thats why I said depends on the position and the actual player. As a forward Rooney covers a lot of ground.

Hb31187;715516 wrote:My point is you dont have to be in any better shape to play soccer than Wr or any skill position in the NFL. Once you get to that level all of those athletes are extremely conditioned and could handle the running it would take to play soccer. Obviously hes not skilled enough, but thats beside the point

the average soccer player runs 8800 meters per match, or 5.5 miles(and i'm pretty sure that is just for high school/college soccer players, the pros are well in the 10,000 range) I highly doubt football players at the reciever position cover that much distance

How much of that do they RUN and how much do they jog? And im not saying that Wr's DO cover that much ground, Im saying they wouldnt struggle to do so

DeyDurkie5;715600 wrote:the average soccer player runs 8800 meters per match, or 5.5 miles(and i'm pretty sure that is just for high school/college soccer players, the pros are well in the 10,000 range) I highly doubt football players at the reciever position cover that much distance

they might cover that ground but they arent running the whole time. Not to mention the offense is only on the field about half of the game. So say the offense is on the field for 30 minutes total. A soccer player is on the field for 90 minutes total. Seems logical to me that a soccer player would cover more distance.

I highly doubt that most NFL receivers have the cardio of a world class soccer player. Its apples and oranges anyway.

Id venture to say a soccer player is in better cardio shape than any other big time sport. That isnt a knock, as other sports easily have more muscle etc. But soccer players are extremely fit. While they dont have to sprint the whole time, no breaks at all do make the last 15 of a half very tiring. Even if you jog for 30 minutes, trying to make a 50 yard sprint after is going to be tough. Soccer players do this routinely.

As for the skill, we get into this argument every time. If you cant see the skill involved, Im not going to bother. Ive played football, baseball, basketball, track, and tennis at the varsity/college level. Most of what I did on the soccer field took more skill and concentration. Hitting a good pitcher was the only thing harder. Basketball and football are the easiest sports in the world to play. No question about it.

Art Modell;715548 wrote:Again, What skills do you need to play soccer?

I bet you have zero coordination whatsoever. You probably couldn't chew gum and walk at the same time.