I think the third continent to lift the world cup will be Asia and Japan is really a good contender

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    11 months ago

    They said the same thing after The World Cup in 1994, it’s been 30 years later and you get the same old results. Who knows, maybe you’re right? I’d like to see it, But I wouldn’t bet on it because I believe culture is the key and the US doesn’t have that. The NFL and NBA are king and they get the best athletes, heck even track and field too. It’s an uphill battle between Football (American) Basketball, Hockey, Baseball, Golf, Track and field, tennis, XGames etc. Other countries really don’t have to compete with that many other sports

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      11 months ago

      I think that there are gonna be fewer and fewer young kids playing American football due to more and more data about CTE coming out. I’m hoping this will lead to more interest in soccer because we certainly have the athletes to compete. We just need to keep building a strong youth foundation. But I’m not naive enough to think that’s gonna happen anytime soon. I think it will happen eventually, but it may be another 50 years.