2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil

I believe it, it is why they dominate almost every other sport or are strong contenders. It is the reason they clean out at the Olympics.
 
US can become contenders over years. But dominate? Nah. If a country like Brazil where people consider football a religion, grow up playing it everywhere and professional footballer count is very high can't dominate, a country like Germany where interest in football is very high and best football training systems are featured can't dominate, US won't dominate either. But like I said, they might become a contending team over time.

Football is a skill based game. It's much harder to dominate than many other sports. There's a reason why Real Madrid waited a decade to win a Champions League title and no team has repeated as champions since the transition from European Cup to Champions League.
 
Depends what you consider "dominate" and "contender." I very much think Spain "dominated" international football from the Euro 2008 cup to their implotion in this World Cup. Two Euro Cups, one World Cup and 29 consecutive victories? Arguable the best National squad... ever? Will the U.S ever reach that? probably not, but domination is very possible.
 
Just my humble opinion. In the next 12-15 years, watch the USA become a great. With all the safety crackdown on American football, you will see fewer star athletes come up in that sport. Instead you'll see a resurgence of athletes in baseball and some going to soccer (football). We have a country full of good athletes, they are just playing other sports right now.
 
Honestly, American football is a really dangerous sport that ruins athletes the way it is now. If they make it safe, though, it'll take out a lot of the edge. That won't stop people from going to see the Browns play, but it will mean it's going to start dying slowly, I think.
 
There are three factors necessary for football success, according to 'Soccernomics: Why England Loses, Why Spain, Germany, and Brazil Win, and Why the US, Japan, Australia - and Even Iraq - Are Destined to Become the Kings of the World's Most Popular Sport'.
Those factors are a big population, a strong economy, and a fervent fan base.

Football success has nothing to do with the combination of those 3 factors! Smaller economies can or may win. "Fervent fan base" - What does this mean? Fan base of clubs? The national team?

Football is only about cycles of generations, and they don't depend on economies, population and fan bases. For a generation you only need about 30 players, and it's a golden generation if 10 are world class.

Now this is the point: even the best generations don't win a thing but they achieve other kind of success: in earlier posts it was written that we only remember those who win. That's wrong. Everybody remembers Brazil's mega team in 1982 (probably one of the best ever), Hungary's mega team in early 1950's, Netherlands in the 1970's and so on. We remember them because in one way or the other, their teams changed football.

And besides all this, sometimes not-so-great teams win, best defenses wins, best offensives wins, one-player team wins. And there are other kind of influences, the weather, the team's spirit, the quality of the manager.
 
Onhell said:
I believe it, it is why they dominate almost every other sport or are strong contenders. It is the reason they clean out at the Olympics.
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Not the teams sports, they don't. Only Basketball.

That's because most of the Olympic program is about individual effort.

And other teams sports they only sometimes win but so far few times.
 
Night Prowler said:
Klose will start the game :nana: C'mon, just score that goal, and I won't care who wins the game.
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You know I dislike France but they played much better football than Germany in this cup. Of course I'd prefer Germany to win, but if they lose, I won't be too surprised or sad.
 
I'm cheering for France. My favorite national team during my childhood and they play much more enjoyable football.
 
Great header by Hummels. Germans look much more concentrated than the past games, they're the best team in the world when they're locked in.
 
Not much happened in the first half, except for the goal and the missed chance by France, Valbuena's shot that was saved by Neuer.
 
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