usmnt

that stands for u.s. men's national team. as in football. as in soccer.

we just got jurgen klinsmann as our coach, which makes sense. he's a big name. he lives in the u.s. and he's probably the best guy we'd ever get to coach the u.s. team. every other major coach knows that this is a shitty job.

why? b/c this is the u.s. and we expect to win everything. even when u.s. soccer has less money, less fans, and let's face it, worse athletes than the best teams worldwide. but what if we didn't?

what if the best u.s. athletes went to play soccer like they do in europe and south america? what if instead of being lured by money and the chance to make a living playing professional sports in the u.s. these guys went to soccer instead of other sports as young kids, developing their skills all the way? what do you need? speed, agility, footwork, coordination.

my dream team starting XI of american players that play other sports, that would have made great soccer players, w/ help from felix:

GK: tom brady (iker casillas), dwight howard (tim howard), lebron james (dida), peyton manning (manuel neuer)

RB: curtis granderson (sergio ramos), michael vick (glen johnson)
CB: matt kemp (rio ferdinand), ray lewis (john terry)
CB: clay matthews (carles puyol), josh hamilton (jamie carragher)
LB: darelle revis (ashley cole)

DM: troy polamalu (javier mascherano), adrian peterson (edgar davids)

RW: russell westbrook (lio messi), desean jackson (mesut ozil)
AM: derrick rose (xavi), chris paul (iniesta), drew brees (xabi alonso)
LW: reggie wayne (arjen robben)

ST: brian urlacher (eric cantona), chris johnson (wayne rooney)
ST: dwayne wade (david villa), kobe bryant (miroslav klose)