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Originally Posted by solomon
I guess this is true. There is a real pigskin culture in the South and Midwest here in the states, as well as basketball culture in the inner cities.
Soccer/Football just doesn't have that same innate passion yet.
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A footballing culture can be created quite quickly. Just look at Japan, they've almost caught up in little over a decade. Around 2000 they changed their approach and made all the right decisions. Especially in the linking teams to their community and in youth development.
Soccer can't really flourish in the high school/college structure as the basic techniques need to be well established between ages 4 and 14. Top talents often have practiced about 10,000 hours during that time already, there is no easy way to catch up later.
The great distances in the country make national leagues a bit of a problem. Although it should be possible to build great regional leagues in the metropolitan areas.