It doesn't really piss me off. Our best athletes grow up playing football, basketball, and baseball. I've had this conversation with Icehouse several times, it's always fun to imagine other athletes growing up kicking a ball around and the subsequent greatness that would ensue.
So for the shit storm, pick an American athlete that you would like to see on the National team. We will need Names, position, and what they actually bring to the team. Also for this storm we are going to go ahead and assume that these athletes have been playing soccer from a young age etc.
My first selection is Mike Vick.
I kinda see him as an attacking midfielder. He would obviously bring speed, footwork, insane moves, and average passing.
Ok go all out on this one.
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Dwyane Wade would be a hell of a striker. He's got just about the quickest first step in the universe, is a thick 6'4, can sky over just about everyone, and is pretty darn good at drawing fouls.
ReplyDeleteHe can beat anyone one-on-one.
I think Lebron has to be on the field somewhere. I'm saying we put him at a center back. Out muscle everyone, and clear out any ball in a 20 ft. radius. He could also come up for set pieces. Kick ball in air-score.
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ReplyDeleteLeBron. Keeper. Bending shots in the top left going over his head? I think not. Also, would you really want to try to lob one over his head when he charges from the net? 6'8, amazing one foot explosion. I'd expect a clean sheet every time.
ReplyDeleteRandy Moss and Terrell Owens would be set piece dominate. Owens would be a great wing defender. And Moss could free kick with the best of them. I see Moss' footwork being slightly Ronaldinho-esque.
ReplyDeleteMoss is more of a Kaká, I think. It's not so much that he's quick, but rather long, fluid, and sexy.
ReplyDeleteI want Chris Paul in the middle of it all. Faster than everyone, and can see literally everything.
Nnamdi Asomgua is our lockdown defender. Going to try to beat him deep? No. Going to try and go around him? No. Going to try to outjump him? You get the idea.
ReplyDeleteI like VY at a wing. H won't pull off the bat shit crazy moves like Vick, but he'll go on insane runs down the side.
ReplyDeleteOn a side note, with the people on our team it seems that we will score anytime the ball is ten feet in the air around the goal.
Kobe.
ReplyDeleteSpeaks Spanish and Italian. Doesn't fail. Put him wherever.
Ray Lewis. Good side to side movement, and if the other team has someone who is just obliterating, would gladly go Stabby McStabenstien on him.
ReplyDeleteTrindon Holliday from LSU. No one. NO ONE is beating that guy to a through ball.
ReplyDeletewww.youtube.com/watch?v=0YgGylLHmq4
Rajon Rondo would be a magnificent midfielder. Speed, vision, relative size. He's also mad coordinated.
ReplyDeleteFurthermore, I can't believe we forgot about Allen Iverson.
ReplyDeleteOn the subject of Trindon Holliday, I love that you found a clip against Ole Miss, which is possibly the slowest team in college football.
ReplyDeleteTroy Palamaulu on defense.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to see what Kevin Durant could do as a striker coming off the bench. I think he'd be like Peter Crouch.
ReplyDeleteI just remember seeing it through teary eyes in person...
ReplyDeleteMarshawn Lynch needs to be on our team. I don't have any reasoning, but whenever we're putting together a dream team, he's usually somewhere in the mix.
ReplyDeleteWe're all woefully inept for overlooking Steve Nash. But maybe I'm just underestimating our collective creativity.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking of Steve Nash, but he's Canadian isn't he?
ReplyDeleteSteve Nash is Canadian.
ReplyDeleteZack is a traitor.
Steve Nash was actually born in South Africa, spent his formative years in Canada, then moved during high school to Northern California. So yeah, no go.
ReplyDeleteIf we want a white point guard, we could always call up Randy Moss's high school teammate, Whit Eboy himself, Jason Williams. It wouldn't work, but it'd be fucking fun while it lasted.