Europeans still misunderstand this argument.
There are ~192 wide receivers in the NFL. These guys are 6+ feet tall, fast, strong, quick feet, powerful jump, great reflexes, elite positioning, spatial IQ etc.
We’re not saying if you gave them a soccer ball today they’d outscore Haaland.
But if you gave those 192 NFL receivers a ball at their feet instead of in their hands at 5 years old, and you trained them to be strikers with the same intensity that took them to the NFL?
I promise you’d have at least one elite number 9 among the bunch.
“American stadiums are horrible, they shouldn’t host”
“Ok the stadiums are nice but they won’t fill”
“The stadiums filled but the games will suck”
“The games are exciting but American cities are terrible”
“American cities are only fun because they’re rich”