Quote Originally Posted by tony
Seriously, with all real respect to our friends over the pond, I think USA have a better squad than we have at present.
Looks like they could run all day, they defend well and are well organised. An ageing Clint Dempsey gives them something we obviously lack yet this is their 4th or 5th choice sport?
Another big advantage the US has is a population base of roughly 330,000,000 to draw from.[/quote]

Perhaps the real "big advantage" the US has is that their team is managed by a German.

There are three times as many people in London than there are in the whole of Uruguay.

They still won![/quote]

In Uruguay THE SPORT and THE ONLY SPORT would seem to be football. which makes a big difference. naturally talented athletes in England can become an Olympic rower, play rugby, focus on golf, horseback jumping, etc and still have a relatively balanced