The "Real World Cup"

The Gipper

@mld-woody said:
We'd just crush everyone. Boring.

Except that final game vs. Japan a few years earlier was a 23-20 double OT game......kind of like Browns/Jets in 1986.

utzie

@the-gipper said:

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Quarterbacks
5 Matt Bassuener

11 Micah Brown

7 Cody Hawkins

13 Ben McLaughlin

Running Backs

40 Richie Brockel FB/TE

37 Jason Haller

32 Henry Harris

1 Nate Kmic

20 Taylor Malm

25 Da'Shawn Thomas

Receivers

81 Alex Anderson

2 Ricardo Lenhart

88 Mike Peterson TE

Offensive Linemen
60 Alex Alvarez OL

78 Darius Henderson OL

54 Brandon Jordan OL

72 Frank Knights OL

65 Josh Koeppel C

70 Luke Summers OL

77 Daniel Warderburg OT

60 Cameron Zipp C

Defensive Linemen

91 Charles Bay DE

51 Gerard Bryant DL

99 Daniel Calvin DT

55 Daniel Catalano DT

93 Wacey Coleman DL

92 Johnny Dingle DT

98 Tyler Roach DL

75 Nick Rossi DL/OL

Linebackers
42 Demetrius Eaton

43 Terrence Jackson

56 John Jacobs

23 Osayi Osunde

44 Zach Watkins

Defensive Backs

30 Maurice Banks S

10 Myles Burnsides S

29 Diezeas Calbert CB

18 Tommy Connors S

27 Jeff Franklin CB/S

21 Jordan Lake S

12 DeWayne Lewis CB

33 Joe Sturdivant S

24 Daniel Tromello DB

22 Stephan Virgil CB

Special Teams

17 Gregg Berkshire K/P
Has anyone ever heard of any of these American players on the last squad?

The only player I recognize on that list is QB Cody Hawkins. I believe he played college ball at Colorado a few years ago and was pretty good.

If we can "beat the world" with this team, it's no wonder that American football hasn't caught on anywhere else yet.

EDIT: Never checked the links prior to posting, Hawkins did play at Colorado. 1/1

DieHardBrownsFan

Give other countries time to develop, and they would give us a run. Look at baseball, Japan, Korea, Cuba, etc. all have excellent teams.

Taco918

@diehardbrownsfan said:
Give other countries time to develop, and they would give us a run. Look at baseball, Japan, Korea, Cuba, etc. all have excellent teams.

The problem is the cost of playing football. There is a lot of protective equipment needed to play the game. The reason soccer, basketball, and baseball are so popular world wide is the lack of protective equipment needed (unless you want to count a helmet and glove in baseball) and the relatively cheap cost of buying or making the necessary equipment to play the game (ball, goal, basket, bat, etc.)

Basically it's the same reason why you don't find many poor kids taking up skiing. It cost too much. Some of the more developed countries may have a large enough of a population who could afford to play the game but then you have to take into consideration the potential for injury (high) and the availability of opportunities for financial gain (low) making the risk/reward equation an un-viable balance.

Basically I wouldn't buy too much stock in this taking off although I would be very interested in putting together an All - Star NFL team to see how badly they beat everyone else. Hell the debate about who to put on that roster would be enough fun in and of itself.

Lambert_58

Never heard of it before. First one ever was won by Japan over Mexico 6:0 in overtime ROFLMAO

MLD Woody

That's exactly right Taco. Soccer really just takes a ball. You can use any thing as cones to denote a goal.

The Gipper

@mld-woody said:
That's exactly right Taco. Soccer really just takes a ball. You can use any thing as cones to denote a goal.

Ergo, the so called popularity of that sport. More of an economic issue that a quality of the sport issue.

MLD Woody

Whatever you want to tell yourself.

Taco918

@the-gipper said:
Ergo, the so called popularity of that sport. More of an economic issue that a quality of the sport issue.

The larger the talent pool from which to gather, the better the quality of the product, at least as sports go.

The Gipper

@mld-woody said:
Whatever you want to tell yourself.

I am just going by what you told me.