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    Return from Rehab

    Almost 3 years here wo a drink. Aa and smart recovery are both great programs. I support both. I spend most of my time w Aa as it is more available in central Iowa. Sobriety is a worthy project. You won't believe how good it gets if you work program.
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    ***Official 2026 World Cup Thread***

    The reason is that futbol is a part of their culture just as football, basketball, and baseball are a part of our culture. The U.S. has no futbol culture. We have very successful systems here in the U.S. for our cultural sports...although nil etc is morphing those. U.S. women have first mover...
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    ***Official 2026 World Cup Thread***

    Nor being a swimmer, basketball player, baseball player is genetically hard wired. Each of them lends themselves to certain types of athletes with varied gifts. There is certainly some bleed over of various sports but those with the most physical gifts and the best access to training certainly...
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    ***Official 2026 World Cup Thread***

    Except you are discounting how the academies screen in Europe and South America. I have been in Brazil and watched the screening process of young athletes at sporting clubs. There is in fact selection for sport based on speed, size, and every other measurable. What you are saying is illogical...
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    ***Official 2026 World Cup Thread***

    It is ok to admit you are wrong.
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    ***Official 2026 World Cup Thread***

    This for mls(lower level pro) Soccer vs. Football Speed DemandsAcceleration and Agility: Unlike American football, where players sprint in straight lines in open space, soccer requires explosive bursts of 5 to 15 yards combined with rapid changes in direction, ball control, and spatial...
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    ***Official 2026 World Cup Thread***

    You are 100% wrong. You are confident so there is that.
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    ***Official 2026 World Cup Thread***

    Ok?
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    ***Official 2026 World Cup Thread***

    There are two sports for women to go pro in. Basketball and soccer. That is your answer. There are two sports females see as viable outside Olympic sports.
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    ***Official 2026 World Cup Thread***

    Sub rules. Pitch size are two elementary factors.
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    ***Official 2026 World Cup Thread***

    lol. The pro academies. European teams coming to the United States. There is massive amounts of money flowing into the game. Just because it isn't the uncle humoing nil mechanism doesn't mean lot of $$$ isn't being deployed.
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    ***Official 2026 World Cup Thread***

    It has happened in qualification matches but no tournament I am aware of. It is super weird. I feel like it was a bad card but this is a bad precedent for a lb organization trying to combat an image of corruption.
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    ***Official 2026 World Cup Thread***

    As the link says it is suspended for a year. It can be retroactively applied late if he commits another infraction of similar proportion.
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    ***Official 2026 World Cup Thread***

    I looked at how they did it. It is legit. Obscure rule. But legit.
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