http://www.soccerfairy.com/americas-six-safe-hands.html Covering Soccer Around The World Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:26:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://www.soccerfairy.com/americas-six-safe-hands.html#comment-112142 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 19:02:39 +0000 http://www.soccerfairy.com/americas-six-safe-hands.html#comment-112142 Of all the Americans to have plied their trade in England, the position which has been the most successful for the US in the UK has been that of goalkeeper. I have little knowledge of the soccer set-up in the USA but surely when you consider this point, the figures seem to point at the majority of young American kids taking up the sport in this position. Is there anybody out there who can shed any light onto whether this is the case or purely coincidence? Of all the Americans to have plied their trade in England, the position which has been the most successful for the US in the UK has been that of goalkeeper.
I have little knowledge of the soccer set-up in the USA but surely when you consider this point, the figures seem to point at the majority of young American kids taking up the sport in this position.
Is there anybody out there who can shed any light onto whether this is the case or purely coincidence?

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