what is the average salavry of a Professional soccer player in the U.S.A and Europe?
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good question ..similar to the average sal in your company ..0 ..they do it for charity
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well most americans have not yet been exposed to the spirit of soccer.\nLuckily though americans have started to make a move in the right direction. I hear of new MLS teams arrising each season and also more MLS stadium being revamped. \nSo hopefully in a decade or two soccer will be more of a adrenaline rush here too.
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AMERICANS ARE GOOD AT GOLF BUT SUCK AT SOCCER SO THEY ONLY DO WHAT THERE GOOD AT
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The NHL and NFL are the only two sports that have  a "salary cap."  Teams are not allowed to spend more than $xx million dollars on their player salaries in a given year.  NFL is around 95 million and NHL is around 36 million this year.\n\nMLB and NBA have "soft caps."  There is a cap, but teams are allowed to spend over the amount.  They will just owe a lot of money in taxes.  NBA also has exemptions to help teams resign their own players and exceed the cap without penalty.\n\nI don't believe soccer, at any international level, has a salary cap.
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Studies reveal that the average for a midfielder playing in a first class European team is about 12 kms/match, or 7.45 miles/90 min.\nSame studies reveal that a South American player, playing as a midfielder in a first class South American team is only the half of that.
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I also came from a similar situation.  I grew up in a small town in Colorado and the prospect of any college looking at me was minimum to none.  There are ways around this though.  I was able to get recognition as a player when I went abroad as an exchange student to Germany.  In Germany, soccer/fussball is king to all other sports and I was able to enhance my playing capabilities by playing with a team in Germany.\nYou may not have this opportunity to travel abroad, but in the US there is a large population of hispanic men and woman that play soccer as their primary means of recreation.  If you can start playing pickup games against these weekend clubs or teams your skills will enhance dramatically.  It isn't that American based teams won't offer you the best experience, but the hispanic teams seem to offer a greater skill base.  Most of them grew up where soccer was the king sport and so they are all pretty good at it.\nYou are a Freshman, so you have ample time to hone your skills of the game.  Just get out there, find a team that will challenge your current abilities and those of your current team members on the high school league.  If you keep playing with the same people all the time, you will never truly get better as you will grow accustomed to their abilities and stop growing.\nAs far as getting picked up by a college, you can always walk on for try outs, especially on a soccer team.  Soccer teams rarely recruit players unless they have a lot of recruiting money.  Colleges tend to spend the majority of their cash on football and basketball players.  Most players who will be playing on a soccer team for a college have also walked on for their positions as well. \nBest of luck!\nMatty Gray
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pitiful. in Europe, their futbol is as popular as our football, baseball, basketball and hockey combined. Fans have both killed, and been killed over the game. the entire professional entertainment world revolves around the Premier League scheduling. In the US? name 5 of the professional soccer teams in the US.....
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I would go to the companies websites. They probably like to brag about how many pro players use their clubs. Or you could try a google search of individual players to get info on them.
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i had this same discussion with a friend/co-worker from nigeria, his name was sam larbi, and he asked why it is that people in the united states were not as passionate about the mls as they were about the european leagues, i think it's as simple as the person watching....if you are a soccer player yourself you have an appreciation for "the best" you want to see the most skilled players in the world, and the fact that MANY african players are good enough to not only play in the champions league but to thrive, should make anyone native excited enough to follow it HOWEVER they can, i think it's great that someone would cry when they're favorite team loses, soccer is the WORLD's game...and to answer my friend sam's question i simply said..."americans don't care about soccer, they aren't good enough to, yet" but guys like samuel etoo make it fun to watch, i still make every attempt to just try-out for one of those teams, that alone would be an honor, i would sell my house and move their just to try-out....and because soccer to europans is like basketball to americans...it makes us fellow followers of the best game on earth want to see the best players on earth play...you see, i applaud you for goin to watch the games at a friends house, i would walk miles and miles to see barcelona play !!!
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I BELIEVE YOUR QUESTION IS WHETHER AMERICAN SOCCER (FOOTBALL) PLAYERS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO PLAY PROFESSIONAL SOCCER OUTSIDE AMERICA AS AGAINST IN THE MLS. PERSONALLY, I BELIEVE THAT IS A GOOD POINT AS IT WOULD EVENTUALLY HELP IMPROVE THE GAME AND AMERICAN PLAYERS WOULD EVENTUALLY BE ABLE TO BE AT PAR WITH OTHER WORLD CLASS PLAYERS. THOSE THAT ARE ALREADY PLAYING ABROAD ARE THE ONLY ONES REALLY CAUSING A GOOD STIR IN THE TEAM NOW. A GOOD EXAMPLE IS BEASLEY. HE DOES HAVE GOOD SPEED AND AGILITY. THE EXPERIENCE HE ACQUIRED IN EUROPE IS DEFINITELY HELPING THE NATIONAL TEAM.
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Didn't know you could actually put a dollar figure worth on the NFL. A paper figure yes.\n\nThere is no doubt that the NFL blows away soccer in the US.\nBut, ask people in other parts of the world what they think.
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Soccer (US)/Football(rest of the world) probably has the most athletes and they will play again today!
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Yes its 18.7 million euros to the wiiner + money price from the federation of the winning country. So thats around 25 million Euros. So thats like 1 million euro prize money for each player that wins the cup. Around 1.4 million dollars. Some players will get all that money even thou they were benched the entire time!!!!\nIts good to represent ur country, even if it is on the bench. je je
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Too many to count really. There are many professional clubs. If you count Serie A, Serie B, ... that's just Italy. Then, there is the Premiership with A, B division teams. Then, the Bundesliga with 6 divisions (or more). And I haven't even mentioned or addressed teams in the US, Argentina, Brazil, other European countries, the K-league, Australia, etc. So as you can see, there are many teams, and therefore many players. There isn't even necessarily records online or readily obtainable of all these professional clubs. I do think therefore that there are too many professional soccer players in the world. I mean football is popular internationally, so if I'd have to narrow it down, as a joke, I'd say there are slightly less than 6 billion soccer players who play professionally...haha.
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It all depends on your position in soccer.\n\nforwards: 5 - 7 miles. Maybe 8 if you just love to run.\nmidfielders: 8 - 9 miles. And sometimes possibly 10. Depends on the game.\ndefenders: depending on how good the attack is about anywhere from 5 miles.\ngoalies: anywhere from 40 - 80 ft.\n\nBasketball players: all around 5 miles, more or less. Depending on the professional level.
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dont listen to the negative posts some of the jerks say about US soccer.  its apparent that they have never excelled in any fielding sports or participated in any their whole lives. most especially my fellow americans who still live inside their caves and continue to be ignorant to the whole world. my heart broke and I was disheartened when the US lost but i however continue to support the US soccer federation because these athletes are not corrupted like our other athletes in other professional sports like basketball and footbal in the US.  i stick with my team wether they win or lose. i share the pains with them coz they gave their best considering the limited talent we really had to begin with. i am hopeful that we make some drastic changes in the near future not only to promote but also support our our competing teams.\n\nre: to thx1176...  there are up days and down days...im a fan of the sport and  lets hope FORZA does not pull a roberto baggio in the final...  it would be great to see them in the final...but what the hell are they still doing with del piero... italy has better talent chose from... and i think alexi lalas' carrot top is an eyesore myself.
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anymore almost every city in the US has soccer leagues.  join a league.  get on a team and then chances are your coach will know someone who knows someone who knows someone who can come scout you for a game and may recruit you to that next level.  \nyou have to be good though.  to play on a professional level you have to have professional skill.  if you are young enough there are many camps in europe where you go to learn how to play soccer and you're pretty much garanteed to get drafted onto a european team then.