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There is a developing "street soccer" culture in US, here in LA all our baseball diamonds have been converted into futbol pitches..i don't think that superstar or even just average world class talent develops necessarily from street experience so much as when a region has extensive street sports culture it reflects how advanced and developed the amateur and professional leagues are.. the kids are playing on the street because the overall sport is the main culture. In US American football dominates all development leagues.. there are thousands of college programs and amateur leagues.. when futbol is even a fraction of that US will be world class..

However it should be noted that US has ranked in the world top20 more years than not over past two decades if anything that US can more or less compete with world class teams without having a world class futbol culture is impressive if you ask me