So yesterday I read this story on my boy Shawn’s site over at the Offside Rules.  Basically it talks about how Randy Moss has been using soccer recently to improve his footwork and skills. Randy Moss and soccer? That’s right. Then today we get this article emailed to us that is from the New York Times talking about how big of an influence soccer has played  in the development of some of the NBA’s best players (Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash, Pau Gasol, Tony Parker, Dirk Nowitski, etc). It’s an interesting read and if these types of stories start to get more traction than I would imagine you would start to see a shift in the perception of how soccer is viewed by the big American sports. Take a few minutes and read it.

Sometimes change and growth is brought about through different avenues than we would normally expect. Ever since the days of the NASL the thinking has been that big time players from abroad would the the leading factors in growing American soccer. What if in the end it is professional players from other “American” sports that actually help drive soccer forward in America. With stories like this surfacing more regularly, it might not be such a wild idea.

What do you guys think?