Football (soccer) vs. American Football players, who is in better physical shape?

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I keep getting into arguments on who is in better shape, a soccer player or american football player. I say soccer players are in much better shape. I grew up in Europe and currently live in America, most Americans fight with me over this. Tell me where you're from and who's in better shape.
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Football. Its more active and its a long game and american football is has shorter games i'm from england, I build muscule by playing football european ppl r fit cause they play football. American ppl play american football but they r still fat!

Other Answers:
depends on which aspect you look at. The soccer players are faster, how ever the football players are much stronger. Soccer players have faster reflexes, football players are better linear thinkers. Niether is smarter or more fit its a matter of opinon

That's because you're wrong. Any mid-level American football player is stronger, faster, and has more endurance than the best soccer player. And if you think AF doesn't take endurance, you have never played the game. Sixty minutes of running around in forty pounds of equipment in eighty degree weather takes endurance. It really depends on several variables. It depends on what position in American football, as they are more specialized than soccer. I would agree that cardiovascularly, a soccer player is in better condition than an offensive lineman, whose concern it is to be big and be like a wall. But many wide recievers are just as agile as any soccer player. I'd say endurance is on the soccer players side, and explosiveness and sprinting are on the American football player's side. But in defense of American football, a soccer player doesn't get knocked clean at full sprint, get up and run back to play.

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Im from USA and it really depends on the person, like a linebacker is in worse shape than any soccer player.
Now someone like a DB or WR or RB all varys on who the person is some WR's are more powerful and agresive so they are built bigger, others like Moss, Carter, Rice are speed and are quick both the big and speed people have to be in great shape to play the sport.
Not knowing anything about soccer, but knowing they do run a ton, but so do our football players.
I'd say the are equally impressive in stamina and endurance but a soccer player or rugby would never stand toe to toe with a Lewis, White, Sapp, Urlacher, Lynch or such they are just to powerful and soccer player would get crushed.
I'd also bet Urlacher or Lewis could sprint the 50 yarder as quick as 80% of the quickest soccerr players. SOCCER

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