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I agree.  Balance, agility, speed, endurance, all of those things benefit from soccer.  On the flipside, I had a neighbor's son play one year of football with my oldest when they were in the sixth grade.  He went back to soccer the following year.  His soccer coach was amazed at how he had improved as a soccer player from the standpoint of agressiveness and willingness to initiate and/or weather contact.

Crosstraining is good.

I wouldn't admit it, but I attribute at least a portion of my middle son's good balance and agility to his many mindless hours of skateboarding.  The body control required to do those "worthless" tricks is substantial.

RTR,

Tim