another point i forgot before is that cross country is much like wrestling an individual sport. in both, your going for your individual perfection and if u do good then the team does good but its mainley an individual sport. in both soccer and football you have to rely on other people. cross country will get u into the right mind set as wrestling, an individual sport that if u take care of yourself, the rest will happen for the team, but football and soccer u can have the game of your life and if your whole team isnt on the same page, u still loose. take that into concideration