I basically hate soccer...not the game, just how ridiculously controlling the youth game is.
But I digress. I actually have experience coaching high school kids, and we've had a lot of good ones at that. Many, many of our kids have a soccer background, and many others who dabbled in running or track and field went on to stick with soccer, so either way I feel like I can be somewhat qualified to comment on this subject.
So I'll tell you, EVERY one of the women's national team members can break 6:00 minutes. I see mediocre girls break 6:00 all the time. It's not that fast. The U.S. team members are not trained to go on sustained runs, but on natural talent and ability to push themselves, MANY would run below 5:15. Given the talent level and natural speed, many would walk out and LJ 17'6" also, with only decent technique.
I think guys underestimate the athletic ability of world class women. We are talking about solid, not spectacular, marks for high school girls. Look at what a world class woman track athlete can do (pick your event). It's ridiculous to think these world class women wouldn't be able to hit decent high school marks. At my school, we've had several kids who were only marginally committed to track due to soccer, who went on to be merely D-1 players, and with only a little technique (hurdle and jumps) and training (distances and sprints) they've hit equivalent marks to what we're talking about here. So DEFINITELY, people are underestimating what the U.S. women's team could do.