Posted on 06/14/2010 6:06:37 PM PDT by Abakumov
I think it's declined in popularity since that date...we actually like to have winners and losers and not have our games end in a draw, unlike crybaby socialist losers...
I’ve played nine competitive sports at high school and college level
soccer is not one of them
yet I don’t have to bash soccer
interesting that your ilk likes to bash soccer
somehow you folks feel threatened by it
you don’t bash track ... “oh those track folks are such light weights”
a true sportsman appreciates many different endeavors even though they haven’t played all of them
What is with the world and the anger the brews from soccer...seriously it’s a bunch of guys running around kicking a ball...how can that insight so much fury and adrenaline in SOOOOOO many people...
I don’t get it...
IMHO, up until the Obamassiah administration, the rest of the worlds countries SUCK AT ALMOST EVERYTHING they attempt in competition with the US...government, military, economic and way and quality of life.
Soccer is not an American game. Why we even bother to participate in it is nothing more than an attempt to get along and be apart of a sport that the rest of the world soccer bunch have tried to create it into something they think is important basically rooted in the “because it’s not origionally not American”.
Soccer to them is basically a “war replacement” competition. They have neither the strength, economic nor intellectual means to compete with us or among themselves on the battlefield and use soccer as a replacement. The game is played out on field, they simply kill each other in the stands, usually in fairly large numbers compared to “American sports”.
If they beat Israel or the US in a game of soccer, it makes them feel superior and they think that a soccer victory gives them some kind of “planet cred” as far as a justification for letting them continue their otherwise totally worthless existence and contributions to mankind and the earth in general.
Soccer sucks as a game. Let the rest of the world think it’s important. I’ve got Marxists-Progressives-Socialists trying to persuade me to “like it”, when in reality, if they had the chance, they would use me as “Taliban-Soccer-Stadium-Entertainment” on off days the “team” wasn’t playing.
Screw them and their “soccer”.
RE: post 66
I can’t find anything to disagree with. Although, I think MAYBE our government is getting as bad as all the others.
Now do you see why I’m a fan? ;-)
A third world game that shouldn’t be allowed to be played in this country!
Then American soccer will go nowhere, as Mexicans s-ck at the game.
BTW: I would rather my children become fanatical soccer fans than grow up to root for the Yankees or the Red Sox.
F'in A! The F1 versus Trashcar arguments are analogous to the Star Wars versus Lord of the Rings arguments.
I watched England/USA: What a bore.
The fans were so bored they spent the whole ninety minutes blowing their moronic beehive monotony horns in a desperate attempt to liven things up.
After the 90 minutes, they had the ritual “secret overtime” also called “stoppage” in which nobody except the referee knows the length of the time left to play in the contest. If he added a minute, or subtracted a minute, would anybody would notice? Or care?
It’s like 3 minutes of hockey in super-slow-mo, stretched out to an agonizing hour and a half. But unlike hockey, you can watch the grass grow.
I agree!!
(That's why I put "up until the Obamassiah administration")
” If it were an American sport, the struggle would continue until someone is triumphant.”
Unless it’s a war, then the politicians get involved to stop it.
in Brasil it’s “foo chee bawl”
Almost.
It depends on the state of Australia.
In Queensland, New South Wales, and the ACT, 'football' refers to Rugby (typically Rugby League). In Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia, 'football' refers to Australian Rules Football - yet another variant, played with an oval ball, but with specifically Australian rules.
In recent years, Australian Rules has made some real inroads into the Rugby states, and vice versa, but there's still a significant regional difference.
Soccer is played all over Australia, and we're also dealing with increasing pressure to call it 'football' over and above other forms on the grounds it's the 'world game', but so far that's being resisted by most people.
The moment that the US becomes a world soccer power, interest will fade and something else we don't care about will become "The World's Game".
Ever notice that the most vocal anti-soccer types have to go back to high school to relive their greatest “athletic” achievements?
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