Americans Still Don’t Enjoy Soccer

The Lid ^ | 27 Nov 2022 | Ari Kaufman

[Rummyfan]

I have actually watched a couple of games. After one 0 - 0 tie, I said to myself, why did I do that?

And having an advert where Megan Rapinho tells us that the beautiful game belongs to all of us doesn't help. Megan Rapinho hates me and hates this country. Why should I listen to anything she says?!

[butlerweave]

Tooooooooo much running ,LOL

[EEGator]

Purple haired dykes are the wisest people on Earth.

[qaz123]

Put some sticks in their hands, let ‘em score some goals and make it fast paced and exciting…..lacrosse.

[Jamestown1630]

My husband sees no sense in soccer. He can’t understand a game that can end in a tie...

[Rummyfan]

Attendance at soccer stadia, especially women’s and particularly outside U.S. cities with large foreign-born populations, is abysmal.

So consider me skeptical that Team USA’s two ties this month can augment the sport’s popularity. Four years ago, this group didn’t even qualify for the World Cup after embarrassingly losing to an island nation with a population smaller than Nebraska’s.

Every World Cup that the US qualifies for, we hear this is it, this will be the breakout for soccer in the US. Then the game promptly returns to dormancy.

I do wish we would win the World Cup once, because the reaction from the majority of Americans would be 'Huh? What?'.

[Howie66]

Watching paint dry is far more stimulating.

[HamiltonJay]

Low scoring, and low excitement with a bunch of floppers…

Why would folks not want to watch that for 3 hours.

[Verginius Rufus]

I watched the England-USA game the other day which ended in a 0-0 tie. I was glad to see that all the US players appeared to be singing along with the National Anthem (or at least mouthing the words), with their hands over their hearts.

Hoping that the US has a big win over Iran tomorrow. I'm old enough to remember the hostage crisis of 1979-1981.

[Da Coyote]

“Watching paint dry is far more stimulating.”
Same for watching the paint long after it IS dry.

[Howie66]

Now you’re talking! My son played both football (REAL) and Lacrosse in high school and had so much fun with both! It was a blast to watch those kids, too!

[Howie66]

Yep! LOL

[broken_clock]

[GingisK]

Watching grass grow tales a place in there as well. Now kudzu, that can be dangerous.

[Verginius Rufus]

A boring game but not as bad as basketball, in my opinion.

A 90-minute game takes a few minutes more than 90 minutes to play (plus the intermission)--not as bad as American football which is supposedly 60 minutes but takes much longer.

[Dr. Sivana]

I don’t have problems with 0-0 games, if they are well played. In baseball, such games are called pitchers’ duels. In football, defensive struggles. Maybe soccer is an equivalent, I dunno.

Anything soccer has to offer, hockey has at three times the speed and 10 times the toughness, Even WITH all that gear, hockey players STILL lose their teeth. I used to watch the Triple Crown Line on the LA Kings hockey team (Dionne, Simmer, Taylor) and the athleticism and grace was stunning. The same team had no defense to speak of, so poor goalie Rogie Vachon would get 40 shots on goal quite often. That’s exciting even if all of them get blocked, there’s real action even with no scoring. But I don’t know of 40 shots on goal in soccer ever happening.

[9YearLurker]

Soccer explains this:

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/34271132/nfl-overwhelmed-demand-germany-tickets

[EEGator]

And you can light people up in lacrosse.

[Stosh]

I generally find soccer excruciatingly boring, but occasionally one can come across a match that’s not only interesting but even thought-provoking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfduUFF_i1A

[HYPOCRACY]

Our replacements from central America like it. That’s who they’re grooming...