[dsrtsage]

But soccer is soooo exciting. Kick it to that guy, kick it to that guy, kick it to that guy, kick it to that guy, take shot. kick it to that guy, kick it to that guy, kick it to that guy, kick it to that guy, take shot...ooops the goalie tripped...GOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLLLL!!!!

[bicyclerepair]

A bunch of guys running around a field kicking a volleyball?

BORING

[1rudeboy]

Absolutely! Why would an American watch soccer? It's too hard to score, the other teams are too good, and there are too few commercials.
/sarc

[kevkrom]

But soccer is soooo exciting. Kick it to that guy, kick it to that guy, kick it to that guy, kick it to that guy, take shot. kick it to that guy, kick it to that guy, kick it to that guy, kick it to that guy, take shot

Baseball: Pitcher takes 5 minutes to loosen up. Batter steps in, takes a pitch. Steps out of the box. Steps back in, pitcher shakes off sign, archer calls time and trots out to mound to have a chat, catcher resumes his place, batter steps out...

Eventually, after half a dozen pitches or so, the ball may be put in play, with the runner reaching safely less than 1/3 of the time, and that's just to get on base, let alone scoring.

Oh, and the average game runs appx. 3 hours.

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Football: In 3.5 hours of elapsed time, there may actually be 120 timed plays between the two teams. Half of these are running plays that actually last 2-3 seconds, tops, the other half are passing plays where the ball isn't completed 40-50% of the time. Every once in a while, the game comes to a screeching halt because teams don't even manage to get the next play off in time. Plus, incessant video review of mostly inconsequential plays.