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The myth that America doesn't like football
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| 2nd June 2015
| Nick Bryant
Posted on 06/02/2015 12:18:49 PM PDT by the scotsman
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To: BenLurkin
To: the scotsman
It took me 4 hours to read this article and I kept meticulous track of the pluses and minuses of Soccer.
The final score was 0-0. How freaking exciting.
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posted on
06/02/2015 12:33:03 PM PDT
by
glorgau
To: the scotsman
The recently played Needham Memorial Day Tournament in Mass. had over 1000 club teams from Eastern U.S, ages 8 to 18.
Doubt any other sport has youth tournament numbers to rival that.
The best cure for soccer ignorance is seeing it played live at a high level.
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posted on
06/02/2015 12:33:27 PM PDT
by
bramps
To: the scotsman
I do hate football and most fixed sports.
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posted on
06/02/2015 12:33:51 PM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
To: BipolarBob
Erm, YOU co-opted it!.
Modern soccer is older than gridiron, and its full name is association football.
To: Zuben Elgenubi
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posted on
06/02/2015 12:34:03 PM PDT
by
EscapedDutch
("Socialism is great until you run out of other people's money" - Lady Margaret Thatcher)
To: the scotsman
It isn’t a myth. Soccer sucks.
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posted on
06/02/2015 12:34:21 PM PDT
by
ansel12
To: Zuben Elgenubi
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posted on
06/02/2015 12:34:26 PM PDT
by
EscapedDutch
("Socialism is great until you run out of other people's money" - Lady Margaret Thatcher)
To: glorgau
4 hrs: the same time it takes to complete a baseball or NFL game.
To: Zuben Elgenubi
How about the drama queens who exaggerate each and every physical penalty as if it were life-threatening. lol - Sounds like you're talking about basketball.
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posted on
06/02/2015 12:34:52 PM PDT
by
Fido969
To: the scotsman
Soccer would be better if it were still played with the head of a vanquished enemy as in days of olde.
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posted on
06/02/2015 12:34:53 PM PDT
by
cyclotic
( Check out traillifeusa.com. America's premier boys outdoor organization)
To: EscapedDutch
Lol. The arrival of “sissy hoops” dates from an increasing amount of euro imports in the post play of the NBA. Where else could these mulleted “guys” have learned their advanced flopping techniques but the soccer pitches of their native lands?
To: EscapedDutch
Yeah, yeah, yeah. You can post a few gifs of players from American sports flopping. Congrats.
Of course, if you were to post all the soccer floppers here it would clog Jim’s bandwidth and shut down the site.
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posted on
06/02/2015 12:36:51 PM PDT
by
Skooz
(Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
To: EscapedDutch
If every “physical” play in the NFL ended in a flop, you’d be on to something that rivals the sissies of domestic and international soccer.
To: the scotsman
It really is hard for me to understand why soccer is so popular in the rest of the world. I have tried a couple of times to understand it.
It really is boring as all get out.
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posted on
06/02/2015 12:37:18 PM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: the scotsman
I don’t like tennis either.
To: Goldsborough
See NFL gifs. I couldn’t care less about Not Basketball Anymore or the Not real Football League, but I don’t crap on it.
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posted on
06/02/2015 12:37:24 PM PDT
by
EscapedDutch
("Socialism is great until you run out of other people's money" - Lady Margaret Thatcher)
To: EscapedDutch
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posted on
06/02/2015 12:38:16 PM PDT
by
Rennes Templar
(NSA: The only government agency that really listens.)
To: Goldsborough
At least the “sissies” (Please come play a game with me, and I’ll John Kerry your legs) don’t need oxygen after running for 10 seconds. But I’m sure there’s a commercial on to interrupt the “action.”
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posted on
06/02/2015 12:38:57 PM PDT
by
EscapedDutch
("Socialism is great until you run out of other people's money" - Lady Margaret Thatcher)
To: Goldsborough
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posted on
06/02/2015 12:40:31 PM PDT
by
EscapedDutch
("Socialism is great until you run out of other people's money" - Lady Margaret Thatcher)
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