Posted on 07/20/2008 8:56:54 PM PDT by buccaneer81
Do people lose brain cells when they watch soccer or something?
I didn’t want this sport here and now we hear about that ‘tard Beckham all the freaking time!
He was (is) such a has-been in Europe that they were fine with him coming to MLS (which is considered AA by European standards.)
The equivalent is us sending Wade Boggs over to play European baseball.
Soccer is the best, I love it. You couldn’t pay me to watch baseball.
Everyone has their own opinion.
Soccer fans in America brawling?
What’d they hit each other with - hand bags and parasols?
Hooligans! Looks like those 30 Ham fans got a little taste of American thuggery. But I doubt those white boys from London will survive doing that in Los Angeles.
BTW, I do however second your preference for Hockey over Soccer.
The fans in Europe don’t play. Our rivalries are nowhere near as bitter as theirs. Stadium concourses don’t even connect over there so the two camps can’t get at each other and you won’t even be allowed into a section if you are wearing the wrong color. I read an article a year or two ago about a deadly riot in Greece. It was over a womens volleyball game.
I can’t blame them for fighting...
Soccer is sooo boring that you have to do something to pass the time..../s
LOL! We are an exotic breed, that's for sure (although I'm not a native...only been here 17 years. My wife and son on the other hand...;-)
“Soccer is the best, I love it. You couldnt pay me to watch baseball”
I agree about baseball. It bores me to death. You see very little game action and its requires less athleticism than anyother major sport outside of golf. It also has little room for creativity. You run in straight lines. You throw in straight lines, etc. It seems like every highlight comes from one of four or five molds. One thing I love about sports are the spontaneous creative moments where someone does something you’ve never seen. You don’t get much of that in baseball. Not like a counterattack in soccer or a fastbreak in basketball
I can’t understand why anti-soccer folks are so intimidated by another sport. Its a big country, see what you want, but the bravado against soccer is just childish.
I am a long time (since day one) Galaxy fan. We aren’t so good, but I like Donovan and Buddle.
We hockey fans put up with the same thing.
I hear ya. I like hockey live, but not on TV. I’m glad they are going to do more outdoor games.
MLS is doing well, LA vs NY had 45,000 attendance yesterday. Toronto sells out most games. Seattle & Philly are getting teams in next two seasons. Both LA teams get over 30,000 most games. And, HDNET shows a weekly game, which looks great.
Yep, I can remember all those brawls reported on the news after a football, baseball, basketball, golf and tennis event. Yes, give us soccer
One match. MLS has played over a decade here without a brawl.
I’ve seen plenty of fights at College & NFL games I’ve been to.
If you don’t like it, don’t watch it.
Fights and skirmishes are different from brawls many soccer brawls have cost lives, not many lives have been lost at football, basketball outings in the US. Hooligans abound in the stands of world soccer games just looking for a reason to engage in fisticuffs.
The only reason these brawls havent become common in the US, we dont like soccer, we believe in sportsmanship and for the most part we are still somewhat civilized.
You like soccer, fine most Americans dont, otherwise it would be a popular sport golf is more popular. The only reason soccer is even played in the US; it is cheaper (equipment wise) than many sports.
Wrong, wrong, and wrong.
powder puffs and luffas.
I can say right, right, right but can you justify your wrong, wrong, wrong? I need more than your proclamation of wrong to change my mind.
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