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Why Do We All Hate Soccer? Any Euro FReepers?
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Posted on 06/04/2002 10:08:50 AM PDT by GulliverSwift

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To: al_c
I don't hate soccer, except for its most odious contribution to American culture.

I speak, of course, of the soccer mom.

101 posted on 06/04/2002 11:58:37 AM PDT by Bob Quixote
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To: MadIvan
I have no doubt you have little in common. Can you imagine the Americans playing real football?
102 posted on 06/04/2002 11:58:39 AM PDT by honeymagnolia
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To: codebreaker
The entire team is getting its arse kicked in the press lately. They have the talent to win. The question is do they have the will, or are they too busy maintaining their egos.

Regards, Ivan

103 posted on 06/04/2002 11:59:09 AM PDT by MadIvan
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To: GulliverSwift
Just because you might see it as boring doesn't mean that it's some wuss sport. Take a good look at the next time a star player has the ball. The athleticism and footwork are unparalleled.

That said, the real reason to like soccer is all of the fun the game causes in the fans. Case in point:




104 posted on 06/04/2002 12:00:06 PM PDT by July 4th
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To: MadIvan
I enjoy most sports and occasionally watch all of them. However, I usually only watch soccer when I am overseas. The reasons? For me, watching sports is, at least in part, social. No one watches it here so there is nobody to argue with. A second point might be, you cannot get much out of something you basically do not understand. Most Americans do not understand to rules or strategy in soccer.
105 posted on 06/04/2002 12:01:20 PM PDT by JimSEA
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To: Semper Paratus
You film an entire game of active plays into 12 minutes.

Wow ... it's worse than I thought.

106 posted on 06/04/2002 12:01:36 PM PDT by al_c
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To: al_c
"it's because of the folks that don't care to understand the game for what it is,".....BINGO

Americans are so used to instant and multiple gratifications that they don't have the patience for a truly overall, beautiful game.
I understand that, gees I'm the same way sometimes.

Watch the stands and watch the crowds that are at the game. They are looking at the overall picture.

107 posted on 06/04/2002 12:01:38 PM PDT by AGreatPer
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To: honeymagnolia
I have no doubt you have little in common. Can you imagine the Americans playing real football?

You actually do:

Team USA News

I find it disgraceful that so few Americans on this forum are actually raising their voices in support for the team, particularly since they have a tough match tomorrow against Portugal, one of the best sides in the tournament.

American players have done well in England too - not too long ago you had a player who was on Manchester United, no less.

Regards, Ivan

108 posted on 06/04/2002 12:03:07 PM PDT by MadIvan
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To: MadIvan
The entire team is getting its arse kicked in the press lately.

If they're not careful, it's going to get kicked by their remaining opponents. England has world-class talent, but they always seem to squander it. The Germans, on the other hand, can lose to England 5-1, and come back only a few months later to trash the Saudis in an amazing display.

Best of luck to England. After the USA, it's the team I support. But seeing Italy yesterday, I think they've got the best chance.
109 posted on 06/04/2002 12:03:50 PM PDT by July 4th
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To: JimSEA
However, I usually only watch soccer when I am overseas. The reasons? For me, watching sports is, at least in part, social. No one watches it here so there is nobody to argue with.

I don't understand why that is either, when I have been to America, I see kids playing a lot of soccer. Why this love as a child doesn't translate to adult fans is odd.

Regards, Ivan

110 posted on 06/04/2002 12:05:08 PM PDT by MadIvan
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To: GulliverSwift
Nobody here including me knows anyone on the US soccer team (by the way, good to see you're being vigilant and referring to it as "soccer," just for us Americans.)

Coby Jones, Brian McBride, Earnie Stewart, Claudio Reyna, Frankie hejduk, Jeff Agoos, Eddie Pope, Casey Keller and Brad Friedel ... just to name a few off the top of my head ...

GO USA!!

111 posted on 06/04/2002 12:05:28 PM PDT by al_c
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To: MadIvan
I find it disgraceful that so few Americans on this forum are actually raising their voices in support for the team, particularly since they have a tough match tomorrow against Portugal, one of the best sides in the tournament.

Yeah, that's the way it goes here. Oh well, I'll be staying up tonight to watch this game. And contrary to Gulliver's assertion, I actually know all the players on the US squad. I do believe we have a chance to get a point if Figo and Costa are out of form, and Friedel is on top of his game....hell, maybe Mathis can even get a goal for us.

112 posted on 06/04/2002 12:05:36 PM PDT by Nate505
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To: MadIvan
I read all of the English papers online and no one seems to be bringing up the wobbly nature of the captain of the English side.

It is that they need him on a pedastal to cover him and sell papers... I almost think he begged off becuase he was saving himself for the next two games which is an even worse sin to an American-being a quitter.

113 posted on 06/04/2002 12:05:59 PM PDT by codebreaker
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To: Rodney King
I've seen that in football. Back when the Bungals were pretty good and Mike Brown's only job was to get his dad a drink and leave running the team to the adults, Cincinnati started using the hurry up offence to keep opposing defenses from changing players between plays.

The Oilers countered with the trick knee defense. If the situation was third down and long, one of the Oilers would grab his knee, fall over, and wait for the trainers (and the extra defensive backs) to come running out. Cheating is always bad, but it is especially bad when it is against your favorite team.

114 posted on 06/04/2002 12:06:05 PM PDT by KarlInOhio
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To: Nate505
It just boggles my mind that people proclaim they don't care about the sport, then go out of their way to bash it, like this thread starter.

What I don't like is that the liberal media tries to foist soccer down our throats. See this thread about how liberals love soccer and conservatives don't.

I said I don't care who wins the World Cup, and I certainly do not.

115 posted on 06/04/2002 12:06:44 PM PDT by GulliverSwift
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To: I Love Bush!!!
I thought the same before I went to SAFECO Field here in Seattle. There is not a bad seat in the whole place. There are lots of fine restaurants, a really really nice playground for small kids with all kinds of baseball themes, exhibitions of glass art (again with baseball themes) and on and on. There is baseball history lining the walls everywhere, the concessions and bathrooms are clean, and there are TV monitors everywhere so that one can see the game from all points.

So the place has a great feel to it, but then I noticed that baseball in this setting allows people to socialize in much the same way as sitting in a sports bar. You leave the game with a sense that it was great fun to either see the home team win or to be with friends.

Not so with soccer, basketball or American football. Those games require one's attention for almost the entire duration.

In a baseball park like SAFECO Field, you can strike up a business discussion and feel relaxed at the sametime. All of a sudden Ichiro will steal a base and the crowd will roar, and you're like, "Oh, there's a baseball game here!".

I've done a 180 as far as my baseball attendance. Now I think of going to the ballpark with friends, coworkers or family. It's become fun again. It's also distinctly American.

116 posted on 06/04/2002 12:07:30 PM PDT by Hostage
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Is the US in the World Cup? I haven't seen a thing in the paper here.

But the news has been the NCAA baseball regional thats in town.

117 posted on 06/04/2002 12:07:36 PM PDT by mr1776
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To: GulliverSwift
Because you can't use your hands
119 posted on 06/04/2002 12:09:01 PM PDT by PieroC
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To: GulliverSwift
What I don't like is that the liberal media tries to foist soccer down our throats. See this thread about how liberals love soccer and conservatives don't.

Oh for God's sake. Footie is not a left wing, right wing thing. I am to the right of Atilla the Hun and I love footie. So do many Conservatives. It's a good excuse for a flag waving display.

You need to find a better excuse than this lame nonsense about the lefties to ignore the fact that America's team is actually in the World Cup. Why a Brit has to beat your head in about supporting your own team is beyond me.

Ivan

120 posted on 06/04/2002 12:09:27 PM PDT by MadIvan
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