1. 02-13-13 04:37 PM #36
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    Quote Originally Posted by You mad bro View Post
    who gives a fck about the world ... the world only cares so much about soccer because they suck in everything else
    Americans only care about sports they're good at. They have over 300 million people but can't put together a decent team for soccer. They are not the best in Water Polo, Handball, What these sports don't matter? Why not? Because America is not good at them? They are played by others but discredited because they aren't played well in America.
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    Quote Originally Posted by daneblazer View Post
    Most sports require money to play. Baseball & football require equipment. Maybe a gym membership to get a little muscle on you. Most sports are also a little more complicated. Ever try to explain the rules of football to your girlfriend?

    It doesn't take anything to play soccer. Just some dirt, something to call a ball, and a few cola cans to mark the boundaries. It's also simple to play. Kick the ball between the goal without using your hands. Easy enough.

    And since the majority of people are broke and dumb...anyone can play and understand it...thus its popularity takes off.
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    Americans are less equipped to handle the concept of a tie than any other nation on earth. America is a country of winners and losers. It is the only country in the English-speaking world where “loser” is a term of routine abuse. There are no half ways. It is one or the other.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Seaweed View Post
    Americans only care about sports they're good at. They have over 300 million people but can't put together a decent team for soccer. They are not the best in Water Polo, Handball, What these sports don't matter? Why not? Because America is not good at them? They are played by others but discredited because they aren't played well in America.
    Actually you got it backwards, pal. If Americans don't dominate in a sport.....it's only because we don't give two fukks about it.

    Please. Water Polo, Handball, and Soccer?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Seaweed View Post
    Americans only care about sports they're good at. They have over 300 million people but can't put together a decent team for soccer. They are not the best in Water Polo, Handball, What these sports don't matter? Why not? Because America is not good at them? They are played by others but discredited because they aren't played well in America.
    The money in the US is in other sports, so the top athletes play where the money is. While someone from the US could make big $ in soccer they'd have to move to another country. There's a reason why athletes from other countries come to the US to play basketball and baseball...$$$.
    Probably the same reason that soccer is so big in other countries, that's where the money is. Could you imagine if guys Lebron, Randy Moss, Adrian Peterson played soccer their whole lives? Game over.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Optional View Post
    I think a few countries might have a chance.

    How many NFL players do you think would pass the drug testing to play Olympics?

    It would be like baseball where US was beaten most times I think?
    u can get practice squads of NFL players to compete and still kill these countries ... these college kids could beat them ... and baseball is rare that we have a stacked team ... cant even compare
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    Quote Originally Posted by Seaweed View Post
    Americans are less equipped to handle the concept of a tie than any other nation on earth. America is a country of winners and losers. It is the only country in the English-speaking world where “loser” is a term of routine abuse. There are no half ways. It is one or the other.
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    Quote Originally Posted by opie1988 View Post
    Actually you got it backwards, pal. If Americans don't dominate in a sport.....it's only because we don't give two fukks about it.

    Please. Water Polo, Handball, and Soccer?

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    hockey 10x harder than soccer

    soccer is watch ur teamates play with a ball and rarely even put the ball on a net ... WOW SO FCKN ENTERTAINING
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    Quote Originally Posted by daneblazer View Post
    The money in the US is in other sports, so the top athletes play where the money is. While someone from the US could make big $ in soccer they'd have to move to another country. There's a reason why athletes from other countries come to the US to play basketball and baseball...$$$.
    Probably the same reason that soccer is so big in other countries, that's where the money is. Could you imagine if guys Lebron, Randy Moss, Adrian Peterson played soccer their whole lives? Game over.
    That's true but don't know what you're trying to enlighten me with.
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    Quote Originally Posted by You mad bro View Post
    hockey 10x harder than soccer

    soccer is watch ur teamates play with a ball and rarely even put the ball on a net ... WOW SO FCKN ENTERTAINING
    What do you appreciate? You see a soccer game and you see a ball being passed around by players. What does the soccer fan appreciate? The tactics, the ball possession, the through balls, the pride, the passion, the ability for any team to win on any day, the players play for the city, not the name on the back. Soccer fans appreciate the drama that comes in every game. The build ups are the most entertaining part of the game. The ball going in is just a 1 second part of the game. People are not entertained about a goal as much as they are the chances, the runs, the commitment to defend etc.
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    Quote Originally Posted by You mad bro View Post
    http://www.soccersucks.net/soccer_sucks.html
    Thank you for linking me to an unbiased site made by an unbiased grade 9 hillbilly.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Seaweed View Post
    What do you appreciate? You see a soccer game and you see a ball being passed around by players. What does the soccer fan appreciate? The tactics, the ball possession, the through balls, the pride, the passion, the ability for any team to win on any day, the players play for the city, not the name on the back. Soccer fans appreciate the drama that comes in every game. The build ups are the most entertaining part of the game. The ball going in is just a 1 second part of the game. People are not entertained about a goal as much as they are the chances, the runs, the commitment to defend etc.
    u just explained a hockey game .. thanks bro .. hockey is the same way only way more exciting and way more fast paced ... most americans dont like hockey because why? well it could be boring like soccer ... why watch 20 minutes of somethng when nothing will be achieved .. makes no sense ... on the other hand hockey is way more exciting because of the hitting ... stellar goalie plays ... fast paced sport ... big team sport ... and they dont complain about an injuryy like these pussy soccer players .. get kicked in the leg and they fall to the floor crying ...

    u try getting hit with a frozen puck at 70+ mph in the face and come back out 5 minutes later with stitches and play

    soccer is a pussy sport get over it
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    Quote Originally Posted by InTheDrink View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by Seaweed View Post
    Soccer is the best sport in the world hands down. Everything else is debatable.
    Killing me here
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    Quote Originally Posted by lunchbawks View Post
    1. soccer

    American sports are awful to watch live
    cuz watching people get excited for a pass from one side of the field to the other is more entertaining ...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Seaweed View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by You mad bro View Post
    u just explained a hockey game .. thanks bro .. hockey is the same way only way more exciting and way more fast paced ... most americans dont like hockey because why? well it could be boring like soccer ... why watch 20 minutes of somethng when nothing will be achieved .. makes no sense ... on the other hand hockey is way more exciting because of the hitting ... stellar goalie plays ... fast paced sport ... big team sport ... and they dont complain about an injuryy like these pussy soccer players .. get kicked in the leg and they fall to the floor crying ...

    u try getting hit with a frozen puck at 70+ mph in the face and come back out 5 minutes later with stitches and play

    soccer is a pussy sport get over it
    1) Soccer players play for pride, hockey players play for the name on their back and paycheck (In General)

    2) Soccer does not have stoppages.

    3) Soccer is the most watched sport in the world.

    4) For many, soccer defines who they are as humans, as a religion, and as politicians.

    5) Soccer is more than just a sport

    6) Soccer has goals

    7) Has the greatest tournament in the world. The "World Series" is NOT the WORLD. The World Cup IS.

    8) It doesn't have coaches challenges, interruptions etc.

    9) Soccer players posses pure skill. (Control, Speed, Agility,) Not the same for baseball.

    10) No skill like a soccer player's skill leaves your jaw dropped and a gasping noise coming from the room.


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    Quote Originally Posted by You mad bro View Post
    cuz watching people get excited for a pass from one side of the field to the other is more entertaining ...
    Better than the black free throw Olympics
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    The world plays this game. Every continent, every country, every city, every village. Soccer resonates everywhere!

    Not even running water is as universal as the world's game.


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    Quote Originally Posted by You mad bro View Post
    most americans dont like hockey because why? well it could be boring like soccer ...
    hockey this yr is outkilling NBA in attendance.. and, they are even beating them in TV ratings. that's right, NHL is getting better ratings than NBA this yr. Bruins, Blackhawks, Flyers alone are getting 3x more tv viewers than Celtics, Bulls and Sixers. Even in a city like Dallas, the Stars there are almost equal in total viewers avg per game as the Mavs this yr ..and the Mavs won it all 2 yrs ago. and this is texas to boot.


    This is impressive that hockey has more viewers than NBA because hockey is only played in 30% of the U.S. Population, compared to 100% for NBA. So i disagree that hockey is not big in U.S. it's getting up there. NHL setting record ratings this yr.
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    When your country wins a World Cup, you know that eveery one of the 6 billion people had a chance to prove themselves up against you and your nation. Find me something similar to that, not just in sports, but anything.
    Soccer, futbol, football, futebol, call it what you will, it's the best sport in the world.


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    Soccer is boring

    Bunch of guys standing around doing dicck and holding their hips while their one teammate dribbles the ball ... Wow thats fun .. The World Cup wow thats fun ... Watching 90 minutes of people standing around while Europeans or whoever barely touch each other and cry for a card ... A soccer player gets smacked in the face and is crying like a little bitch ...

    Golf is more entertaining than soccer also ...

    Btw seaweed its easy for people to like soccer because thts all these 3rd world countries even have ... You think these countries in Africa and Asia could compete in any other sport here in the US?

    You see what the US did to every team in the world in basketball ... Cant even compare talent ..

    Soccer u barely even run anyway ... If u watch an entire game the mid fielders do most of the running ... Lacrosse is more of a team and skilled sport than soccer
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    Quote Originally Posted by daneblazer View Post
    Could you imagine if guys Lebron, Randy Moss, Adrian Peterson played soccer their whole lives? Game over.
    They would suck. West-African Negros are not suitable for soccer.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MoneyLineDawg View Post
    Nothing beats Weekends in the Fall for me.....Go out and get hammered Friday Night, wake up early and study lines for College Saturdays and chill out watch a ton of football......Go out Saturday Night which leads into NFL Sundays...... life is great in the Fall
    Yupp ... Bet on soccer where 50%+ end in a tie .. Fcking joke of a sport
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    100% agree with both. I would add baseball as #3 and tennis #4 to bet on. Im unlucky betting hockey but its my fave sport
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    Quote Originally Posted by Seaweed View Post
    Ignorance should be a sin. Stand around? Playing without the ball is more important than playing with the ball. Soccer is the msot watched sport in the world, just because Americans are bad at it doesn't mean it's not number 1. LOL baseball. What do outfielders do 99 percent of the time? Chew tobacco and stare at the skies. Soccer is a game played without commercial breaks, it is consistent action. It does not require thousands to play. A wrapped newspaper can become a ball and bring together kids in Africa who are poor. It is a game that has brought countries together, it is a game with the best fans in the world, It is a game with the most in shape Athletes in the world. A lot of baseball athletes are fat. You won't find that in soccer. Soccer players can do it for 90 minutes in 11 different positions ( you should get excited for that one). You never know when Baseball is going to end, Soccer is black and white. Soccer is a universal sport known by all.
    Americans are bad at soccer because our best athletes don't give a shit about soccer.

    Not much soccer being played in the cities of our country, our best athletes are in the NBA and NFL.

    I'm surprised you don't realize or understand that.
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