[dfwgator]

But....but.....according to the soccer haters here soccer players are pansies.

[Berlin_Freeper]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/soccer/2014/06/27/kompany-uncertain-to-make-us-game-at-world-cup/11485619/

[Delta Dawn]

This World Cup has made me re-evaluate my opinion of the toughness of Soccer players.

I mean, sure, in hockey, you have players who average 6’2” - 6’4” in height who go anywhere from 185 lbs up to 240 lbs. They travel at up to speeds of 25 - 45 MPH on skates who then occasionally slow down enough to pound another behemoth into the ice with their fists.

But soccer players, OMG. They have to deal with cannibals and racial taunting and...rain.

I don’t know very many hockey players who would dare venture into the world of the futbol’er.