Set threatcon Oscar. Move along... nothing to see here.
Posted on 08/08/2005 11:22:35 AM PDT by onja
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Why do most Americans hate soccer? It's not just that they don't like it. They are actively against it.
Soccer takes more skill and endurance than the other sports. In middle and high school you take a beating.(Elbowed, tripped, kicked, tackled- All done fairly or behind the ref's back and without body armor) There are many tactics decided by the players(unlike football and baseball). It's a sport many different people can do. Not just people who are huge or work out daily at the gym. Fast people, skilled people, strong people(fullbacks), tall people(goaly), small people, smart people. Footballers don't need much skill. Mainly strength. baseball doesn't need too much skill. Mainly the basics(throwing and catching) and strength. And, seriously, why does everyone think soccer players are gay, weak, etc? They aren't. In middle school half the team played another school sport. All of the highschoolers could easily have played school football or basketball. Out of the hundreds of players I've played I've never seen one who was even acted at all gay.
no kidding
"and I will give without question the game requires more endurance than most other sport"
for sure
A sport centered around kicking and balls leaves me sick and unable to watch.
wrong. A 21-14 football game has 5 TDs, and 5 extra points. A 3-2 soccer game only has five goals:)
Because it can be play for 3 hours and end in a 1-1 tie.
45 minute halfs ... 1.5 hours total.
Because girls can play.
Don't like getting your arse kicked by a girl, eh?
Because the foreign aka "rabid" fans, dare call it football.
All over the world soccer is known as football. The term soccer comes from "Association Football" (don't ask me how that happened, though). Besides, for the most part all you can use is your foot, so the term fits the game of soccer better than it does (as an Irish friend of mine once put it) American "throw & catch"
"Football is the only game in the world in which the men openly hold hands."
???
ROFL
Set threatcon Oscar. Move along... nothing to see here.
Cyclists are very gay. They shave. They wear spandex. They are also some of the greatest athletes on earth. They ride six hours in freezing cold and boiling hot weather at speeds up to 70 miles an hour, and on long climes with grades of 15 percent
A lot of players hold hands in the huddle and I've even seen linemen hold hands as they break from the huddle and walk to the line of scrimmage. How queer is that?!!!
A pro team's play book runs about 3000-4000 plays. Litteraly
no kidding
Saw a bumper sticker once that said "Rugby - A ruffian sport played by gentlemen
Soccer - A gentlemen sport played by ruffians"
Not sure what to make of that.
I lost it. Not unless running around without doig anything is action. I'd rather watch beans cook
I watch huge amounts of football. More than is good for me. I have never seen that
Same could be said for hockey. But as a hockey fan, some of the most exciting games are 2-1 or 1-0 games. Now the MLS is pretty boring stuff compared to International matches, when there are higher quality of players and more is at stake. I find it hard to be enthusiastic about the MLS because it lacks a sense of rivalry, unlike most of the other countries. But the World Cup is exciting to watch, and when the US inevitably makes it to the Finals, the ratings in this country will rival the Super Bowl.
1. It's terminally boring
2. It's European in origin
3. Refer to #s 1 & 2.
Have fun. While you're at it, I got some grass in my yard if you'd like to stop by and watch it grow.
Baseball is just a modified version of Cricket. And "American" Football is just a modified version of Rugby. Both are European in origin as well.
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