Soccer: Why is it hated?

[The_Victor]

Because a bunch of euroweenie leftists keep telling us how much better soccer is than "American Sports."

[b4its2late]

Soccer players at my son's high school were referred to as "grass fairies".

[HamiltonJay]

I played soccer for the first time since I was a child last year in a league... and I will give without question the game requires more endurance than most other sports... I will also say the following:

I HAVE NEVER SEEN A SPORT PLAYED BY MORE CRY BABIES IN MY LIFE! Every incidental contact has players whining to the refs.

I will also say that of all the sports I have played in my adult life, the percentage of gay players is definately higher.

It is a game that requires strategy and skill, but no more than other sports.

That's my personal first hand synopsis of Soccer.

[onja]

You are offsides if you are passed a ball when in front of the last defender.

[Shazbot29]

Mine was more emphatic ;)

But, I was deloayed by co-workers befire I could hit the Post button.

FReeping at work -- dangerous stuff.

;)

[mysterio]

Sports suck in general, not just soccer. 1 minute of action packed into 4 hours, for the most part. And sports siphon tax dollars for the billionaire owners.

Thousands of our children are maimed or even killed each year by these dangerously addictive activities. And all the profits go to Big Sports, so they can keep marketing their products to children.

[Trampled by Lambs]

I like it a little but it's a tad boring. I mean, it's not uncommon to see scores of 1 - 0 or 2 - 1. That's a long time between goals, hmmm?

I did enjoy indoor soccer much more when it was popular here in San Diego back in the 80's.

[Cecily]

I don't hate it, but I can understand why Americans don't really want to watch all the running back and forth across the field with so few goals to show for it. To me, American football can be just as tedious. Start, stop, start, stop, start, stop, while inching back and forth down the field.

[onja]

I lived in the South and not a single player was snooty or a liberal and most played another sport too.

[kevkrom]

Americans love scoring, and soccer doesn't offer enough of it.

A 3-2 soccer match has as much scoring as a 21-14 football game.

[AmishDude]

baseball doesn't need too much skill.

This is bad even for a nonsensical vanity rant. I dare you to (1) throw a curveball and (2) hit a curveball.

[Uncle Fud]

The last time I watched any part of a soccer match was in the World Cup eliminations oh, about 3-4 years ago. United States vs. Germany.

In the second period, Germany scored the first goal of the game: Germany 1, USA 0.

At that point, the announcers said, "Well, the Americans have quite a hole to climb out of now."

When the impact of that statement sunk in, I turned off the game and have not watched a minute of soccer to date.

[YouPosting2Me]

The KeyWords are killing me... lmao

[onja]

I played it for a while. It was fairly easy.

[MarkeyD]

I understand and that is strange. Apply that to REAL football (forward pass) or a fast break in basketball.

[LasVegasMac]

And NASCAR just puts me to sleep...

Yea, it put Jimmy Johnson to sleep for a bit yesterday.

I don't think he woke up feeling refreshed, though.

LVM

[the invisib1e hand]

'cause it's a goofy diversion fancied by girlie men?

[Rutles4Ever]

Were they gay?

[b4its2late]

You forgot to add a curve ball at 86 mph or so....