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.
I batted .414 my senior year in high school, with 16 home runs.
First year in college I was 10 for 38.
Second year I was watching games from the stands and working for my tuition.
Nuf said.
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Rugby - nasty game played by big nasty guys, who for the most part play by the rules. Most ruggers know the game is too violent already so hooligan like behavior is unacceptable, thus raising the risk
Soccer- intense game which relies on finesse as opposed to brute power like rugby. Soccer rivalries are intense leading to brawls on the field and amongst the fans.Soccer players and fans participate in extracurricular violent behavior as opposed to rugby.
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"Same could be said of Hockey"
Who says hockey is a sport? I consider is barely better, and I do mean barely, than professional wrestling with a puck.
Some of my HS friends were on the soccer team and not weak or anything.
And the soccer girls were smoking hot.
But, I just never got into it I guess.
Real sportsmen can appreciate different sports (tennis, golf, racing, track & field, football, baseball, basketball, soccer, etc.) and the various skills each require. Sportsmen love competition whether it's a soccer volley or a record breaking fish caught in a tournament.
I really don't understand all the animosity directed at one sport. It's uncharacteristic of conservatives and FR.
Soccer is not a sport; it's an Italian aerobic exercise.
I will watch basketball and hockey (town is big in basketball, so I picked it up that way), but I find football rather boring.
People get tackled and after many minutes, finally go far enough for a TD. Big whoop.
American Football is disciplined rhyming stanzas: poetry. It has chapters, verses, structure, exciting episodes, a beginning, a middle with a rest in it, an end. Its four quarters are like the seasons, so the game is like the year in brief. It teaches teamwork, specialization, and combat skills.
And it is American.
I like basketball the most. I fall asleep watching football and baseball.
sports in my order of liking..
1) basketball
2) hockey
3) soccer
4) football
5) baseball
6) golf (super snoozer)
7. Softball (lol)
Onja, the soccer players here were the same..smart, athletic, and Christian.
The HS soccer team was mostly composed of extremely conservative Christians.
I still didn't watch very often though, but it was better than baseball.
oh, it's not hated, it's just boring ... there's a difference, ya know
Very good. George Will once noted that football is the distinctly American combination of "violence punctuated by committee meetings."
SD
The bottom line is that soccer is a nice game to play, but to be a casual spectator is torture. I can watch a hockey game without caring who is playing. I don't think you can watch a soccer game if you aren't invested in the outcome. I think the nationalistic nature of the World Cup is also a huge part of its success.
"Listen, soccer is a blank verse...."
I totally agree with you. I despise soccer. I love the REAL football. Not that Euro-crap.
Or was your post mean't for someone else and got me by mistake.
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