I wholeheartedly agree. In this country, we have baseball, football, and basketball. The only folks who go nuts for soccer are eurotrash in Manhattan and third-world immigrants. Even the children of the latter can't stand watching the boring and TOTALLY GAY game of "futbol."
I know, but even though I don't care about the World Cup. I'm going to bring in an Italian flag for a few of my South American coworkers who have been driving me crazy with their antics on behalf of Brazil. A country I must add, that neither of them are from nor have any family ties too.
Oh, please. Anyone who's ever spent any amount of time watching the sport realizes that soccer requires the highest degree of athleticism. 45 minute halves, no time outs as such, and only three substitutions, which means that most of the players spend the time running over a much larger playing area than any other team sport for the full 90 minutes, plus whatever stoppage time occurs, plus any overtime. "Nancy boys" who can do that are probably in good enough shape to beat the crap out of just about any participant in any of the "more American" sports.
Plus, they have to develop skill enough to use various body parts not designed for such use, to manipulate a moving ball.
I'm American born and raise, proud to be so, and I appreciate the sports you've mentioned; though frankly, hockey is my viewing sport of choice. Ragging on soccer is largely sour grapes by people who get their American pride offended by the fact that we haven't yet developed our skills in that sport to the point where we compete well, unless you count the women teams (which I guess you'll use to back up your comment).
Just because it isn't fast-paced enough for those with MTV attention spans doesn't mean it can't be appreciated for the skills and strategies involved.
All true, but look how many Mini Vans have sold because of it's popularity with the "my life revolves entirely around my kids" crowd.
Kid Soccer saved Chrysler from bankruptcy!
I love when I hear people like you rant about how much soccer supposedly sucks. FYI, no soccer fan cares what you think. Keep going to those baseball games where everyone is juiced, and keep going to those basketball games where you're more likely to get jumped in the stands (by a fan or a player) than see actual team basketball.
NFL is great though. Go Bears!
Those are three of the gayest sports on earth. Anyway, I thought the Polaks liked 'soccer' as you wrongly call it.
Totally gay? Try baseball, buncha wife beating tree stumps full of veternarians horse drugs standing and doing nothing for 3 hours. Or Nascar, bunch of inbred goobers watching a car go in circles for 5 hours woo hoo.
I have been a rescue swimmer (U.S. Navy), been trained for dynamic entry/hostage rescue, played organized baseball, football and surfed competively. I've jumped out of perfectly good airplanes, made a living swordfishing, and other commercial fisheries.
The single most physically demanding activity that I have participated in, is the 20 years of soccer that I played.
I have noticed that the people who spew the uninformed nonsense about soccer being a "gay" sport are usually those who question their own sexuality or uncoordinated pussies, or a combination of both.
Speaking of "gay" games, in what sport does play begin with one player pressing his hands into the butt crack of another player as he yells hut, hut, hut? And then there's the obvious phalic connection between baseball and gay men who like to play with their bats and balls.
"totally gay"
But dont you think that the spandex tousers, shoulder pads and make up in "Gridiron are just so . . . . . Dynasty