Posted on 06/10/2014 4:24:39 PM PDT by nickcarraway
This is one American who dose not care!
Good to know that the people of Lichtenstein stand with us on this.
One reason not mentioned is that many people in the US don’t like Europeans telling them what they should like.
He is actually wrong about baseball. It is played widely throughout Central and South America especially Venezuela, as well as Canada. It is also played at a fairly high level in Taiwan and South Korea. It is not just a Japanese/American thing. There is also growing interest in Baseball in China as the ethos of the game sort of fits well in a Confucian culture or at least that is my observation.
I think soccer and lacross are ridiculously stupid sports.
LOL
Who really gives a rat's ass?
I'm supposed to care that the rest of the world cares that the US does not like soccer?
But, I will say, if they got rid of those damned annoying vuvezuelas or whatever the hell they are, that they constantly blow during the games, I might, maybe, watch a few minutes of it.
Nah, not really.
Soccer sucks.
I'll never watch it.
Soccer is landscaping with cleats.......and a ball.
Football has to go. And you can see that the left is busy working on it. You are supposed to like soccer because the NWO has decided that is the world sport. Football is too American. They tried to take it overseas and it didn’t catch.
Y’all know we and the world are supposed to think alike.
Bye bye football.
Golf on TV. With either 70 or 140 players playing at once, they can always find something to show. It may be something great, it may be a disaster. Can we see that shot from the fairway bunker into the middle of the lake again?
Boring on TV, but that’s only because it sucks.
I enjoy both soccer and lacrosse; however, I have seen so many soccer matches that I confess to being a bit sick of it. I coached youth soccer for many, many years so I know just a few of the more interesting elements.
The thing to remember in soccer is that it is a grand game of keep away, and that the defense is vastly favored. Goal scoring typically requires a few miracles. Some of the fun things to watch are ways that a team with the ball can try to lure the defense out.
What I do not like is the c.s. stuff, such as players faking injuries and players taking ball carriers down from behind in order to prevent a likely goal-scoring shot.
Also, the game is under-refereed, meaning that there is too little scrutiny of what all goes on. I also do not like teams "bunkering-up" defensively, in order to sit on a small lead.
I'll definitely catch a few WC games, and one hopes that the US team will distinguish itself (in the good way).
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Lack of scoring isn’t a problem. After all we happily watched Super Bowl III (16-7 final). Sacks, touchdowns, interceptions, fumbles, long run backs, long completions, batted down passes, are all interesting even if a score doesn’t result. I don’t know what the soccer equivalents are. When I signed up for soccer in prep school, the coaches never even bothered to explain the rules, and they catered to guys with names like Kiki and Jose who already knew the rules. So you just run around until you don’t. Fine.
Soccer, the worlds most beautiful game, has to be understood to be appreciated. The nuances of play, the positioning of players and their ability to endure over 90 minutes in the heat, cold or rain are things American sport fans have yet to learn. As for scoring, is a 2 goal to 1 win in hockey overtime more exciting than a 2 to 1 win after 90 minutes on a field half again as large as a football field with no time outs, only 3 subs and minimal padding? The close minded will never love the game, but who cares since the rest of the world population is hooked on “The Beautiful Game”.
When I was in School, the girls played soccer and the boys played football.
Well, I’ve had some good times watching the world cup.
Once, being in a stronghold of Italian Americans in Williamsburg, Brooklyn when Italy won. Ohmigoodness, the whole neighborhood went NUTS!!!!
And another time when our friend’s wife ADORABLE French brother came for a visit. Didn’t speak a word of English and my French speaking girl friend did not join us. It was ALL GOOD.
Also watching some coverage on the Spanish language station, their graphics were so advanced at that time. They had little animated coca-cola truck running around the bottom of the screen, and of course that wonderful announcer who said “GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAL!!!!!!!!!!” like nobody else ever could or will.
Fond memories!
“There is also growing interest in Baseball in China as the ethos of the game sort of fits well in a Confucian culture or at least that is my observation.”
Baseball is the perfect game, an infinite game I’ve always thought. Not sure if that fits with what you are thinking, but I figured I’d put it out there.
World Cup Soccer = World Cup Grass Growing..same ratings on TV.
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