Posted on 07/11/2014 6:44:37 AM PDT by Objective Scrutator
Some guy who screamed that soccer “is a tool of the Left.”
If conservatives want to do something about soccer, then they should start showing up at matches between the U.S. and other nations with lots of patriotic flags and banners. I would love to see someone dressed as Washington or Patton getting the crowed revved up.
Other countries do it. Why cant we? Dont let the self-hating Americans be the face of our team.
Go all out with the display. The lefties will quickly move on to something else because they will never like to be associated with such displays of nationalism.
Goldberg and his ilk must feel threatened by soccer (football as most of the world calls it) or he can't figure out why so many people are in love with the sport. He is the outsider looking thru the window at the huge party going on inside and although he is invited to come in, he refuses to do so.
What I find disappointing is that some conservatives are now conflating soccer with politics. Soccer is neither a liberal or a conservative sport. It is a global sport that transcends borders and ideology. Just because I enjoy soccer and the World Cup, some are trying to label me as a liberal. It is ridiculous.
Every country in the world enters a team in the quest for the World Cup. After nearly four years of elimination tournaments, 32 teams make it to the finals. And now we have one more game to decide a true world champion. Sit back and enjoy the game with the hundreds of millions of others who will be watching.
I started playing soccer in 1974 at age 13. I also played baseball, football, basketball, swim team, wrestled and surf team. I went to a public school and grew up in lower middle class neighborhoods.
I went on to serve my country for 12 years, leaving due to a spinal injury. I was a Rescue Swimmer and SSET Member among other duties.
I received almost a year’s worth of Imminent Danger Pay and multiple Expeditionary Medals.
The above is only included to qualify me to say:
Bernie and Ann can pack sand. I have served this country to a degree that they can only dream of. Their opinions are worthless and they have not earned the right to pontificate on what is American and what is not. Those who repeat their incoherent ramblings on soccer are just as ridiculous as they are.
LOL—it’s not a “sport” unless scoring is easy.
Your reading comprehension is sadly lacking. Find where I said, “cant cheer for the US National Team every four years because the Left hates America?”
I agree-
My daughters played soccer- great sport for getting
in shape for hockey!- I have some relatives that
“hate Soccer” - when I ask why?.. No scoring!
They don’t “get it”- I challenge them to just 2,
yes 2 minutes of running - and trying to control
a soccer ball- have not had any takers-
The people who blast soccer are the same who blast
T.V. golf- (I am a terrible golfer-maybe that is
why have come to love the Pro Golfers- like the soccer
Pros- just amazing what these athlete’s can do-
*** YAAAWWWNNNN ***
“.., they spend hours frantically trying to score..”
Sounds like me, in high school, on a Friday night.
Still chuckling about it. Qualifying for the 2018 World Cup (probably) begins later this Fall, and as I watch the men’s national team play, I’ll wonder if I have fallen prey to the Left.
“some conservatives are now conflating soccer with politics” Read the article. Goldberg quotes at length a liberal, sub-human who is politicizing the game.
Love of the game IS politicized. Who is behind it? You can blame the left or the right. You choose. Read the sub-human’s words.
AGAIN, you can like or not like soccer, but it is important to recognize that the left loves it, and it’s good to know WHY they love it.
The left has always and will always seek to rule the culture. It is VITAL to them to destroy the culture. Dumb-ass Americans who did not recognize or care about their cultural take over of movies, tv, education, literature, etc., helped America into her grave.
When I was young I enjoyed watching the SJ Earthquakes play at Spartan Studium. Now I can't handle soccer. For all the reasons Goldberg articulates. So much for the social sea change.
Don’t change the subject. Find where I said, cant cheer for the US National Team every four years because the Left hates America?
Here’s a novel notion for Goldberg, Coulter, and all you other soccer-haters out there. If you don’t like soccer, don’t watch it! I know, it’s tough to swallow, but different people like different things. There are many people who like soccer. If you don’t, why do you care about the ones who do?
I always thought it was liberals who insisted that everyone always has to agree with them and think like them. Don’t we conservatives believe in diversity of thought anymore?
LOL—can’t cheer for the USMNT, it’s lefty. Real righties cheer for MLS.
I don’t see the soccer haters here doing anything different than you’re doing - posting their opinion.
One more week and these soccer threads will die out until the next WC.
I don’t like soccer, but I also don’t think that every sport needs lots of scoring.
Real baseball fans enjoy a no-hitter, or even a 1-0 pichers duel as much as a 15-13 slugfest. Many think that the Triple Play is the most exciting play in baseball (others suggest stealing home).
Real football fans could enjoy the powerfully offensive Rams beating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 11-6 in a defensive struggle of the 1999-2000 NFC championship, or for that matter 9-0 in 1979-1980 NFC championship. No one described the 16-7 Super Bowl III as “boring” (only ONE touchdown scored). In the good ol’ days, before the NFL started tinker with the rules, typical scores were 14-7 or 10-3. There were plenty of NFL fans then.
Hockey fans loved seeing a hot goalie keeping the scoring down, or a well-executed power play defense.
For me, soccer doesn’t bring anything that hockey does 10x better. But the mere fact that there isn’t a lot of scoring isn’t a convincing argument against it. I DO believe that it is a valid point that a game of ANY importance can be decided by a shoot-out. That would be like deciding the World Series with a Home Run Derby. Tie games of any sort should be decided by playing the game. Those palookas should have to run around until one of the goalies drops from exhaustion and a bonafide score is made.
(I do believe If scoring=”interest”
Dont change the subject. Find where I said, cant cheer for the US National Team every four years because the Left hates America?
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