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Should soccer exist in the United States?
New York Post ^ | September 10, 2017 | John Crudele

Posted on 09/10/2017 3:28:57 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Dear John: When will the US understand that the universal sport of soccer cannot exist in our country? It is a poor man’s sport where no equipment is needed, only a ball and a field in which to kick it.

It cannot survive in the US for three reasons: Boring, boring, boring.

The most excitement is among the spectators who burn or stampede the stadiums or kill the goalie or referee — which is where the term “fan” was derived: “Fanatic.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Sports
KEYWORDS: beautifulgame; bundesliga; calcio; definitelyno; fifa; fussball; futbol; mls; nasl; no; soccer
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To: nickcarraway

Soccer sux. 90 minutes, score 1-0. Yes, BORING.

It is only promoted in the US to demote football, basketball and baseball and to advance one world gov’t.


81 posted on 09/10/2017 7:18:10 PM PDT by A strike (Academia is almost as racist as Madison Ave.)
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To: nickcarraway
Soccer? Fruits mincing, prancing, and skipping about like a coven of rainbow fairies.
 
82 posted on 09/10/2017 7:40:26 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOajD5TjnTs

Here is an example of what many miss when watching.


83 posted on 09/10/2017 7:43:24 PM PDT by son of terrence
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To: PAR35

Curling is for cold climates. I lived in northern Wisconsin, where in wintertime the sports were ice fishing, tobogganing, sledding, playing hockey in a frozen ditch, or watching NHL games on TV or curling matches. All of which involved an abundance of ice or frozen snow. Canadian curling was the best.

Just a regional thing, IMO.


84 posted on 09/10/2017 7:53:16 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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To: All

Common decorum prevents me posting what’s behind the real drive it push soccer on American Yutes, but it’s all explained in the book (the title of which I cannot post) with the ISBN-13 of 978-1618081452.


85 posted on 09/10/2017 8:16:16 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: son of terrence
Thanks for the link.

Interesting but neither entertaining nor compelling.

Soccer is like jazz: expertly done noodling.

Sports should look more like this piece sounds:

Threnody

86 posted on 09/10/2017 8:16:40 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear
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To: son of terrence

Sorry but you are clueless about US women’s soccer.

They routinely get trounced by 17 year old boys teams they play in friendly matches to prepare for their ‘very high level’ matches.

Go to a good high school boy’s game and you see better soccer.


87 posted on 09/10/2017 8:23:43 PM PDT by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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To: nickcarraway

I played many a backyard football game with only a ball and trees for goal posts.


88 posted on 09/10/2017 8:29:32 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: ealgeone

Agreed.


89 posted on 09/10/2017 8:36:32 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

That is like the end to every Giants game.


90 posted on 09/11/2017 4:23:16 AM PDT by son of terrence
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To: nickcarraway

I love it. Can’t get enough of it. It’s not “boring”. Constant play. Compare to NFL where there are about 2 seconds of action seperated by 60 seconds of regrouping and a ton of commercial breaks.


91 posted on 09/11/2017 4:29:22 AM PDT by Tigercap
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To: Paal Gulli
It can be had for a few bucks
92 posted on 09/11/2017 4:49:19 AM PDT by NorthMountain (The Democrats ... have lost their grip on reality -DJT)
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To: Reily

‘Soccer a gentlemen’s watched by hooligans!
Rugby a hooligan’s game watched by gentlemen!’

brilliance...pure brilliance; reminiscent of the CIA-Mafia analogy...gentlemen who wish to be killers-killers who wish to be gentlemen...


93 posted on 09/11/2017 6:04:19 AM PDT by IrishBrigade
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To: Mozzafiato

‘Soccer players are some of the best conditioned and talented athletes in the world’

so they’d have no issue riding the Tour de France, right...?


94 posted on 09/11/2017 6:10:11 AM PDT by IrishBrigade
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To: nickcarraway

Yes Kaeperdick need a game he can play too


95 posted on 09/11/2017 6:10:17 AM PDT by okie 54
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To: nickcarraway

Its popularity is due to the influx of third-worlders and the feminization of sports in America. I have more fun boycotting the NFL than watching soccer.


96 posted on 09/11/2017 7:32:01 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (Time to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!)
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To: IrishBrigade
so they’d have no issue riding the Tour de France, right...

Every sport carries with it a skill set that is not necessarily translatable to other sports. Just like you can't drop Lebron James or Usain Bolt into the Tour de France, you could not drop cyclists on a world class soccer field or soccer players in a cycling event and expect them to succeed.

97 posted on 09/11/2017 10:38:19 AM PDT by Mozzafiato
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To: Reno89519; All
Soccer is the sport invented for people paralyzed from the waist up.
98 posted on 09/11/2017 12:37:34 PM PDT by T-Bone Texan (Trump's election does not release you from your prepping responsibilites!)
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