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To: discostu
Soccer is too subtle for most American sport's fans

Now you sound like Michael Moore.

What is more subtle than the difference between an 0-2 count and 2-0 count?

10 posted on 08/03/2004 3:26:15 PM PDT by bikepacker67 (Sandy wasn't stuffing his socks, he was stuffing A sock.)
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To: bikepacker67

I'm not insulting anybody just telling the truth. In soccer, much like in hockey, there's a lot of movement with the sole purpose of trying to teach the opponent to do one thing in reaction to you so that later in the game you can do something he doesn't expect catch him out of position and get a scoring opportunity. And historically American sports audiences don't like that kind of subtlety, they don't enjoy sports where tilting your shoulders one way is all about setting the other player up for an embarassment in 20 minutes.

Just about everything in soccer and hockey is more subtle than the difference between an 0-2 and a 2-0. In the world of flow oriented sports there is nothing about baseball that's even remotely subtle.


18 posted on 08/03/2004 3:33:33 PM PDT by discostu (Gravity is a harsh mistress)
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To: bikepacker67

I'll tell ya what 3rd and a yard for a first down inside field goal range with less than 10 seconds to go in the game is a hell of a lot more exciting than a bunch of guys kicking a ball around a field and maybe scoring once every day and a half or so.


114 posted on 08/03/2004 8:56:43 PM PDT by DaiHuy (MUST HAVE JUST BEEN BORN THAT WAY...)
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