Played to a sold out crowd of 3,000. Ha-ha-ha, he-he-he. In a city where 3,000 people stop & listen to street musicians.
Sorry, but soccer is a girly sport and Americans find it boring.
If 3,000 capacity is the biggest stadium LA can offer, I daresay that's what we have to settle for.
I'm betting you've never seen Australian football. Soccer it ain't. It makes American football look like a game played by padded shielas!
Please, do yourself a favour and visit:
www.afl.com.au
Australian Rules Football is NOT soccer. It's really hard to describe...the best way I can do it is to say imagine the hitting and tackling of a rugby game, with the running of soccer. The ball and some of the rules are similar to rugby, but there's much less scrumming and much more open-field action--and kicking goals, like field goals, is the only way to score. It seems pretty fast-paced, and you get some absolutely VICIOUS full-speed hitting, without pads. It's not a game for girlymen, in fact I imagine a lot of NFL players couldn't hack it.
ESPN used to show Australian Football League highlights at ungodly hours on weekends. I never really did figure out what was going on (and trying to understand excited announcers with Aussie accents is NOT easy) but it was always fun to watch. Those guys are serious athletes, because they have to be able to run like soccer players, jump for balls like basketball players or volleyballers, AND hit like safeties. And they do.
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