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1 posted on 04/15/2014 8:40:04 PM PDT by kingattax
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Incredibly, a third of the people in a country that actually has real sporting events are interested in a bizarre ritual in which skinny non-athletes in shorts run randomly about for nine hours pretending not to have arms.

Before anyone jumps on me, YES, YES, I KNOW the average soccer game is only 26 seconds long. It only seems like nine hours.

30 posted on 04/15/2014 8:54:37 PM PDT by FredZarguna (Das ist nicht nur nicht richtig, es ist nicht einmal falsch!)
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There is nothing as edge-of-seat exciting as a 1-0 World Cup soccer game.


32 posted on 04/15/2014 8:55:53 PM PDT by Proud2BeRight
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The other third are Mexicans.


37 posted on 04/15/2014 8:58:25 PM PDT by Atlas Sneezed (Lose to Cruz - 2016!)
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I was thinking America’s Cup at first. Don’t much care about that either.


38 posted on 04/15/2014 8:58:35 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
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But, but Slow Joe, who is there to throw out the first ball, said yesterday the cup is “the most consequential sporting event in the world.”
Which just goes to prove that Joe’s elevator doesn’t go to the top floor.


39 posted on 04/15/2014 8:59:32 PM PDT by tumblindice (Are all Democrats inveterate, habitual liars?)
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Manchester United Vs. Real Madrid Tilt At University Of Michigan Stadium Sells Out In 24 Hours

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonbelzer/2014/04/10/manchester-united-vs-real-madrid-tilt-at-university-of-michigan-stadium-sells-out-in-24-hours/


44 posted on 04/15/2014 9:02:24 PM PDT by dfwgator
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I remember seeing photos of the female Paraguayan and Swedish soccer fans from recent tourneys but not so much of the games.


46 posted on 04/15/2014 9:03:06 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement ("World Peace 1.20.09.")
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MLS equals MLB in popularity with kids

http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/1740529/mls-catches-mlb-popularity-kids-says-espn-poll?cc=5901

Maybe that says more about the decline of baseball than anything.


47 posted on 04/15/2014 9:05:40 PM PDT by dfwgator
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World Cup? That is expensive sailboat racing, right?

Oh, you mean turd worlders running around? Meh........

48 posted on 04/15/2014 9:06:48 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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Some cups of interest... soccer cups not so much.

51 posted on 04/15/2014 9:08:52 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
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World cup droolers


52 posted on 04/15/2014 9:09:18 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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1. Women's soccer is better than men's because they fall down and cry only when blood is spraying out or a limb is pointed in a medically unlikely direction.

2. Soccer is best when recorded and watched at 2x or 3x speed. It is nicely paced at that. (but then football is best watched with the 30 second skip button to jump over the huddle to the next play)

53 posted on 04/15/2014 9:09:21 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Republican amnesty supporters don't care whether their own homes are called mansions or haciendas.)
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Globalist Corp ESPN will cover the hell out it to try to get America to like this boring sport.


69 posted on 04/15/2014 9:27:47 PM PDT by Finalapproach29er (luke 6:38)
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I’m drinking Cazadores Reposado right now. Isn’t that multicultural enough?


70 posted on 04/15/2014 9:28:23 PM PDT by Redcloak (Winter is coming.)
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Yet, ESPN enjoyed fairly good ratings for the World Cup in 2010. I’d watch, especially at the knockout stages.


71 posted on 04/15/2014 9:28:23 PM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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When football is banned and consigned to the ash-can of history due to too many concussions and hangnails, Americans STILL won't watch soccer.

Leni

72 posted on 04/15/2014 9:28:26 PM PDT by MinuteGal (Our greatness - built upon our freedom - is moral, not material)
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No, the world’s top sporting event is the Olympic Games.


74 posted on 04/15/2014 9:28:35 PM PDT by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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The World Cup this year may get more US television viewers as Brazil time is closer to US time. Watching live and not in the middle of the night will be a bonus.


77 posted on 04/15/2014 9:32:12 PM PDT by RicocheT (Where neither their property nor their honor is touched, most men live content, Niccolo Machiavelli)
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Like yours truly.


83 posted on 04/15/2014 9:36:57 PM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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World Cup. Is that the new coffee joint across from Star Bucks?


88 posted on 04/15/2014 9:39:56 PM PDT by KC Burke (Officially since Memorial Day they are the Gimmie-crat Party.ha)
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