[balls]

Let's not condemn a whole nation for the acts of a bunch of moronic soccer hooligans! Soccer crowds should never be considered representative of their fellow countrymen. It goes with that horrible game.

[BritBulldog]

Horrible game? Not like your version of football.

[AmishDude]

I've always wanted to start a thread about this:
Why Soccer is Socialism:

• 10 people run around a field with essentially the same job.
• There is one distinguishable player and he gets blamed if anything goes wrong.
• Most of the effort is an excercise in futility because nothing useful gets accomplished.
• The least of infractions is punished severely.
• Nearly all of the scoring results from a random event (deflection of a corner kick).
• It denies the value of opposable thumbs. Come on, a quadriped could play this game.
• There is no strategy to speak of.
• The skills are easy to master.
• Ties are acceptable and expected

I'll bet a book could be written on the subject.