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Posted on 10/16/2009 8:58:45 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
The Los Angeles Galaxy star came in the top ten of what one U.S. magazine called the biggest 'busts, choke artists'.
U.S. based Maxim magazine said Beckham's move to the Los Angeles team was nothing short of a 'catastrophe'.
After all the publicity about his £125m move, it said the former Manchester United star has failed miserably to make football - or soccer as it is called in the US - more attractive to fans.
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Ok, then. Ya seem a little more emotionally invested in the topic than I. Have a nice day.
Anybody that thinks soccer isn’t growing in the USA isn’t paying attention (because they aren’t interested anyway).
Since I moved to this country (from UK) in 1987 I’ve seen things go from no soccer on TV at all, to occasional midnight EPL games, a regular EPL schedule, MLS growing, Fox Soccer Channel...etc. - now I’m seeing Fox Sports Detroit have games, ESPN, ESPN2 - with multiple live games on each of them.
No, I don’t see soccer becoming the top sport as is everywhere else...as mentioned we have 4 other sports.
fyi...the new Seattle team is getting huge crowds...it IS getting momentum. I’d like to see a team here in the Detroit area...we could certainly use any new business we can get.
They should just took that money and Paid people to sit through that torture instead of bringing that Poodle to play here.
a player can be one of the best in the world and hardly ever score a goal.
No wonder all the socialists love it. That about sums up their entire world view right there.
Yup. I'm friends with a Norwegian who just can't understand my utter distain for soccer. It is deeper than just not liking a sport, it goes against the grain of something elemental in all good Americans.
And yet YOU were the person that had the 5th comment on this thread...please stick to posting on threads on which know something about the topic, although I realice that may mean we never hear from you again.
I think you mean...
Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
...cracks me up when they say it for a whole minute, I don’t get how they do it in one breath!
I believe they’re measuring Beckham by the wrong metrics. He wasn’t supposed to come here and score a hundred goals. He’s a ball deliverer and spot shooter...and still a very good one. I see plenty of kids wearing “Beckham” shirts...and there’s still larger attendance wherever he plays. Job done, goal accomplished.
I can see ya being all worked up since no one over the age of 10 actually plays your sport but have hope, the Commies are in charge now, I am sure futball is about to surge.
I love soccer, you see, it’s always been my dream to play for an Italian club, like Barcelona. :^)
I don't know about that - a lot of us played it, and I think that it isn't too hard for hockey fans to enjoy as well.
Good observations all. It’s still below the threshhold, but I assure you it is about to explode onto the scene in the coming years.
Soccer is a team sport, you can have a team of the best talent in the world and if they can’t play well together, it won’t matter. That’s why despite all the money Real Madrid put into buying Ronaldo and Kaka, they won’t prevail over Barcelona, because Barcelona plays with a true team concept, rather than just having 11 individuals out there.
Why does the Galaxy do better without Beckham? Simple, because Landon Donovan is the true leader of that team, and Beckham just gets in his way when he’s in there. United gets rid of Ronaldo, and now Wayne Rooney is stepping up.
What made Beckham a bust wasn’t that he hardly ever scored a goal, it was that he hardly ever played and after the first month had no real effect on fan attendance (since he wasn’t playing).
You mean like, say, the late Reggie White (Packers/Eagles) probably the best lineman of all time and a truly great player. I'm not sure how many points Reggie scored either.
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No, it's "non-stop action," if you consider "action" to be a couple guys chasing a ball around a ridiculously large field, while a bunch of other guys stand around and watch.
Of course, it may be "action," of a sort, but it's utterly bereft of any drama.
that is a very silly comparison and i hope you were kidding.
I am well aware that soccer is a team sport and I also know that not every great soccer player will be a good fit for every team. You are correct....Donovan’s leadership has contributed to Galaxy’s success.
it ain't even close.
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