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David Beckham named one of U.S.'s biggest sporting flops as he celebrates England victory
daily mail ^ | October 16 2009 | Chris Johnson and Paul Thompson

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: 3rdworldkickball; athletes; beckham; losangeles; soccer
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To: Berlin_Freeper; All

Is there a soccer ping list?


81 posted on 10/16/2009 10:50:43 AM PDT by LuvFreeRepublic (Support Our Military or Leave)
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To: Political Junkie Too

I was a Fort Lauderdale Strikers fan back in the day of the NASL. Got to see Georgie Best’s first game as a Striker. I don’t think the bars in Fort Lauderdale knew what hit them when he came into town.


82 posted on 10/16/2009 10:52:11 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: LuvFreeRepublic

Oooh, good call. Tag, you’re it!


83 posted on 10/16/2009 10:53:30 AM PDT by Obadiah (Obama: Chains you can believe in!)
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To: dfwgator
I lived in Ft. Lauderdale(ish) at the time of the Strikers, but was not a soccer fan. I only went to Lockhart Stadium when my high school played Ft. Lauderdale High or Dillard.

-PJ

84 posted on 10/16/2009 10:57:57 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (Comprehensive congressional reform legislation only yields incomprehensible bills that nobody reads.)
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To: Obadiah

You are a funny, funny guy(?). Nice try. If there isn’t one, someone who knows how to post, should get one going. Ok, I can, on occasions, be easy to get along with. I will start keeping a list and turn it over to who ever wants it. Me, FIRST on the list, you second. Others?????


85 posted on 10/16/2009 10:59:18 AM PDT by LuvFreeRepublic (Support Our Military or Leave)
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To: Obadiah; All

Gotta go. I’ll check back later to see if there is ping thing developing.


86 posted on 10/16/2009 11:14:09 AM PDT by LuvFreeRepublic (Support Our Military or Leave)
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To: Sir Gawain
Spot on! What a pansy!:

Another pussy wussy crybaby:

Seriously, though, there sometimes are ridiculous theatrics involved. Don't care much either which way since I've stopped playing actively and gotten into motor sports. Real men don't play ball games. ;-)

87 posted on 10/16/2009 11:33:29 AM PDT by Moltke (DOPE will get you 4 to 8 in the Big House - HOPE will get you 4 to 8 in the White House.)
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To: Moltke

Well those guys can legitimately cry. I’m talking about the 99% of falls that are witnessed during a game and they pop right back up after the theatrics. Makes me sick.


88 posted on 10/16/2009 11:35:21 AM PDT by Sir Gawain
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To: discostu
no he didn't really make the effort in terms of soccer, but in all fairness, no one cared about him coming over here to play soccer. the media only cared about his wife and their social life and their kids' names and all that other stuff.

no magazine or tv show ever cared about soccer. hockey, as unpopular as it is compared to other sports, did have a loyal following back in gretzky's day. and he was the king of hockey.

like i said, if pele couldn't do it for US soccer in the 70's, no one can do it.

89 posted on 10/16/2009 12:39:34 PM PDT by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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To: thefactor

He didn’t really make the effort, period. I wouldn’t say nobody cared there was a LOT of coverage in the sports press of him coming over.

It’s not a question of doing it for soccer. He’s getting paid 6.5 million a year (plus whatever up front there was) to make the Galaxy more popular, he’s played in maybe a third of their games since signing, and their attendance is 25% lower. He’s a bust.


90 posted on 10/16/2009 12:44:36 PM PDT by discostu (The Bluebird of Happiness long absent from his life, Ned is visited by the Chicken of Depression)
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To: Sir Gawain

I agree with you about the theatrics in principle. 99% is greatly exaggerated, though. In fact, in what little soccer I watch these days in 99% of instances they just get up and keep on playing, and it’s the remaining 1% that makes for the theatrics. Perhaps it’s different in your region.

Google “soccer injuries” images and you’ll see lots of bad injuries. I don’t know how that compares to other “physical contact” sports.


91 posted on 10/16/2009 12:45:16 PM PDT by Moltke (DOPE will get you 4 to 8 in the Big House - HOPE will get you 4 to 8 in the White House.)
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To: Sir Gawain
Well those guys can legitimately cry. I’m talking about the 99% of falls that are witnessed during a game and they pop right back up after the theatrics. Makes me sick.

There was a recent case where an Arsenal player got a two-match ban because of a dive he took to get a penalty. They really are trying to address the diving issue, and it's definitely much better than it was a few years ago.

92 posted on 10/16/2009 12:49:20 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Obadiah

93 posted on 10/16/2009 10:41:13 PM PDT by JRios1968 (The real first rule of Fight Club: don't invite Chuck Norris...EVER)
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To: safeasthebanks

A little advice to you, get a life that doesn’t revolve about an activity 99.99% of American kids lose interest in at the age of 10...

I’m just saying...


94 posted on 10/16/2009 10:47:06 PM PDT by JRios1968 (The real first rule of Fight Club: don't invite Chuck Norris...EVER)
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To: Sir Gawain

Do people like you REALLY believe the rest of the world is pansy ass and only Americans are tough?.

I’d love to see you walk into a bar in Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Ireland, Scotland or Canada and spout such rubbish.


95 posted on 10/19/2009 12:35:35 AM PDT by the scotsman
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To: radiohead

Eh?.

Sorry, but what is so dangerous about soccer?.

I love that Americans claim ‘soccer is socialist/communist’. If American sports drafts arent a model of socialism, I dont know what is.

Soccer is ‘the big teams have the money and buy the success’. Pure capitalism. Its American sports that are the socialist ones!.


96 posted on 10/19/2009 12:38:22 AM PDT by the scotsman
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Soccer is so gay...
97 posted on 10/19/2009 12:47:23 AM PDT by rottndog (WOOF!!!!!)
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To: All
I mean REALLY gay...
98 posted on 10/19/2009 1:12:12 PM PDT by rottndog (WOOF!!!!!)
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