On a political discussion board? Fugetabout it.
Note the placement of MLS on the graph below:
Posted on 06/11/2010 12:41:38 PM PDT by AJKauf
leaving politics aside, the reason that soccer has not arrived (and may never rise) to the first tier of professional sports in America is tradition and timing. There is no American soccer “tradition” as there is in baseball and football. Even basketball enjoys a tradition far beyond any national memories we have of American soccer....
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The rest of the world does not have the NFL.
I have only seen one professional soccer game in person, but was surprised at how rough the sport can actually be. Guys getting kicked in the face, getting knocked out of mid-air and landing on their heads, spiked in the groin, balls sailing into their face or gonads at 70MPH. It’s not football, but up-close it is rougher than you think.
“It’s a cultural thing. Just like soccer.”
I got it.
That’s one of the reasons I refuse to give soccer a chance. The dominant culture that likes it is comminist/lefist.
Soccer = Commie Kickball.
On a political discussion board? Fugetabout it.
Note the placement of MLS on the graph below:
“...I will openly admit that while it’s one of the most intense, demanding games to play, it’s also one of the very dullest to watch.”
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Bingo.
They should try playing soccer with an eliptical ball,
then it would get interesting...
Personally, I’d watch Aussie Rules anytime.
I’m not a big soccer fan.
It got him a college scholarship, unlike the rest of the soccer team.
In high school my son played premier on a dad-coached team. The coach always used his full compliment of players and ran what I would call American-style (or run and shoot soccer, constantly subbing and having fresh kids on the field. His objective was to run the other team (which made fewer changes) into the ground in the second half. The games were higher scoring and far more exciting to watch, but soccer purists hated him.
I’ve tried watching soccer, and it bores me to tears.
I have no idea how folks can watch it and get so worked up
Perhaps the biggest turnoff is the behavior of soccer fans.
When I watch a baseball game, I root for my team, but I don’t wish ill on the other team. We’re all Americans and I have never bought into the high-school, college, or professional sports hatred of the other team and their supporters.
These are games.
I do agree that soccer is being shoved on the U.S. public.
When the attendees at the Rose Bowl booed the U.S. soccer team in deference to the Mexican soccer team, soccer became something I knew I’d never support.
I would have dearly loved to have seen citizenship checks instituted outside that stadium.
awesome graphic - had never seen that - very informative
LPGA is interesting - had always heard it referred to as “dykes on spikes” - seems like it’s not hard left
Being that baseball is so popular in America, “boring” apparently can’t be the reason soccer is not popular here.
-- Claimed by US soccer fans every single years since 1975.
Oh, how I love and miss that show...
It does take an investment for Americans to learn the history, and the great players, and develop interest in a team to follow.
I don’t care what sport it is, if you are watching a game with two teams you don’t have a vested interested in, you probably aren’t going to be very excited watching it, whether it’s football, baseball or basketball.
However, once you develop a following with a club, suddenly the game becomes much more interesting.
I’ll drink to that.
Went to 1 major league game in my life, by the 3rd inning I left. A real snoozer.
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