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What Does the Rest of the World Know about Soccer that Americans Don’t?
PAjamas MEdia ^
| June 11
| Rick Moran
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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To: brownsfan
I am a sports junkie. I enjoy all sports. The World Cup is
the world's biggest and most watched sporting event. Ebery nation fields a team and is part of the qualification process.The winner is truly the world champion.
You don't have to put down one sport to elevate another.
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posted on
06/11/2010 1:43:30 PM PDT
by
kabar
To: Mr. Mojo
We could rule the entire soccer world and it'd still be a minor sport here among sports fans. If soccer were the #2 sport in Dallas, it would be lost to the average sports fan when the Dallas Cowboys start training camp in July.
I'll bet you could say that about every other NFL city.
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posted on
06/11/2010 1:44:36 PM PDT
by
Night Hides Not
(If Dick Cheney = Darth Vader, then Joe Biden = Dark Helmet)
To: AJKauf
Baseball: Huge. Invented here in the US of A.
Football: Huge. Invented here in the US of A.
Basketball: Huge. Invented here in the US of A.
Hockey: Big'ish but not huge. Not invented here.
Soccer: Least popular of all in US. Not invented here.
Maybe it's a national pride thing.
83
posted on
06/11/2010 1:45:04 PM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(You can only get smarter by engaging a smarter opponent.)
To: crosshairs
“You sure you weren’t watching rugby?”
LOL, rugby is basically American football without pads;)
To: catbertz
When my kids were young I watched them play and it was okay.
Our city also had a team in the NASL and we got to watch Pele, Franz Beckenbauer, et al, and it was okay.
But that was then and now ... zzzzzzzzz.
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posted on
06/11/2010 1:45:43 PM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: Night Hides Not
No doubt.
The “soccer isn’t popular in America because Americans aren’t good at it” line is pure BS.
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posted on
06/11/2010 1:46:07 PM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
To: dano1
They should let you use your hands. They do in Ireland. It's called Irish Football and it ROCKS lad.
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posted on
06/11/2010 1:46:14 PM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(You can only get smarter by engaging a smarter opponent.)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Didn’t American football come out of Rugby? And wasn’t Baseball heavily based on a British game called Rounders?
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posted on
06/11/2010 1:48:27 PM PDT
by
Borges
To: Oldpuppymax
“One friggin goal is scored in about 4 hours and it becomes an earth-shaking EVENT!! “
And yet, dating remains popular.
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Baseball: Huge. Invented here in the US of A.
- Borrowed heavily from Cricket and Rounders.
Football: Huge. Invented here in the US of A.
- Borrowed heavily from Rugby
Basketball: Huge. Invented here in the US of A.
- James Naismith, born in Canada (but ok, it was invented while he was at KU)
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posted on
06/11/2010 1:49:20 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: dfwgator
Add lacrosse to the list of Born in the USA sports.
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posted on
06/11/2010 1:51:05 PM PDT
by
Travis T. OJustice
(I can spell just fine, thanks, it's my typing that sucks.)
To: Shade2
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posted on
06/11/2010 1:51:09 PM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: dfwgator
And I have little doubt that if enough Americans had an interest we could make an interesting game by putting together something new, while borrowing heavily from soccer.
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posted on
06/11/2010 1:52:05 PM PDT
by
Stosh
To: Travis T. OJustice
Lacrosse is the official summer sport of Canada. (Hockey in winter, natch.)
To: AJKauf
Basketball, Baseball and American Football as we know them are games that were specifically invented here in America, and grew up in American culture.
Whereas soccer whereas soccer is an import, and not a very interesting one at that.
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posted on
06/11/2010 1:53:42 PM PDT
by
Maceman
To: Mr. Mojo
The soccer isnt popular in America because Americans arent good at it line is pure BS. Soccer isn't popular in America because it's an all-around dumb game and boring as hell.
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posted on
06/11/2010 1:53:54 PM PDT
by
okie01
(THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance on Parade)
To: AJKauf
The rest of the world sucks. So does soccer.
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posted on
06/11/2010 1:54:28 PM PDT
by
b4its2late
(Why does a slight tax increase cost you $200 and a substantial tax cut save you 30 cents?)
To: Borges
NBA players are in better shape than any other major team sport. MLB players are in the worst shape.
NBA players would DIE on a soccer field.
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posted on
06/11/2010 1:54:28 PM PDT
by
Eagle of Liberty
(I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve - STUPAK)
To: Stosh
And I have little doubt that if enough Americans had an interest we could make an interesting game by putting together something new, while borrowing heavily from soccer.We tried that, it's called "Indoor Soccer."
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posted on
06/11/2010 1:54:32 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Kerretarded
A soccer player can average up to 6 miles of solid running during a match.
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