[pabianice]

Because Europeans play soccer the way they plan for the future.

[TADSLOS]

The lame zenith for soccer was Brany Chastain's victory strip tease act. Everything else about soccer pales in comparison.

[Alberta's Child]

Here we go again! (We had a couple of long threads on this topic last week) LOL!

[workinggirl]

I disagree! I love watching soccer, which is a lot more exciting than baseball or American football, the sole purpose of which is to smack each other (to define it simplistically). If soccer wasn't on at such odd times, I would have been glued to the TV. In fact I was 4 years ago watching France defeat Italy (I think it was Italy).

[reillyoburbank]

ping

[Jim Pelosi]

It's rather closeminded to say one sport is better than another sport. If it's not to your liking then fine. There's no need to attack someone else's sport. As for the "femme" comment, I would challange you to call a professional soccer player a "femme" to his face. I doubt you're man enough. I happen to like hockey. You get American football physicality and soccer finese all at once.

[Tacis]

I'm not much of a soccer fan but I get full games on one of the Spanish language channels (Telefutura). If you turn the sound off (especially when a goal is scored), it is not bad. In fact, without the sound you can occasionally see behavior that appears to be non-random.

There is also Hispanic arrogance involved, and, it is typical of the Mexican grandee's arrogance toward the US. On Telefutura there is absolutely no concession to the English speaking gringo. There is no English subtitle to tell what coutries are playing and which team is which. Whatever you think about soccer, before lunch on Monday and Tuesday, it is the only sport on TV. There most be gringo bars/restaurants all over the country that would have it on their screens by default. The busboys will understand but the arrogant bas**ards running Telefutura will do nothing to make it more entertaining for the non-illegal alien, non-criminal viewers.

[Pablo64]

Boring is absolutely correct!

It's more exciting watching paint dry!!

I think that we, as Americans, have as part of our culture the inborn desire to be better and do better, hence the need to keep score. We can't abide a game where there is little or no scoring. It's against our culture. (No, I'm not a psychologist, but my roommate in college was, so that means I'm practically an expert.LOL!)

[aShepard]

OK, how about you running all over the field, without let-up, no time outs, no commercial breaks, no time to spit out your chew.

Makes baseball players look like out of condition Dunkin Donut Cops; makes "American football" players look like panting pansies after running a twenty yard play.

Soccer players are incredible endurance athletes. Try it some time!

[Freebird Forever]

It's just another way of undermining American culture & facilitating a takeover by the globalists.

Is it a coincidence that the "soccer family" types tend to support nanny statism?

Donning my tinfoil hat now.

[dano1]

Basically, a physical game where you are not allowed to use your hands is just stupid! It ignores the basic nature of human anatomy. On the other hand, American football is also stupid because the winning team stops playing before the game is over.

[stlrocket]

Soccer fans and their traditions go way back. They start by teaching them young. Then they develop into full grown hooligans!

FUTURE SOCCER STAR

[thatsnotnice]

A lot of American males were trained as kids that any sport involving a round ball was nasty. You were taught to wash your hands afterward and not tell your parents what you’d been up to or you might get punished…

At our school the only people that played baseball, basketball or soccer were the people that couldn’t make the football, hockey or wrestling teams…

[NEWwoman]

Maybe, many of us hate soccer, because the "Soccer Moms" voted for Clinton. (just kidding) Seriously, though, I understand player can really get beat up in soccer. It's rough. At least, our football players have the sense to wear a lot of padding and helmets.

[Weimdog]

Here we go again...

[Walkingfeather]

This reminds me of a classic SCTV show where, The station manager (Joe Flarity) decides that the stations comercial revenue is too low so he is going to have a telethon to raise money. He his sitting buy this bank of silent phones and starts talking to the audience. " Okay you are not calling.... Let me show you what you will be seeing on SCTV if you don't donate" Cut to: Soccer game " Soccer that's right Hours and hours of Soccer... Newton Vs. Hamshire...... the Phones start ringing off the hook.

[PJ-Comix]

The MOST interesting game to watch is Jai Alai....but ONLY if you have money riding on the outcome.

[dfwgator]

Judging as how Paraguay got hosed by the refs, I can see that soccer referees are just as incompetent as NBA referees.

[PoisedWoman]

Very funny and right on the mark. I have a very good German friend in CA who cannot believe that I don't watch soccer and can hardly wait for it to catch on in the USA. So I watched for awhile and then ........ zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

I highly recomend the sport to insomniacs.

[tophat9000]

I have come to the conclusion that soccer is the Worlds sport for simple reason..

As sports go its so light weight it’s the worlds lowest common denominator