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I for one enjoy soccer especially live
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Rice is the most popular food in the world. It doesn't make it the best food in the world.
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"best" depends on what you want. I of course would watch the nfl and NBA over a soccer game but I can see why soccer is a popular sport
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A lot of my brit friends agree that soccer has become unbearable to watch because of reffing. Lets hope the nfl doesnt follow suit.
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To be honest, I haven't noticed many soccer fans in my area. Maybe a few who are illegal immigrants. Granted, there are a lot of those in the US.
Soccer's ok for kids to play and what not but as a spectator sport it's more boring than baseball.
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Three things that make soccer unwatchable for me:
1) The vast amount of standing around. If the game was played more aggressively it could take on a pace more like hockey or lacrosse which would make it much more interesting to watch.
2) The diving/crying/faking injury. Basketball is bad enough in this facet, but some soccer players just take it to a new level with the faking of getting punched/headbutted/etc. and the lying on the ground grabbing [insert body part] even though they were neither touched nor injured themselves. It's just such a putoff to see a guy who's getting paid a fortune rolling around on the ground like he just got kneecapped by a 9-iron and the closest opposing player was 5 feet away...then a penalty ensues.
3) When they do lose their shit and start doing dirty crap. This is not a full contact sport to begin with. I can understand football, hockey, rugby, and lacrosse players getting pissed at a bad hit or post-whistle contact or whatnot, but these guys are hardly allowed to touch each other yet end up resorting to some of the biggest cheapshots this side of a Suh tantrum.
I was in a hotel bar in Freiburg im Breisgau during the Bundesliga championship game last year; and even in that environment I just couldn't get into it any more than just tossing up a casual glance.
1) The vast amount of standing around. If the game was played more aggressively it could take on a pace more like hockey or lacrosse which would make it much more interesting to watch.
2) The diving/crying/faking injury. Basketball is bad enough in this facet, but some soccer players just take it to a new level with the faking of getting punched/headbutted/etc. and the lying on the ground grabbing [insert body part] even though they were neither touched nor injured themselves. It's just such a putoff to see a guy who's getting paid a fortune rolling around on the ground like he just got kneecapped by a 9-iron and the closest opposing player was 5 feet away...then a penalty ensues.
3) When they do lose their shit and start doing dirty crap. This is not a full contact sport to begin with. I can understand football, hockey, rugby, and lacrosse players getting pissed at a bad hit or post-whistle contact or whatnot, but these guys are hardly allowed to touch each other yet end up resorting to some of the biggest cheapshots this side of a Suh tantrum.
I was in a hotel bar in Freiburg im Breisgau during the Bundesliga championship game last year; and even in that environment I just couldn't get into it any more than just tossing up a casual glance.
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Sorry old chap, but I'm afraid that the US is becoming more culturally integrated with the rest of the world, not less.
It's a good thing too. Stop being such an old scgrooge and learn to embrace the love
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We'll just have to agree to disagree and settle on you being wrong.
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What the **** is wrong with you? This is a soccer thread not NFL.
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I really haven't seen this big surge of popularity in this "sport" here in the US. I'm old enough to remember a surge in popularity when Pele came to town but nothing like that since. It is terribly boring though. I could never get into it. Maybe bring some rugby over here. I think I could like that.