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Ties
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Limited substitutions (I think)
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Too big of a playing surface for such limited action
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Running clock and arbitrary "extra" time
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Net is huge and people still seem to miss it a lot
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diving.
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Flopping (I've heard :dunno:)
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Net is huge and people still seem to miss it a lot
:thumbs:
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events in qatar
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Different name in other countries
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fans do a lot of stuff to make it about themselves. shows that the game is boring.
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Can't use your hands (mostly)
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Vuvuzelas (lol jk those are great)
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those haircuts
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scarves
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most racist sport
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wtf is a kit
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Boots?
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"nil"
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They spell out "goal" as "gooool" (maybe sporting only related)
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They spell out "goal" as "gooool" (maybe sporting only related)
:opcat:
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" see you on the pitch" gmafb
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" see you on the pitch" gmafb
pitch. good one :thumbs:
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foot fairies
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not enough scoring
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fans do a lot of stuff to make it about themselves. shows that the game is boring.
this a good one. especially true of mls fans.
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its threads get mumped with all the time by steve dave
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Why can't you be offsides? WHY????
Gonna win 'em all! (But maybe not now)
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Fans dying.
http://oddculture.com/historys-top-15-worst-soccer-disasters/
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they always clutter up the board with their threads
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There is no _FAN on gE that explains soccer in a nice and thorough manner.
Gonna win 'em all! (But maybe not now)
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There is no _FAN on gE that explains soccer in a nice and thorough manner.
Gonna win 'em all! (But maybe not now)
are you rough ridin' serious dobber, we're nice
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I never said you weren't nice, or awesome! Was just referring to the way _FAN breaks down football in a way that most people can really understand. Admittedly, I know very little about soccer, ya know?
Was really meant to compliment _FAN, not as a put down for my gE soccer bros.
Gonna win 'em all! (But maybe not now)
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You all think I am trying to be funny when I report on dobber jr 's matches, but I am actually just describing the action as best as I can!
Gonna win 'em all! (But maybe not now)
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American coach not american. #america #screamingbaldeagle #colorsdon'trun #rememberthealamo
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lots of racist fans (Italy, Russia, etc)
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45 minute halves :confused:
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People acting like the World Cup matters
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I mean, Team USA's coach is a German. I'm just supposed to blindly ignore that we're paying some communist to coach our team? Its like World War II never even happened.
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Let me just reiterate this one more time. The guy who coaches the team that represents freedom has little dots above the u in his name.
Eff soccer.
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solid arguments. I'm boycotting the WC
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Sponsors on jerseys is weird.
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Sponsors on jerseys is weird.
can't believe i didn't think of this. i thought those were team names for the longest time :lol:
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Any organized game lower than like varsity high school level is glorified game of ball chase.
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A lot of good stuff in this thread, the terminology and wording has been debated a million times. Racism is bad, diving is bad, Qatar and the politics in FIFA are bad.
Good thread.
Bitching about a foreign coach is stupid though.
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A lot of good stuff in this thread, the terminology and wording has been debated a million times. Racism is bad, diving is bad, Qatar and the politics in FIFA are bad.
Good thread.
Bitching about a foreign coach is stupid though.
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Yeah totally. Maybe we should elect an East German Communist president while we're at it.
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I mean, Team USA's coach is a German. I'm just supposed to blindly ignore that we're paying some communist to coach our team? Its like World War II never even happened.
Let me just reiterate this one more time. The guy who coaches the team that represents freedom has little dots above the u in his name.
Eff soccer.
Jesus, be more jingoistic.
It's a sport played by the entire world, it's the only widely played team sport in America that is played on a large scale level worldwide. Not to mention its the most popular team sport not invented here. Should Serena fire her French coach because he wasn't born in America?
Men's soccer is the rare team sport that we aren't the best in, build a rough ridin' bridge and get over it.
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I mean, Team USA's coach is a German. I'm just supposed to blindly ignore that we're paying some communist to coach our team? Its like World War II never even happened.
Let me just reiterate this one more time. The guy who coaches the team that represents freedom has little dots above the u in his name.
Eff soccer.
Jesus, be more jingoistic.
It's a sport played by the entire world, it's the only widely played team sport in America that is played on a large scale level worldwide. Not to mention its the most popular team sport not invented here. Should Serena fire her French coach because he wasn't born in America?
Men's soccer is the rare team sport that we aren't the best in, build a rough ridin' bridge and get over it.
MIR I honestly could not care less about who coaches soccer, I'm goEMAWing, Chillax.
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People who don't like it or understand it being butthurt about the sport and then act like soccer fans are the only people who get offended by non fans shitting on the sport when a conversation about the sport is going on.
I'm sure if I interrupted a couple of chiefs fans talking about their chances in the playoffs, lol, by taking about why the NFL is shitty it would be received with poise and graceful articulation.
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I mean, Team USA's coach is a German. I'm just supposed to blindly ignore that we're paying some communist to coach our team? Its like World War II never even happened.
Let me just reiterate this one more time. The guy who coaches the team that represents freedom has little dots above the u in his name.
Eff soccer.
Jesus, be more jingoistic.
It's a sport played by the entire world, it's the only widely played team sport in America that is played on a large scale level worldwide. Not to mention its the most popular team sport not invented here. Should Serena fire her French coach because he wasn't born in America?
Men's soccer is the rare team sport that we aren't the best in, build a rough ridin' bridge and get over it.
MIR I honestly could not care less about who coaches soccer, I'm goEMAWing, Chillax.
You seriously think your trolling wasn't obvious? You were trolling for a reaction but you absolutely care that the coach isn't American, let's not kid ourselves here.
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mir, as his irl best bud, and we talk a lot let me tell you, i can confirm that he doesn't give even half an eff about sporting's coach.
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I mean, Team USA's coach is a German. I'm just supposed to blindly ignore that we're paying some communist to coach our team? Its like World War II never even happened.
Let me just reiterate this one more time. The guy who coaches the team that represents freedom has little dots above the u in his name.
Eff soccer.
Jesus, be more jingoistic.
It's a sport played by the entire world, it's the only widely played team sport in America that is played on a large scale level worldwide. Not to mention its the most popular team sport not invented here. Should Serena fire her French coach because he wasn't born in America?
Men's soccer is the rare team sport that we aren't the best in, build a rough ridin' bridge and get over it.
MIR I honestly could not care less about who coaches soccer, I'm goEMAWing, Chillax.
You seriously think your trolling wasn't obvious? You were trolling for a reaction but you absolutely care that the coach isn't American, let's not kid ourselves here.
I care big time.
Also you don't know what jingoism means.
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I mean, Team USA's coach is a German. I'm just supposed to blindly ignore that we're paying some communist to coach our team? Its like World War II never even happened.
Let me just reiterate this one more time. The guy who coaches the team that represents freedom has little dots above the u in his name.
Eff soccer.
Jesus, be more jingoistic.
It's a sport played by the entire world, it's the only widely played team sport in America that is played on a large scale level worldwide. Not to mention its the most popular team sport not invented here. Should Serena fire her French coach because he wasn't born in America?
Men's soccer is the rare team sport that we aren't the best in, build a rough ridin' bridge and get over it.
MIR I honestly could not care less about who coaches soccer, I'm goEMAWing, Chillax.
You seriously think your trolling wasn't obvious? You were trolling for a reaction but you absolutely care that the coach isn't American, let's not kid ourselves here.
yes i'm so furious with blind rage i might never watch soccer again
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mir, as his irl best bud, and we talk a lot let me tell you, i can confirm that he doesn't give even half an eff about sporting's coach.
This is a very good post
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I mean, Team USA's coach is a German. I'm just supposed to blindly ignore that we're paying some communist to coach our team? Its like World War II never even happened.
Let me just reiterate this one more time. The guy who coaches the team that represents freedom has little dots above the u in his name.
Eff soccer.
Jesus, be more jingoistic.
It's a sport played by the entire world, it's the only widely played team sport in America that is played on a large scale level worldwide. Not to mention its the most popular team sport not invented here. Should Serena fire her French coach because he wasn't born in America?
Men's soccer is the rare team sport that we aren't the best in, build a rough ridin' bridge and get over it.
MIR I honestly could not care less about who coaches soccer, I'm goEMAWing, Chillax.
You seriously think your trolling wasn't obvious? You were trolling for a reaction but you absolutely care that the coach isn't American, let's not kid ourselves here.
yes i'm so furious with blind rage i might never watch soccer again
That trick you just attempted is daxian.
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not gonna pretend the dax comment doesn't hurt....... :frown:
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not gonna pretend the dax comment doesn't hurt....... :frown:
I'm sorry friend #1eagle
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not gonna pretend the dax comment doesn't hurt....... :frown:
I'm sorry friend #1eagle
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magic spray that heals all injuries
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqmYrsfpI6Y
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Net is huge and people still seem to miss it a lot
Yeah, this is weird. They always kick it over
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magic spray that heals all injuries
opposite of lame imo
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they beheaded a referee once or something.
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soccer isn't the least bit lame but i'm a bit cynical about it since learning that its culture isn't as terrific as i once imagined.
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any sport where you pay people to let you go and sit in their seats and entertain yourself by singing "oh my darling clementine" for 2 hours is completely effed.
i can do that for free on my own couch t-y very much.
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any sport where you pay people to let you go and sit in their seats and entertain yourself by singing "oh my darling clementine" for 2 hours is completely effed.
i can do that for free on my own couch t-y very much.
not that i'd want to
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they beheaded a referee once or something.
also that one colombian guy who scored an own goal against the usa and then his own fans kidnapped and murdered him. thats pretty lame.
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Mean thread. Try to find the good in things and people
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guys, i guess i don't understand why there are different free agency periods all the time. how can half the team be "out on loan" or whatevs also?
i mean, it's like heat fans being like, "well guys, i really wanted that 3 peat, but ya know, they're shipping lebron and d wade over to england for a couple months so there goes that.. just crap luck on our part huh fellas, welp, maybe next year :shrugs:"
:dunno:
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loans are one of the best things about soccer
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also, they're called transfer windows. also, MLS doesn't have free agency (which is lame).
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guys, i guess i don't understand why there are different free agency periods all the time. how can half the team be "out on loan" or whatevs also?
i mean, it's like heat fans being like, "well guys, i really wanted that 3 peat, but ya know, they're shipping lebron and d wade over to england for a couple months so there goes that.. just crap luck on our part huh fellas, welp, maybe next year :shrugs:"
:dunno:
Its like when a player gets called up from Single A Wilmington to play in Kansas City. As a Wilmington minor league fan, you're super pumped that your player gets to play in a game that isn't completely worthless.
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It's like cross country with a ball
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guys, i guess i don't understand why there are different free agency periods all the time. how can half the team be "out on loan" or whatevs also?
i mean, it's like heat fans being like, "well guys, i really wanted that 3 peat, but ya know, they're shipping lebron and d wade over to england for a couple months so there goes that.. just crap luck on our part huh fellas, welp, maybe next year :shrugs:"
:dunno:
Its like when a player gets called up from Single A Wilmington to play in Kansas City. As a Wilmington minor league fan, you're super pumped that your player gets to play in a game that isn't completely worthless.
That's pretty much the exact opposite of most loans
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guys, i guess i don't understand why there are different free agency periods all the time. how can half the team be "out on loan" or whatevs also?
i mean, it's like heat fans being like, "well guys, i really wanted that 3 peat, but ya know, they're shipping lebron and d wade over to england for a couple months so there goes that.. just crap luck on our part huh fellas, welp, maybe next year :shrugs:"
:dunno:
Its like when a player gets called up from Single A Wilmington to play in Kansas City. As a Wilmington minor league fan, you're super pumped that your player gets to play in a game that isn't completely worthless.
That's pretty much the exact opposite of most loans
no, cartier is right.
he doesn't get it bud :frown:
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Does soccer have elbow surgeries every 5 seconds? Because if not put one in bean in the soccer pile over baseball. I'm tired of TJ surgery.
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if you have a kid, it's the first sport that your kid can play. tag, duckduckgoose, soccer.
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Does soccer have elbow surgeries every 5 seconds? Because if not put one in bean in the soccer pile over baseball. I'm tired of TJ surgery.
no bud. it doesn't. there has never been a serious injury in the history of the game of soccer, ever. there are however about 3500 fake injuries that resolve themselves of their own volition (about 20 seconds on the sideline fyi) every damn game.
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achilles ruptures and those nasty complete shin snaps right above the ankle are some of the most gruesome in sports, imo
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achilles ruptures and those nasty complete shin snaps right above the ankle are some of the most gruesome in sports, imo
Someone find the Steve Zakuani shin snap. I'm too lazy.
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i can't watch those. bobby zamora's was prolly the last one i watched and i wanted to puke
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serious though guys. it's the sports that three year olds play because they aren't old enough to play sports.
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i can't watch those. bobby zamora's was prolly the last one i watched and i wanted to puke
Yup, this.
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serious though guys. it's the sports that three year olds play because they aren't old enough to play sports.
Yeah, soccer and tee ball, then they grow up and play real sports.
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guys, i guess i don't understand why there are different free agency periods all the time. how can half the team be "out on loan" or whatevs also?
i mean, it's like heat fans being like, "well guys, i really wanted that 3 peat, but ya know, they're shipping lebron and d wade over to england for a couple months so there goes that.. just crap luck on our part huh fellas, welp, maybe next year :shrugs:"
:dunno:
The equivalent would be Ronaldo going out on loan. It doesn't happen. Nobody is loaning their way out of a championship.
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international play taking sporting's best players away mid season
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The problem is most American soccer fans tend to be hipsters. If soccer ever becomes mainstream in America, they will reject it for Cricket or Jai Alai.
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Even their American press releases about heavy traffic sound like they were written by non-Americans.
High-volume commuter traffic is expected Tuesday as two Major League Baseball games also are taking place that evening with the San Francisco Giants and Oakland A’s hosting games. Additionally, there will not be any direct municipal transportation to Candlestick Park via shuttle busses.
http://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2014/05/26/11/25/140525-mntvaze-traffic-advisory
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The problem is most American soccer fans tend to be hipsters. If soccer ever becomes mainstream in America, they will reject it for Cricket or Jai Alai.
well thanks in advance hipsters for making soccer better in tUSA
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I do not like soccer, plain and simple. I think my dislike comes from several things, most of which have already been brought up in this thread.
Number 1 overall is faking injuries, and continuing to fake them until you know your fake injury won't get a penalty then you wipe your fake tears away and act like nothing happened until the next fake injury, which occurs the next time the ball gets within 50 yards of you.
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By far the worst part about soccer is that all the best players don't play in one league. Like, the Barclays is supposed to be the best and yet the two best players in the world play in Spain? I mean wtf.
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serious though guys. it's the sports that three year olds play because they aren't old enough to play sports.
actually lol'd at this :lol:
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Why is gE as a whole so butthurt towards soccer and its fans? Serious question.
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Why is gE as a whole so butthurt towards soccer and its fans? Serious question.
at least 95 percent of the sporting fans i know are hipster dorks who were always too good for sports. they acted as if they were above caring about the royals and the chiefs. now, they wear 13 scarves to the cauldron and sing folk songs and act as if sporting, mls and soccer are on the same level/superior to football and baseball and the chiefs and the royals. \
yeah, the royals and chiefs are frustratingly stupid and awful and crap. but guess what, on their worst day, they are the 30th ranked team in the world in their respective sport. sporting is ranked anywhere from 250 to 430 in any world soccer club ranking that you'll find. the defending mls champ isn't even one of the 200 best clubs in the world. mls is equivalent to AAA baseball. maybe AA.
sporting is very good. their ownership is the best in the city and i wish they would buy the royals and turn that crapshow around. but mls is simply not on par with the nfl or mlb. the chiefs and royals are the best show in town because they are truly world class (even though it's hard to believe most of the time).
i also do not like soccer nearly as much as football, baseball and basketball. i much prefer watching hockey, horse racing and golf and tennis truth be told (except the world cup, it's badass). i hate that taking dives and faking injuries and otherwise acting like philip rivers on his worst day 24/7 is embedded in the culture of soccer. i hate that a tie happens about as often as a victory. i hate that there are like 8 shots on goal in an entire game, and that's a generous number. hockey is the equivalent of soccer on ice, but it is so much more fast paced and action packed. though the amount of goals scored is similar, the shots on goal are significantly higher because the playing surface is so much smaller. i also like that hockey players aren't pussies and don't take dives. i think the loan our best players out like we are a farm system routine is so effing stupid.
i enjoy the world cup because that is the one time when i know all of the best players in the world are competing against each other (landon donovan :frown:)
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full disclosure: i played soccer as a kid for a few years and played a year of indoor in high school.
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Why is gE as a whole so butthurt towards soccer and its fans? Serious question.
at least 95 percent of the sporting fans i know are hipster dorks who were always too good for sports. they acted as if they were above caring about the royals and the chiefs. now, they wear 13 scarves to the cauldron and sing folk songs and act as if sporting, mls and soccer are on the same level/superior to football and baseball and the chiefs and the royals. \
yeah, the royals and chiefs are frustratingly stupid and awful and crap. but guess what, on their worst day, they are the 30th ranked team in the world in their respective sport. sporting is ranked anywhere from 250 to 430 in any world soccer club ranking that you'll find. the defending mls champ isn't even one of the 200 best clubs in the world. mls is equivalent to AAA baseball. maybe AA.
sporting is very good. their ownership is the best in the city and i wish they would buy the royals and turn that crapshow around. but mls is simply not on par with the nfl or mlb. the chiefs and royals are the best show in town because they are truly world class (even though it's hard to believe most of the time).
i also do not like soccer nearly as much as football, baseball and basketball. i much prefer watching hockey, horse racing and golf and tennis truth be told (except the world cup, it's badass). i hate that taking dives and faking injuries and otherwise acting like philip rivers on his worst day 24/7 is embedded in the culture of soccer. i hate that a tie happens about as often as a victory. i hate that there are like 8 shots on goal in an entire game, and that's a generous number. hockey is the equivalent of soccer on ice, but it is so much more fast paced and action packed. though the amount of goals scored is similar, the shots on goal are significantly higher because the playing surface is so much smaller. i also like that hockey players aren't pussies and don't take dives. i think the loan our best players out like we are a farm system routine is so effing stupid.
i enjoy the world cup because that is the one time when i know all of the best players in the world are competing against each other (landon donovan :frown:)
What a dumb rough ridin' statement this is.
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Why is gE as a whole so butthurt towards soccer and its fans? Serious question.
at least 95 percent of the sporting fans i know are hipster dorks who were always too good for sports. they acted as if they were above caring about the royals and the chiefs. now, they wear 13 scarves to the cauldron and sing folk songs and act as if sporting, mls and soccer are on the same level/superior to football and baseball and the chiefs and the royals. \
yeah, the royals and chiefs are frustratingly stupid and awful and crap. but guess what, on their worst day, they are the 30th ranked team in the world in their respective sport. sporting is ranked anywhere from 250 to 430 in any world soccer club ranking that you'll find. the defending mls champ isn't even one of the 200 best clubs in the world. mls is equivalent to AAA baseball. maybe AA.
sporting is very good. their ownership is the best in the city and i wish they would buy the royals and turn that crapshow around. but mls is simply not on par with the nfl or mlb. the chiefs and royals are the best show in town because they are truly world class (even though it's hard to believe most of the time).
i also do not like soccer nearly as much as football, baseball and basketball. i much prefer watching hockey, horse racing and golf and tennis truth be told (except the world cup, it's badass). i hate that taking dives and faking injuries and otherwise acting like philip rivers on his worst day 24/7 is embedded in the culture of soccer. i hate that a tie happens about as often as a victory. i hate that there are like 8 shots on goal in an entire game, and that's a generous number. hockey is the equivalent of soccer on ice, but it is so much more fast paced and action packed. though the amount of goals scored is similar, the shots on goal are significantly higher because the playing surface is so much smaller. i also like that hockey players aren't pussies and don't take dives. i think the loan our best players out like we are a farm system routine is so effing stupid.
i enjoy the world cup because that is the one time when i know all of the best players in the world are competing against each other (landon donovan :frown:)
What a dumb rough ridin' statement this is.
yeah, my bad. the chiefs would be 32. happy?
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How many professional football teams worldwide? LOL @ the worst MLB team being the 30th best in the world.
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Speaking strictly of the sport itself and not re the level of competition in town, baseball fans can gtfoomf with this.
Baseball is kept alive in our country by meaningless nostalgia and stat dorks. It is boring as crap, moves half as fast as it should, and has twice as many games as it should. Real talk: women's softball is more entertaining than MLB.
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Sorry, j-dub. I'm probably not going to read your post. But that's probably just because I'm pak'd at the SKC game. :cool:
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Sorry, j-dub. I'm probably not going to read your post. But that's probably just because I'm pak'd at the SKC game. :cool:
enjoy the cauldron bud :D
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:D
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I liked your post j-dub.
Soccer is fine, but I've never been exposed to it much. Sporting KC is similar to KSU baseball on my sports radar; if they are good I'll pay attention a little bit. To be fair, I don't know the game like I know football and basketball. I'm sure there are some cool strategies and statistics I could follow, but at this point in my life I have little interest in learning those things.
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I liked your post j-dub.
Soccer is fine, but I've never been exposed to it much. Sporting KC is similar to KSU baseball on my sports radar; if they are good I'll pay attention a little bit. To be fair, I don't know the game like I know football and basketball. I'm sure there are some cool strategies and statistics I could follow, but at this point in my life I have little interest in learning those things.
hey ellrobersonisNOTinnocent, _FAN liked my post
SO GET THE EFF OUT OF MY FACE, DORK
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Why is gE as a whole so butthurt towards soccer and its fans? Serious question.
at least 95 percent of the sporting fans i know are hipster dorks who were always too good for sports. they acted as if they were above caring about the royals and the chiefs. now, they wear 13 scarves to the cauldron and sing folk songs and act as if sporting, mls and soccer are on the same level/superior to football and baseball and the chiefs and the royals.
This is a terrible reason to dislike anything.
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Why is gE as a whole so butthurt towards soccer and its fans? Serious question.
at least 95 percent of the sporting fans i know are hipster dorks who were always too good for sports. they acted as if they were above caring about the royals and the chiefs. now, they wear 13 scarves to the cauldron and sing folk songs and act as if sporting, mls and soccer are on the same level/superior to football and baseball and the chiefs and the royals.
This is a terrible reason to dislike anything.
Also, wouldn't there be more ppl at the USMNT friendly tonight if that was the case? I mean, it is in SF, right?
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let j-dub have this moment
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Why is gE as a whole so butthurt towards soccer and its fans? Serious question.
at least 95 percent of the sporting fans i know are hipster dorks who were always too good for sports. they acted as if they were above caring about the royals and the chiefs. now, they wear 13 scarves to the cauldron and sing folk songs and act as if sporting, mls and soccer are on the same level/superior to football and baseball and the chiefs and the royals.
This is a terrible reason to dislike anything.
Also, wouldn't there be more ppl at the USMNT friendly tonight if that was the case? I mean, it is in SF, right?
The real hipsters are fans of European national teams.
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Guys I thought of another reason why soccer is kinda lame. Exhibitions in the middle of the season just for the heck of it. I mean, what's the deal with that?
My favorite thing about soccer though is the solid 45 minutes of play between commercial breaks. The end of NBA and NCAA hoops games have a commercial break every 25 or so seconds of game play and it makes it tough to watch sometimes in games where you're not invested in the outcome. I like that the 5 or so times a year I watch soccer I know its 45 minutes, half, 45 minutes, extra time, game.
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Guys I thought of another reason why soccer is kinda lame. Exhibitions in the middle of the season just for the heck of it. I mean, what's the deal with that?
nobody does exhibitions in the middle of the season though. there's no real continuity for national teams - this is basically the preseason to "world cup" in the short term. most of the big leagues just finished their seasons a little while back
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Guys I thought of another reason why soccer is kinda lame. Exhibitions in the middle of the season just for the heck of it. I mean, what's the deal with that?
nobody does exhibitions in the middle of the season though. there's no real continuity for national teams - this is basically the preseason to "world cup" in the short term. most of the big leagues just finished their seasons a little while back
What about when SKC plays Manchester in July
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just money and marketing when we get those - we don't lose any players for games they'd otherwise play in or disrupt the season
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Guys I thought of another reason why soccer is kinda lame. Exhibitions in the middle of the season just for the heck of it. I mean, what's the deal with that?
nobody does exhibitions in the middle of the season though. there's no real continuity for national teams - this is basically the preseason to "world cup" in the short term. most of the big leagues just finished their seasons a little while back
What about when SKC plays Manchester in July
Or what about this US Open Cup thing? "Heh, it's the middle of our season, let's play this other tournament."
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the Mexican league would infuriate you cf3 :)
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the Mexican league would infuriate you cf3 :)
I bet they sell delicious street tacos and churros and cerveza at the games though. I'd have about 4 of each.
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the Mexican league would infuriate you cf3 :)
I bet they sell delicious street tacos and churros and cerveza at the games though. I'd have about 4 of each.
i would destroy them with you :lick:
so in mexico (and a lot of the other latin american leagues) they split the season in two... it would be like MLB having a world series in june to crown a first half champion, and then having another world series in october to crown a second half champion
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the Mexican league would infuriate you cf3 :)
I bet they sell delicious street tacos and churros and cerveza at the games though. I'd have about 4 of each.
damn. that changes things completely. i would just completely love the eff out of mexican soccer. a couple asada's and some cream cheese churro's??
umm yes, will take. :love:
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mexican futbol churroPAK sounds kinda fun
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mexican futbol churroPAK sounds kinda fun
meet you at bonito!!
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the Mexican league would infuriate you cf3 :)
I bet they sell delicious street tacos and churros and cerveza at the games though. I'd have about 4 of each.
i would destroy them with you :lick:
so in mexico (and a lot of the other latin american leagues) they split the season in two... it would be like MLB having a world series in june to crown a first half champion, and then having another world series in october to crown a second half champion
I'm embarrassed to share a continent with people who would organize their league in such a foolish way. That's idiotic.
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the Mexican league would infuriate you cf3 :)
I bet they sell delicious street tacos and churros and cerveza at the games though. I'd have about 4 of each.
i would destroy them with you :lick:
so in mexico (and a lot of the other latin american leagues) they split the season in two... it would be like MLB having a world series in june to crown a first half champion, and then having another world series in october to crown a second half champion
I'm embarrassed to share a continent with people who would organize their league in such a foolish way. That's idiotic.
but cf3, those churro's tho
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mexican futbol churroPAK sounds kinda fun
meet you at bonito!!
I don't care if you like futbol, football, country, rock, are a Jew or a Gentile, are a Protestant or Catholic, a churropak with bros is just what the doctor ordered.
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Speaking strictly of the sport itself and not re the level of competition in town, baseball fans can gtfoomf with this.
Baseball is kept alive in our country by meaningless nostalgia and stat dorks. It is boring as crap, moves half as fast as it should, and has twice as many games as it should. Real talk: women's softball is more entertaining than MLB.
Just incredible :love:
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By far the worst part about soccer is that all the best players don't play in one league. Like, the Barclays is supposed to be the best and yet the two best players in the world play in Spain? I mean wtf.
This is absolutely the best point made in this thread. You also don't even get to see all of the best players in the world cup.
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By far the worst part about soccer is that all the best players don't play in one league. Like, the Barclays is supposed to be the best and yet the two best players in the world play in Spain? I mean wtf.
This is absolutely the best point made in this thread. You also don't even get to see all of the best players in the world cup.
Which is extremely stupid
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By far the worst part about soccer is that all the best players don't play in one league. Like, the Barclays is supposed to be the best and yet the two best players in the world play in Spain? I mean wtf.
This is absolutely the best point made in this thread. You also don't even get to see all of the best players in the world cup.
Which is extremely stupid
You realize it's completely merit based, right? Like teams have to qualify to play in the world cup.
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By far the worst part about soccer is that all the best players don't play in one league. Like, the Barclays is supposed to be the best and yet the two best players in the world play in Spain? I mean wtf.
This is absolutely the best point made in this thread. You also don't even get to see all of the best players in the world cup.
Which is extremely stupid
You realize it's completely merit based, right? Like teams have to qualify to play in the world cup.
I am very aware of this, its pretty dumb tho that the biggest tournament for the worlds biggest sport doesn't have the worlds best players in it.
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Sorry, j-dub. I'm probably not going to read your post. But that's probably just because I'm pak'd at the SKC game. :cool:
enjoy the cauldron bud :D
Thanks, friend. It was fun. I took in some USMNT on the field afterwards too. :)
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By far the worst part about soccer is that all the best players don't play in one league. Like, the Barclays is supposed to be the best and yet the two best players in the world play in Spain? I mean wtf.
This is absolutely the best point made in this thread. You also don't even get to see all of the best players in the world cup.
Which is extremely stupid
You realize it's completely merit based, right? Like teams have to qualify to play in the world cup.
I am very aware of this, its pretty dumb tho that the biggest tournament for the worlds biggest sport doesn't have the worlds best players in it.
It's that way with every sport, so...
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By far the worst part about soccer is that all the best players don't play in one league. Like, the Barclays is supposed to be the best and yet the two best players in the world play in Spain? I mean wtf.
This is absolutely the best point made in this thread. You also don't even get to see all of the best players in the world cup.
Which is extremely stupid
You realize it's completely merit based, right? Like teams have to qualify to play in the world cup.
I am very aware of this, its pretty dumb tho that the biggest tournament for the worlds biggest sport doesn't have the worlds best players in it.
It's that way with every sport, so...
This is not true, you don't see LBJ going to the CBA or Europe to play. You don't see Peyton, Tom Brady, AP going to Canada or some crap European league to play. Cabrera isn't going to Japan to play.
Soccer doesn't have a dominate league with all the best players in the world, the World Cup is a country by country every 4 year event. Even when it's not a World Cup year, you still don't have the best all in one league, its stupid.
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I see what you're saying now.
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as someone in a non-dominant country, i appreciate the diversity. we have one of the better leagues and get to enjoy having a strong product domestically. i'd be sad without sporting kc
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Is it really that hard to find cool stuff about each sport and enjoy all of them? Tonight alone, I watched/kept an eye on two soccer games, a hockey game, a basketball game, and a baseball game. And enjoyed all of it (except the Royals being awful :angry:).
For soccer, in addition to following Sporting, I would highly recommend picking a European team and following them closely.
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sigh
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btw, i hope all you soccer dorks appreciate i dont even read or pollute any of your precious soccer threads
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ok
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i wasnt looking for a thank, but :thumbs:
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Lol at these last two pages and some of the posts in them.
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of which you have no rebuttal :)
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of which you have no rebuttal :)
If I wanted to argue I would but there is no use in arguing with anti-soccer people. It is just like arguing politics or religion with someone who doesn't agree with you.
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good choice.
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Lol at these last two pages and some of the posts in them.
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agendites abound!
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My favorite thing about soccer though is the solid 45 minutes of play between commercial breaks. The end of NBA and NCAA hoops games have a commercial break every 25 or so seconds of game play and it makes it tough to watch sometimes in games where you're not invested in the outcome. I like that the 5 or so times a year I watch soccer I know its 45 minutes, half, 45 minutes, extra time, game.
Should try watching rugby. It's like that with more action. (Only 40 minute halves tho)
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By far the worst part about soccer is that all the best players don't play in one league. Like, the Barclays is supposed to be the best and yet the two best players in the world play in Spain? I mean wtf.
This is absolutely the best point made in this thread. You also don't even get to see all of the best players in the world cup.
Which is extremely stupid
You realize it's completely merit based, right? Like teams have to qualify to play in the world cup.
I am very aware of this, its pretty dumb tho that the biggest tournament for the worlds biggest sport doesn't have the worlds best players in it.
All of the world's best players are involved in WC qualifying. The fact that they don't all make the tournament is like saying the NFL Playoffs are joke because Adrian Peterson isn't in them every year.
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of which you have no rebuttal :)
If I wanted to argue I would but there is no use in arguing with anti-soccer people. It is just like arguing politics or religion with someone who doesn't agree with you.
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I know way less anti-soccer people irl than are on this blog. I kinda forgot they still existed like this. Sad.
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Soccer actually has a lot going on. Similar to Rugby, if you do not play (or watch it alot), it takes longer to observe the entire field and realize what play is developing.
Does that make sense?
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of which you have no rebuttal :)
If I wanted to argue I would but there is no use in arguing with anti-soccer people. It is just like arguing politics or religion with someone who doesn't agree with you.
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I know way less anti-soccer people irl than are on this blog. I kinda forgot they still existed like this. Sad.
Yeah it's just a game. I'm not a fan of hockey or tennis really but I'm not like, all butthurt about it like some of the anti-soccer folks on this blog community.
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Lol at these last two pages and some of the posts in them.
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He's really dying for an invite to churropak
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a little worried here guys
Again, like all Latin-American stadiums, there are many food vendors walking up and down the stands. No need to get up from your seat, just wave, order, and pay. Beers and soft drinks are always available, as are Domino’s pizza, crisps, ice-cream, and other easy food.
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a little worried here guys
Again, like all Latin-American stadiums, there are many food vendors walking up and down the stands. No need to get up from your seat, just wave, order, and pay. Beers and soft drinks are always available, as are Domino’s pizza, crisps, ice-cream, and other easy food.
Is crisps soccer insider lingo for churros?
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Is crisps soccer insider lingo for churros?
i'm really out of my element here. do we have any liga mx pro-tip'rs around? :runaway:
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I'd guess the game at Candlestick last night had churros vendors. Man, I really should have gone!
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friendlies are pretty lame
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friendlies are pretty lame
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I'd guess the game at Candlestick last night had churros vendors. Man, I really should have gone!
:facepalm:
i really like you rusty. i really do. but dammit man.. HAVE YOU EVER HAD A CREAM CHEESE CHURRO????
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no! I'm serious I half wish I would have gone last night.
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no! I'm serious I half wish I would have gone last night.
:D
i'm telling you guys. if sporting starts serving street taco's and churro's. i'm like, there, man. season tickets? i think so! :whistle1:
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The anti-soccer agendites need to get out of my fun thread. Also the butthurt pro-soccer agendites should buy a sense of humor.
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too cool for school'rs are coming out looking pretty good so far
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too cool for school'rs are coming out looking pretty good so far
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Is this a real thread?
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Is this a real thread?
yup - LIST 'EM!
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The anti-soccer agendites need to get out of my fun thread. Also the butthurt pro-soccer agendites should buy a sense of humor.
I'm just pro churro.
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CARTIER! put your passport away, we only have to visit beems' local Portland Timbers to get our fix!
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i also like burros too, if anyone's got any leads
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CARTIER! put your passport away, we only have to visit beems' local Portland Timbers to get our fix!
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Uno con Dulce de Leche y Uno con Strawberry, y Uno Churro Sundae Por Favor!!!!!
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CARTIER! put your passport away, we only have to visit beems' local Portland Timbers to get our fix!
http://www.foodreviews.aaronwakamatsu.com/2013/07/churros-locos.html (http://www.foodreviews.aaronwakamatsu.com/2013/07/churros-locos.html)
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Uno con Dulce de Leche y Uno con Strawberry, y Uno Churro Sundae Por Favor!!!!!
hey guys, sorry about being mean about soccer and stuff. can i come too?? :D
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guys, shut up. churros are rough ridin' gross. I mean the premise is good, but I don't like crispy exterior and soggy interior, like GMAFB.
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MIR and j-dub, both invited #1churro
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I got some churros from a street vendor in tijuana :drool:
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MIR and j-dub, both invited #1churro
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Had an apple cinnamon churro at Sea World almost 20yrs ago. Still chasing that churro. It was amazing.
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Is this a real thread?
yup - LIST 'EM!
Okay, well you guys did a good job of listing them already. I was just taken aback. I thought this was a soccer friendly board and some were trolling.
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Had an apple cinnamon churro at Sea World almost 20yrs ago. Still chasing that churro. It was amazing.
i would take out so many drifters for just one chance at a churro like that :love:
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Most the kids who play, at least in the USA, are pretty country cluby.
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Most the kids who play, at least in the USA, are pretty country cluby.
that isn't true, like at all, not even a little bit
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Most the kids who play, at least in the USA, are pretty country cluby.
that isn't true, like at all, not even a little bit
I have known a number of kids who played who were country, but not "cluby" or even clubby.
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I would imagine it depends on where you grew up. The only soccer dudes I know grew up in Johnson County or Lawrence. They are all pretty preppy. I doubt it's like that everywhere.
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Most the kids who play, at least in the USA, are pretty country cluby.
that isn't true, like at all, not even a little bit
I was trying to come up with examples, and all I could think of were guys like Clint Dempsey and Kyle Beckerman.
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Most the kids who play, at least in the USA, are pretty country cluby.
that isn't true, like at all, not even a little bit
I was trying to come up with examples, and all I could think of were guys like Clint Dempsey and Kyle Beckerman.
Of all the players on the national team that actually grew up in America one of the if not the most privileged one grew up in Overland Park.
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Here, soccer gets really expensive really early, which I think feeds the country club vibe. Of course all sports do almost everywhere now.
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mexican churros are horrible, lol @ anyone for eating them. spanish churros are fantastic.
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I think soccer and basketball are the cheapest sports to play regardless of money sense. I mean compared to baseball and football the equipment expense is very minimal
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mexican churros are horrible, lol @ anyone for eating them. spanish churros are fantastic.
sys. you're one of my very favorites on this blog, ask cf3, i say it all the time. but this... this.. this is damn near unforgivable.. :angry:
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sys. you're one of my very favorites on this blog, ask cf3, i say it all the time. but this... this.. this is damn near unforgivable.. :angry:
the soccer is pretty good in spain too, with all the ole, ole, ole, oleoleoleing.
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less spending money for churros, tho
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Look at sys, reminding everyone that he's been to Spain.
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Look at sys, reminding everyone that he's been to Spain.
:Rusty:
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The first time I ever go grounded was because I didn't want to play in my last soccer game of the year (which ended up being the last soccer game of my life) because I was tired and we were getting destroyed (final score was 9-0). I was in 4th grade and had stayed up late the night before. My parents were really embarrassed about it, hence the grounding.
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^^^^
What I'm saying is this is why soccer is kinda lame.
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how is soccer expensive (relative to other sports kids play)? a pair of shin guards and cleats and a soccer ball and a water bottle and then like a giant cooler full of capri sun once a month and maybe a huge container of sliced oranges once a month, and boom there you have it. soccer for 8 years
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how is soccer expensive (relative to other sports kids play)? a pair of shin guards and cleats and a soccer ball and a water bottle and then like a giant cooler full of capri sun once a month and maybe a huge container of sliced oranges once a month, and boom there you have it. soccer for 8 years
My guess would be all the tournaments and traveling. If it was just a ymca league it should be dirt cheap.
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how is soccer expensive (relative to other sports kids play)? a pair of shin guards and cleats and a soccer ball and a water bottle and then like a giant cooler full of capri sun once a month and maybe a huge container of sliced oranges once a month, and boom there you have it. soccer for 8 years
My guess would be all the tournaments and traveling. If it was just a ymca league it should be dirt cheap.
This. Guy I work with has a girl who plays competitively year round. Every weekend it seems like they've got league/tournament play. pretty good amount of travel. Also, with these youth academies, the coaches are paid, on top of the league/torny/uniform costs.
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i'm just sharing my personal experiences. where i grew up, rich kids played tennis and soccer.
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how is soccer expensive (relative to other sports kids play)? a pair of shin guards and cleats and a soccer ball and a water bottle and then like a giant cooler full of capri sun once a month and maybe a huge container of sliced oranges once a month, and boom there you have it. soccer for 8 years
My guess would be all the tournaments and traveling. If it was just a ymca league it should be dirt cheap.
oh i guess that definitely sets soccer apart then for sure
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I think soccer and basketball are the cheapest sports to play regardless of money sense. I mean compared to baseball and football the equipment expense is very minimal
Do they have travelling football teams? Getting on a plane every weekend with your entire family all summer is more expensive than a few pads and a helmet.
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I think soccer and basketball are the cheapest sports to play regardless of money sense. I mean compared to baseball and football the equipment expense is very minimal
Do they have travelling football teams? Getting on a plane every weekend with your entire family all summer is more expensive than a few pads and a helmet.
Travel teams are less common in football than other sports like soccer and basketball.
But if you're playing in a recreational league, soccer is by far the least expensive to play.
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I think soccer and basketball are the cheapest sports to play regardless of money sense. I mean compared to baseball and football the equipment expense is very minimal
Do they have travelling football teams? Getting on a plane every weekend with your entire family all summer is more expensive than a few pads and a helmet.
Travel teams are less common in football than other sports like soccer and basketball.
But if you're playing in a recreational league, soccer is by far the least expensive to play.
Rec basketball should be just as if not cheaper I would think.
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Guys, you can get on rec leagues, competitive non-travel teams, and competitive travel teams pretty much anywhere now if you are near a metro/sprawl area for pretty much any sport. It isn't like it was 10-15yrs ago. Our kid played on a competitive softball team last fall and it was cheaper than the city league she played that summer and we only had to drive an extra ten min to get to her games, which were all on the exact same field all fall.
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I think soccer and basketball are the cheapest sports to play regardless of money sense. I mean compared to baseball and football the equipment expense is very minimal
Do they have travelling football teams? Getting on a plane every weekend with your entire family all summer is more expensive than a few pads and a helmet.
Travel teams are less common in football than other sports like soccer and basketball.
But if you're playing in a recreational league, soccer is by far the least expensive to play.
Rec basketball should be just as if not cheaper I would think.
Down here, registrations for rec basketball leagues tend to be higher. They gyms are usually owned by schools, YMCAs or private companies and they charge the leagues to use the gyms. Soccer fields are usually owned by the cities and they don't charge to use them.
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You guys thinking is way to confined, soccer is the worlds sport because as long as you have a ball, even a shitty one, you can play on dirt, grass, concrete, broken cobblestone, or even sand. It is the worlds sport because it is the cheapest and most accessible.
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how is soccer expensive (relative to other sports kids play)? a pair of shin guards and cleats and a soccer ball and a water bottle and then like a giant cooler full of capri sun once a month and maybe a huge container of sliced oranges once a month, and boom there you have it. soccer for 8 years
My guess would be all the tournaments and traveling. If it was just a ymca league it should be dirt cheap.
Yeah, around here lots of local clubs have paid coaches for "traveling" available starting at U9 (or sooner). So the parents that pay for the paid coaches can separate themselves from the pack pretty early.
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Those parents are insane. My kid was 8 last season and we played against an invite inly tryout club team. They had practice five days a week, games twice a week, a full time head coach for the club they played under, a full tume coach that was strictly a hitting coach for the club, and and no fewer than three assistants in the dugout as well. 8years old.
They smoked everyone.
I don't get why parents don't understand that if they just invest the money they pay their coaches and for travel expenses, their kid could go to any college they wanted rather than paying all that money and still only being good enough to get a scholly from a DII.
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The little league/youth sports arms race is really a spectacular American phenomenon.
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we had a paid brazilian coach come in for a season when I lived in phoenix. no idea what his fee was
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we had a paid brazilian coach come in for a season when I lived in phoenix. no idea what his fee was
We actually have a couple British coaches in our club, but they are college dropouts (I think) that live on couches of families and get paid crap and go back home in a couple months. They actually coached younger kids and it was really cheap.
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We actually have a couple British coaches in our club, but they are college dropouts (I think) that live on couches of families and get paid crap and go back home in a couple months. They actually coached younger kids and it was really cheap.
that would be much better than what we had - i'm sure parents got fleeced pretty good. finally remembered the guy's name (i was like 9 when he was hired on)
http://www.azsantosfc.com/component/content/article/46-home.html (http://www.azsantosfc.com/component/content/article/46-home.html)
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Most club coaches don't make enough money to only coach for a living. A coworker is a club volleyball coach. He said he makes about $5K season. Usually 3 seasons a year.
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I know someone who does it fully time for basketball. He runs three guys teams and two girls teams and sells it as college prep. It's basically AAU. He is the primary breadwinner for his family and lives close to how I do. :dunno:
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You guys thinking is way to confined, soccer is the worlds sport because as long as you have a ball, even a shitty one, you can play on dirt, grass, concrete, broken cobblestone, or even sand. It is the worlds sport because it is the cheapest and most accessible.
I agree. But, I'm talking about America, specifically. Not the world. In America, the most accessible sports, played in urban and suburban areas alike, are basketball and football. both sports are as cheap as soccer.
I know it's different across the country, but here in the midwest and specifically kansas city, you're more likely to find socioeconomic diversity in sports like basketball and football than you are in soccer. IMO, soccer is the sport that a lot of families feel "safe" putting their kids into at a young age because it's great exercise on saturdays and injuries are less likely. ever been to a youth soccer tournament in the kc metro? it's about as white bread as you'll find. not the case with a metro basketball tourny or 7-on-7 tourny.
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FWIW, I don't think soccer is lame. I hope the MLS keeps growing and we get better talent in the league. I wish our national team was relevant. to me, the problem with our national team is that our best athletes aren't playing soccer, they're playing basketball and football. IMO, they're choosing to play these sports because soccer in America has been more of a "rich kid" sport for a long time. Maybe this is changing. I dunno.
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Our best athletes are playing where the biggest paycheck is.
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Our best athletes are playing where the biggest paycheck is.
This
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BREAKING: Soccer isn't lame, not even a little lame.
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BREAKING: Soccer isn't lame, not even a little lame.
CASE CLOSED
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BREAKING: Soccer isn't lame, not even a little lame.
CASE CLOSED
lol, alright, sure.... :lol:
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most soccer fans hate jake pullen, pretty lame
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most soccer fans hate jake pullen, pretty lame
This is not even a little bit true.
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most soccer fans hate jake pullen, pretty lame
Oh man. Hilarious post. Nice one.
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Our best athletes are playing where the biggest paycheck is.
Chicken and egg. The biggest paycheck is where the best talent is.
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Our best athletes are playing where the biggest paycheck is.
Chicken and egg. The biggest paycheck is where the best talent is.
Nope. Both are where the most fan and marketing interest are. Ochocinco is a good example. Was able to chose soccer or football scholly for college. He chose football because of the ceiling height difference for a possible career.
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Soccer paychecks will get bigger in the USA over time as the sport continues to gain popularity. If that happens past a certain point, more and more of the higher rated talent will eventually play here.
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Our best athletes are playing where the biggest paycheck is.
Chicken and egg. The biggest paycheck is where the best talent is.
Well I suppose the best talent is playing soccer
http://espn.go.com/espn/notebook/_/id/10761701/25-highest-paid-athletes-worldwide-espn-magazine
Of course none of us think that this is true, kids aren't considering what sport has the highest salary when considering what sport they want to play. Once you become cognizant of such things and have the capability of making the decision of what you want to do and that decision isn't solely comprised of what is the most fun for you it's going to be to late to become a world class athlete in that sport.
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Our best athletes are playing where the biggest paycheck is.
Chicken and egg. The biggest paycheck is where the best talent is.
Nope. Both are where the most fan and marketing interest are. Ochocinco is a good example. Was able to chose soccer or football scholly for college. He chose football because of the ceiling height difference for a possible career.
That story isn't true at all, Chad Johnson attended Langston University as a freshman and got kicked out. My brother played football there and Chad hung out with the football players but didn't play.
If it were actually true, he would have picked football because if soccer was going to be a viable career for him long term he wouldn't have had the choice of a soccer or football scholarship in college he wasn't a soccer player held in any regard at all.
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Its the story he told on sports radio several yrs ago when he was working out with Sporting. :dunno:
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I'm pretty mad that soccer is more popular than rugby.
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SKC have won 38% of their games this season and is in second place.
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And I can't figure out how the English pluralize stuff when discussing teams.
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And I can't figure out how the English pluralize stuff when discussing teams.
This one really bugs me. Especially when Americans start talking that way too.
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And I can't figure out how the English pluralize stuff when discussing teams.
This one really bugs me. Especially when Americans start talking that way too.
Don't agree with me. We aren't friends.
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And I can't figure out how the English pluralize stuff when discussing teams.
This one really bugs me. Especially when Americans start talking that way too.
Don't agree with me. We aren't friends.
Ok
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And I can't figure out how the English pluralize stuff when discussing teams.
This one really bugs me. Especially when Americans start talking that way too.
Don't agree with me. We aren't friends.
:surprised:
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And I can't figure out how the English pluralize stuff when discussing teams.
This one really bugs me. Especially when Americans start talking that way too.
Don't agree with me. We aren't friends.
:love:
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And I can't figure out how the English pluralize stuff when discussing teams.
This one really bugs me. Especially when Americans start talking that way too.
Don't agree with me. We aren't friends.
:love:
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The cleverness on this board is second to no other message board that I spend time on.
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And I can't figure out how the English pluralize stuff when discussing teams.
This one really bugs me. Especially when Americans start talking that way too.
Don't agree with me. We aren't friends.
Ok
I have no enemies on this blog, only friends and I agree with you both!
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Those parents are insane. My kid was 8 last season and we played against an invite inly tryout club team. They had practice five days a week, games twice a week, a full time head coach for the club they played under, a full tume coach that was strictly a hitting coach for the club, and and no fewer than three assistants in the dugout as well. 8years old.
They smoked everyone.
I don't get why parents don't understand that if they just invest the money they pay their coaches and for travel expenses, their kid could go to any college they wanted rather than paying all that money and still only being good enough to get a scholly from a DII.
My parents pretty much did this twice. I tried to tell them.
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Those parents are insane. My kid was 8 last season and we played against an invite inly tryout club team. They had practice five days a week, games twice a week, a full time head coach for the club they played under, a full tume coach that was strictly a hitting coach for the club, and and no fewer than three assistants in the dugout as well. 8years old.
They smoked everyone.
I don't get why parents don't understand that if they just invest the money they pay their coaches and for travel expenses, their kid could go to any college they wanted rather than paying all that money and still only being good enough to get a scholly from a DII.
My parents pretty much did this twice. I tried to tell them.
Do you think sports helped you in any other way? I mean, I think learning how to lose and learning how to seek revenge and coming back and kicking that other team's ass the next time you play them are pretty valuable life lessons.
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Those parents are insane. My kid was 8 last season and we played against an invite inly tryout club team. They had practice five days a week, games twice a week, a full time head coach for the club they played under, a full tume coach that was strictly a hitting coach for the club, and and no fewer than three assistants in the dugout as well. 8years old.
They smoked everyone.
I don't get why parents don't understand that if they just invest the money they pay their coaches and for travel expenses, their kid could go to any college they wanted rather than paying all that money and still only being good enough to get a scholly from a DII.
My parents pretty much did this twice. I tried to tell them.
Do you think sports helped you in any other way? I mean, I think learning how to lose and learning how to seek revenge and coming back and kicking that other team's ass the next time you play them are pretty valuable life lessons.
I think it helped me in lots of ways, but it's not like kids who don't do competitive sports miss out. You have a girl playing softball, yes? My advice: don't ruin it for her. I kinda hate soccer now because it was shoved down my throat for so long. My parents spent way more on my sister and she was a #1 recruit in the nation, got a full ride and a communications degree, and she's still hunting entry level jobs as a 28 y/o.
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Yeah, the kids can have fun, be competitive, learn to win and lose, and get some exercise playing at the rec level.
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What do you do with a communications degree?
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What do you do with a communications degree?
While you're in school, generally play sports and pass classes
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What do you do with a communications degree?
While you're in school, generally play sports and pass classes
Well I knew that part
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We don't force our kids into anything. If we did, it probably wouldn't be soccer. My son loves it. We told my daughter she needed to get involved in something, and we didn't care what. She chose jazz and soccer. Seems to like both, but certainly isn't forced into them and doesn't particularly excel at either. She opted to stick with both, but may cancel one and take up piano. (She can do them all, but I think she will cancel one.)
Gonna win 'em all!
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What do you do with a communications degree?
While you're in school, generally play sports and pass classes
Well I knew that part
She's still trying to figure it out seven. :frown:
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We don't force our kids into anything. If we did, it probably wouldn't be soccer. My son loves it. We told my daughter she needed to get involved in something, and we didn't care what. She chose jazz and soccer. Seems to like both, but certainly isn't forced into them and doesn't particularly excel at either. She opted to stick with both, but may cancel one and take up piano. (She can do them all, but I think she will cancel one.)
Gonna win 'em all!
Sorry to hear that, slobber. Are there no DARE programs in the Carolinas?
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We don't force our kids into anything. If we did, it probably wouldn't be soccer. My son loves it. We told my daughter she needed to get involved in something, and we didn't care what. She chose jazz and soccer. Seems to like both, but certainly isn't forced into them and doesn't particularly excel at either. She opted to stick with both, but may cancel one and take up piano. (She can do them all, but I think she will cancel one.)
Gonna win 'em all!
Sorry to hear that, slobber. Are there no DARE programs in the Carolinas?
Probably not that kind of jazz.
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too many parents make it about themselves and try to live vicariously through the kid. sad, indeed.
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too many parents make it about themselves and try to live vicariously through the kid. sad, indeed.
ouch
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One of the many scarf-toting fans at the U.S.'s 2-0 victory over Mexico in Columbus, Ohio, in September. Photo: Getty Images
By Jonathan CleggGrowing up as a soccer fan in England, I've witnessed my fair share of horrors. I've seen shocking acts of violence, overheard hundreds of abusive chants and watched Pelé retire to sell erectile dysfunction pills.
Over the years, I've been angered, saddened and ashamed by these things. But through it all, my love for soccer remained undimmed.
But lately, I've discovered there's a new scourge on my beloved game that I simply cannot tolerate: Americans.
Understand that I'm not talking about the vast majority of you, who still regard soccer as a distinctly European product of dubious worth, like espadrilles or universal health care.
I don't begrudge fans here who have only recently awakened to the charms of what the rest of the world has long known as the beautiful game. Welcome to the party!
The problem is your soccer obsessives. By my reckoning, they may be the most derivative, excessive and utterly ridiculous collection of sports fans on the planet.
If you've ever stumbled across this tribe as they spill out of a bar on Saturday mornings after 90 minutes spent watching a game contested by two teams based thousands of miles away, you'll know the sort of fans I'm talking about.
They refer to the sport as "fútbol," hold long conversations about the finer points of the 4-4-2 formation and proudly drape team scarves around their necks even when the temperature outside is touching 90 degrees.
It is this band of soccer junkies who have turned the simple pleasure I used to derive from heading to a bar to watch a game into something more akin to undergoing root canal surgery.
It's not that they all have the same stories about study-abroad trips to Europe, or that they get wildly excited about the simplest saves, or even, for inexplicable reasons, that 90% of soccer fans in the U.S. seem to root for Arsenal.
My biggest gripe is that all of this feels like an elaborate affectation.
Instead of watching the game in the time-honored way of American sports fans—by thrusting a giant foam finger in the air, say, or devouring a large plate of Buffalo wings—your soccer fanatics have taken to aping the behavior of our fans from across the pond.
The scarves thing is an obvious example, but it's far from the only one. There's the self-conscious use of terms like "pitch," "match" and "kit," the songs lifted directly from English soccer stadiums, and even the appropriation of terrace couture.
On a recent weekend, I went to a bar to watch the UEFA Champions League final and found myself stationed next to a soccer fan wearing a replica Arsenal jersey, a team scarf around his neck and a pair of Dr. Martens lace-ups. He looked like he he'd been born and raised along the Holloway Road. In fact, he was from Virginia.
The whole thing seemed to be less an expression of genuine fandom and more like an elaborate piece of performance art. Didn't we fight a war so you guys wouldn't have to take cues on how to behave from London?
It should come as no surprise that the situation is particularly heinous in New York City. This is a town where artisanal toast is now a thing. So of course there's a peculiar species of fan here whose passion for soccer seems to be less about 22 men chasing a ball up and down a field and more about its intellectual and cosmopolitan qualities.
Never mind that no other sport is so linked to the working class. For these fans, rooting for an English soccer team is a highbrow pursuit and a mark of sophistication, like going to a Wes Anderson movie or owning a New Yorker subscription.
It's not just English soccer that's been fetishized in this way, of course. Your soccer snobs have pilfered elements of fan culture from Spain, Italy and Latin America. These days, half of your national team has been imported from Germany.
There's the curious obsession with 'tifo'—those enormous banners that are unfurled in stadiums before kickoff. They work at Lazio, Bayern Munich or Boca Juniors. At Real Salt Lake, not so much.
These soccer snobs are so intent on maintaining an aura of authenticity that when they make a slip-up or use an incorrect or ill-advised term, I feel compelled to pounce on them with all the force of a Roy Keane challenge.
There's no such position as outside back! (It is fullback.) The rest of the world doesn't call them PKs! (It is penalties. Just penalties.)
Not to mention the fact that your fans happily refer to Team USA captain Clint Dempsey by the nickname "Deuce." Deuce?! This is international soccer, not "Top Gun."
Ever since a ball was first kicked into a net, it has been an inviolable law of the game that Dempsey should be shortened to Demps. Just like Michael Bradley gets cut to Bradders, John Brooks to Brooksy and Jermaine Jones to Jonesy, or perhaps JJ, at a push. (For the record, Mix Diskerud can still be known as Mix Diskerud.)
The great regret about all this is that mimicking the customs of fans from everywhere else could hinder the development of your own American soccer identity.
One of the joys of soccer is seeing how different cultures view, interpret and celebrate the game in their own distinct ways.
I find it fascinating, for example, that while we see soccer as a broad narrative that unfolds over 90 minutes, your fans tend to think about the sport as a series of discrete events.
Or that I view the coming World Cup and England's inevitable failure with a mixture of trepidation and dread, while your fans seem positively excited about the tournament.
Mind you, with Team USA facing a potentially decisive matchup with Germany, there's a strong chance that your upbeat disposition won't last long. That is one lesson you can take from an Englishman.
Write to Jonathan Clegg at [email protected]
Jonathan Clegg Connect
http://online.wsj.com/articles/why-i-hate-american-soccer-fans-1402012291?tesla=y
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what a miserable and idiotic prick. first off when it comes to sports and being a fan it is hilarious that anyone can be so judgmental. this eff and others like him can get off their high horse. this dude is talking out of both sides of his mouth, first he says stop trying to copy everyone and then he whines about us saying PKs and abbreviating names and giving nicnames. Then he is bashing Americans for taking bits and pieces from the soccer fandom from across the world, well guess what: America is the great melting pot and all that great stuff. I also do not see English fans getting all pissed off when they sell out 100k seat stadiums in Asia or Australia during preseason friendlies full of fans that identify with the team but this dude is having a spaz attack because people where scarves and jerseys from EPL teams?
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that guy is spot on. :thumbs:
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I'm not a fan of scarves.
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that guy is spot on. :thumbs:
yeah, he nailed it. i especially liked the part about soccer being working class. if you want culture in sports be a college football fan, it's an amateur sport at an academic institution. that isn't cultured enough? sorry, but it's rough ridin' sports and that's as good as it gets. quit making soccer out to be some higher form of sport, it isn't in any way.
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what a miserable and idiotic prick. first off when it comes to sports and being a fan it is hilarious that anyone can be so judgmental. this eff and others like him can get off their high horse. this dude is talking out of both sides of his mouth, first he says stop trying to copy everyone and then he whines about us saying PKs and abbreviating names and giving nicnames. Then he is bashing Americans for taking bits and pieces from the soccer fandom from across the world, well guess what: America is the great melting pot and all that great stuff. I also do not see English fans getting all pissed off when they sell out 100k seat stadiums in Asia or Australia during preseason friendlies full of fans that identify with the team but this dude is having a spaz attack because people where scarves and jerseys from EPL teams?
every word of that article is true. there is no soul to soccer in america. it's just a bunch of copycat dorks.
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what a miserable and idiotic prick. first off when it comes to sports and being a fan it is hilarious that anyone can be so judgmental. this eff and others like him can get off their high horse. this dude is talking out of both sides of his mouth, first he says stop trying to copy everyone and then he whines about us saying PKs and abbreviating names and giving nicnames. Then he is bashing Americans for taking bits and pieces from the soccer fandom from across the world, well guess what: America is the great melting pot and all that great stuff. I also do not see English fans getting all pissed off when they sell out 100k seat stadiums in Asia or Australia during preseason friendlies full of fans that identify with the team but this dude is having a spaz attack because people where scarves and jerseys from EPL teams?
every word of that article is true. there is no soul to soccer in america. it's just a bunch of copycat dorks.
:buh-bye:
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When I want the hottest in #hotsportstakes I go straight to the Wall Street Journal :dubious:
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that guy is spot on. :thumbs:
yeah, he nailed it. i especially liked the part about soccer being working class. if you want culture in sports be a college football fan, it's an amateur sport at an academic institution. that isn't cultured enough? sorry, but it's rough ridin' sports and that's as good as it gets. quit making soccer out to be some higher form of sport, it isn't in any way.
my favorite part was where he called us soccer fandom an elaborate piece of performance art. that was very good.
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I especially like when people who don't care about soccer make it a point to go out of their way to let everyone and their mother know that they don't care about soccer.
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I especially like when people who don't care about soccer make it a point to go out of their way to let everyone and their mother know that they don't care about soccer.
i don't see anybody here doing that, but that does sound kind of funny. :thumbs:
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One of the many scarf-toting fans at the U.S.'s 2-0 victory over Mexico in Columbus, Ohio, in September. Photo: Getty Images
By Jonathan CleggGrowing up as a soccer fan in England, I've witnessed my fair share of horrors. I've seen shocking acts of violence, overheard hundreds of abusive chants and watched Pelé retire to sell erectile dysfunction pills.
Over the years, I've been angered, saddened and ashamed by these things. But through it all, my love for soccer remained undimmed.
But lately, I've discovered there's a new scourge on my beloved game that I simply cannot tolerate: Americans.
Understand that I'm not talking about the vast majority of you, who still regard soccer as a distinctly European product of dubious worth, like espadrilles or universal health care.
I don't begrudge fans here who have only recently awakened to the charms of what the rest of the world has long known as the beautiful game. Welcome to the party!
The problem is your soccer obsessives. By my reckoning, they may be the most derivative, excessive and utterly ridiculous collection of sports fans on the planet.
If you've ever stumbled across this tribe as they spill out of a bar on Saturday mornings after 90 minutes spent watching a game contested by two teams based thousands of miles away, you'll know the sort of fans I'm talking about.
They refer to the sport as "fútbol," hold long conversations about the finer points of the 4-4-2 formation and proudly drape team scarves around their necks even when the temperature outside is touching 90 degrees.
It is this band of soccer junkies who have turned the simple pleasure I used to derive from heading to a bar to watch a game into something more akin to undergoing root canal surgery.
It's not that they all have the same stories about study-abroad trips to Europe, or that they get wildly excited about the simplest saves, or even, for inexplicable reasons, that 90% of soccer fans in the U.S. seem to root for Arsenal.
My biggest gripe is that all of this feels like an elaborate affectation.
Instead of watching the game in the time-honored way of American sports fans—by thrusting a giant foam finger in the air, say, or devouring a large plate of Buffalo wings—your soccer fanatics have taken to aping the behavior of our fans from across the pond.
The scarves thing is an obvious example, but it's far from the only one. There's the self-conscious use of terms like "pitch," "match" and "kit," the songs lifted directly from English soccer stadiums, and even the appropriation of terrace couture.
On a recent weekend, I went to a bar to watch the UEFA Champions League final and found myself stationed next to a soccer fan wearing a replica Arsenal jersey, a team scarf around his neck and a pair of Dr. Martens lace-ups. He looked like he he'd been born and raised along the Holloway Road. In fact, he was from Virginia.
The whole thing seemed to be less an expression of genuine fandom and more like an elaborate piece of performance art. Didn't we fight a war so you guys wouldn't have to take cues on how to behave from London?
It should come as no surprise that the situation is particularly heinous in New York City. This is a town where artisanal toast is now a thing. So of course there's a peculiar species of fan here whose passion for soccer seems to be less about 22 men chasing a ball up and down a field and more about its intellectual and cosmopolitan qualities.
Never mind that no other sport is so linked to the working class. For these fans, rooting for an English soccer team is a highbrow pursuit and a mark of sophistication, like going to a Wes Anderson movie or owning a New Yorker subscription.
It's not just English soccer that's been fetishized in this way, of course. Your soccer snobs have pilfered elements of fan culture from Spain, Italy and Latin America. These days, half of your national team has been imported from Germany.
There's the curious obsession with 'tifo'—those enormous banners that are unfurled in stadiums before kickoff. They work at Lazio, Bayern Munich or Boca Juniors. At Real Salt Lake, not so much.
These soccer snobs are so intent on maintaining an aura of authenticity that when they make a slip-up or use an incorrect or ill-advised term, I feel compelled to pounce on them with all the force of a Roy Keane challenge.
There's no such position as outside back! (It is fullback.) The rest of the world doesn't call them PKs! (It is penalties. Just penalties.)
Not to mention the fact that your fans happily refer to Team USA captain Clint Dempsey by the nickname "Deuce." Deuce?! This is international soccer, not "Top Gun."
Ever since a ball was first kicked into a net, it has been an inviolable law of the game that Dempsey should be shortened to Demps. Just like Michael Bradley gets cut to Bradders, John Brooks to Brooksy and Jermaine Jones to Jonesy, or perhaps JJ, at a push. (For the record, Mix Diskerud can still be known as Mix Diskerud.)
The great regret about all this is that mimicking the customs of fans from everywhere else could hinder the development of your own American soccer identity.
One of the joys of soccer is seeing how different cultures view, interpret and celebrate the game in their own distinct ways.
I find it fascinating, for example, that while we see soccer as a broad narrative that unfolds over 90 minutes, your fans tend to think about the sport as a series of discrete events.
Or that I view the coming World Cup and England's inevitable failure with a mixture of trepidation and dread, while your fans seem positively excited about the tournament.
Mind you, with Team USA facing a potentially decisive matchup with Germany, there's a strong chance that your upbeat disposition won't last long. That is one lesson you can take from an Englishman.
Write to Jonathan Clegg at [email protected]
Jonathan Clegg Connect
http://online.wsj.com/articles/why-i-hate-american-soccer-fans-1402012291?tesla=y
So the Wall Street Journal has resorted to trolling, pretty depressing day for the media. So essentially this guy thinks US Soccer fans are poseurs so he and his editors thought it would be cool to unfavorably compare a group of people who imitates Europeans to racism? Fantastic. I hurt for the WSJ and the media when a internet troll gets a column in the most esteemed newspaper in America.
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i've been to sporting matches before. posers everywhere.
it doesn't get anymore posery than the "I believe" song.
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Thing is if we had our "own style" (whatever that even means) the Brits/Europeans would call us stupid Americans who know nothing about the sport, so honestly they can eff right off.
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'merica.
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Thing is if we had our "own style" (whatever that even means) the Brits/Europeans would call us stupid Americans who know nothing about the sport, so honestly they can eff right off.
:thumbs:
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Guys I thought of another reason why soccer is kinda lame. Exhibitions in the middle of the season just for the heck of it. I mean, what's the deal with that?
nobody does exhibitions in the middle of the season though. there's no real continuity for national teams - this is basically the preseason to "world cup" in the short term. most of the big leagues just finished their seasons a little while back
What about when SKC plays Manchester in July
I think it would be pretty cool if the Royals would just pack up and play in some tournament overseas most Augusts. At least they wouldn't be mathematically eliminated from winning something.
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Guys I thought of another reason why soccer is kinda lame. Exhibitions in the middle of the season just for the heck of it. I mean, what's the deal with that?
nobody does exhibitions in the middle of the season though. there's no real continuity for national teams - this is basically the preseason to "world cup" in the short term. most of the big leagues just finished their seasons a little while back
What about when SKC plays Manchester in July
I think it would be pretty cool if the Royals would just pack up and play in some tournament overseas most Augusts. At least they wouldn't be mathematically eliminated from winning something.
All soccer arguments end the same way: Point out the ineptitude of the Royals.
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Guys I thought of another reason why soccer is kinda lame. Exhibitions in the middle of the season just for the heck of it. I mean, what's the deal with that?
nobody does exhibitions in the middle of the season though. there's no real continuity for national teams - this is basically the preseason to "world cup" in the short term. most of the big leagues just finished their seasons a little while back
What about when SKC plays Manchester in July
I think it would be pretty cool if the Royals would just pack up and play in some tournament overseas most Augusts. At least they wouldn't be mathematically eliminated from winning something.
All soccer arguments end the same way: Point out the ineptitude of the Royals.
Serious post, though. Just take a week out of August for some of the MLB teams to have a tournament with other foreign professional ball teams. It would give us some meaningful baseball to watch.
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Guys I thought of another reason why soccer is kinda lame. Exhibitions in the middle of the season just for the heck of it. I mean, what's the deal with that?
nobody does exhibitions in the middle of the season though. there's no real continuity for national teams - this is basically the preseason to "world cup" in the short term. most of the big leagues just finished their seasons a little while back
What about when SKC plays Manchester in July
I think it would be pretty cool if the Royals would just pack up and play in some tournament overseas most Augusts. At least they wouldn't be mathematically eliminated from winning something.
All soccer arguments end the same way: Point out the ineptitude of the Royals.
Serious post, though. Just take a week out of August for some of the MLB teams to have a tournament with other foreign professional ball teams. It would give us some meaningful baseball to watch.
Pass. All the good teams are right here in America. All the best players play right here.
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I can't wait 'till dobberjr. has the opportunity to kick that dude in the balls' sack.
Gonna win 'em all!
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that guy is spot on. :thumbs:
yup. reading that it was like describing sunnycat to a t
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that guy is spot on. :thumbs:
yup. reading that it was like describing sunnycat to a t
I bet
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I love soccer because there are lots of things about it that make me happy. End of it. : )
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I love soccer because there are lots of things about it that make me happy. End of it. : )
That's fantastic :D
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I love soccer because there are lots of things about it that make me happy. End of it. : )
That's fantastic :D
Thanks, seven. I like where page 12 is going. :)
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So Germany's best player heading into the World Cup just got injured. Honestly looking more forward to start of Bundesliga now than WC.
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I love soccer because there are lots of things about it that make me happy. End of it. : )
that's great. there is no reason to not love soccer and i'm glad it makes you happy.
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So Germany's best player heading into the World Cup just got injured. Honestly looking more forward to start of Bundesliga now than WC.
Bubbles, why do you care how long he played soccer? tia. His tweet is ridiculous fwiw.
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So Germany's best player heading into the World Cup just got injured. Honestly looking more forward to start of Bundesliga now than WC.
Bubbles, why do you care how long he played soccer? tia. His tweet is ridiculous fwiw.
if a person had a lifelong investment and intimate understanding of the sport it might make their overlooking the biggest event in that sport a bit more reasonable.
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So Germany's best player heading into the World Cup just got injured. Honestly looking more forward to start of Bundesliga now than WC.
Bubbles, why do you care how long he played soccer? tia. His tweet is ridiculous fwiw.
if a person had a lifelong investment and intimate understanding of the sport it might make their overlooking the biggest event in that sport a bit more reasonable.
Excited for the World Cup? :D Probably more than that guy, amirite?
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So Germany's best player heading into the World Cup just got injured. Honestly looking more forward to start of Bundesliga now than WC.
Bubbles, why do you care how long he played soccer? tia. His tweet is ridiculous fwiw.
if a person had a lifelong investment and intimate understanding of the sport it might make their overlooking the biggest event in that sport a bit more reasonable.
Excited for the World Cup? :D Probably more than that guy, amirite?
yes, i'm very excited for the world cup. i love soccer, i just wish american soccer fans would be less weird/lame.
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So Germany's best player heading into the World Cup just got injured. Honestly looking more forward to start of Bundesliga now than WC.
Bubbles, why do you care how long he played soccer? tia. His tweet is ridiculous fwiw.
if a person had a lifelong investment and intimate understanding of the sport it might make their overlooking the biggest event in that sport a bit more reasonable.
Excited for the World Cup? :D Probably more than that guy, amirite?
yes, i'm very excited for the world cup. i love soccer, i just wish american soccer fans would be less weird/lame.
I don't think I'm very weird/lame irl fwiw. :D
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I'm weird AF
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I'm weird AF
Lame tho?
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I'm weird AF
'bias is in the spaces and bubbles category of soccer fans
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Guys I thought of another reason why soccer is kinda lame. Exhibitions in the middle of the season just for the heck of it. I mean, what's the deal with that?
nobody does exhibitions in the middle of the season though. there's no real continuity for national teams - this is basically the preseason to "world cup" in the short term. most of the big leagues just finished their seasons a little while back
What about when SKC plays Manchester in July
I think it would be pretty cool if the Royals would just pack up and play in some tournament overseas most Augusts. At least they wouldn't be mathematically eliminated from winning something.
All soccer arguments end the same way: Point out the ineptitude of the Royals.
The amount of soccer fans worldwide who give two shits about the sorry as Royals couldn't fill the short bus they should ride on.
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i've been to sporting matches before. posers everywhere.
it doesn't get anymore posery than the "I believe" song.
You don't have the juice to get anyone to bite on this lame ass fishing job
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i've been to sporting matches before. posers everywhere.
it doesn't get anymore posery than the "I believe" song.
You don't have the juice to get anyone to bite on this lame ass fishing job
not fishing, that song is awful. and so is this one: "we are the [insert team] the mighty mighty [insert team]. just awful. you can always hear those sung during mls games. embarrassing.
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Guys I thought of another reason why soccer is kinda lame. Exhibitions in the middle of the season just for the heck of it. I mean, what's the deal with that?
nobody does exhibitions in the middle of the season though. there's no real continuity for national teams - this is basically the preseason to "world cup" in the short term. most of the big leagues just finished their seasons a little while back
What about when SKC plays Manchester in July
I think it would be pretty cool if the Royals would just pack up and play in some tournament overseas most Augusts. At least they wouldn't be mathematically eliminated from winning something.
All soccer arguments end the same way: Point out the ineptitude of the Royals.
The amount of soccer fans worldwide who give two shits about the sorry as Royals couldn't fill the short bus they should ride on.
:lol:
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the fact that there are a lot of pseudo intellectual poser soccer fan dorks in the US right now doesn't make soccer bad or anything and pointing it out shouldn't be causing the massive amount of butthurt currently being displayed in this thread. if you like soccer, great. sports are fun.
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yes, soccer is very fun to play.
yes, american soccer fans like the one's described in the article (shots fired at sunny and scott) are quite annoying.
glad we all could agree on that :cheers:
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:Take the Bait:
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yes, soccer is very fun to play.
yes, american soccer fans like the one's described in the article (shots fired at sunny and scott) are quite annoying.
glad we all could agree on that :cheers:
:jerk:
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:lol:
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Guys I thought of another reason why soccer is kinda lame. Exhibitions in the middle of the season just for the heck of it. I mean, what's the deal with that?
nobody does exhibitions in the middle of the season though. there's no real continuity for national teams - this is basically the preseason to "world cup" in the short term. most of the big leagues just finished their seasons a little while back
What about when SKC plays Manchester in July
I think it would be pretty cool if the Royals would just pack up and play in some tournament overseas most Augusts. At least they wouldn't be mathematically eliminated from winning something.
All soccer arguments end the same way: Point out the ineptitude of the Royals.
The amount of soccer fans worldwide who give two shits about the sorry as Royals couldn't fill the short bus they should ride on.
Yep. When in doubt beat down the Royals. The Royals have so much to do with soccer.
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Five days until first kick of the open match! Just ordered my throwback USA kit! Might wear my boots to the pub! Gonna wear my USA scarf! Ready for some quality football! :excited:
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I especially like when people who don't care about soccer make it a point to go out of their way to let everyone and their mother know that they don't care about soccer.
i don't see anybody here doing that, but that does sound kind of funny. :thumbs:
I am doing that.
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how fans of one thing could annoy non-fans of that one thing is bewildering to me.
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http://screamer.deadspin.com/the-hater-s-guide-to-the-2014-world-cup-1588867715 (http://screamer.deadspin.com/the-hater-s-guide-to-the-2014-world-cup-1588867715)
not a reason soccer is lame, just hate well done.
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http://screamer.deadspin.com/the-hater-s-guide-to-the-2014-world-cup-1588867715 (http://screamer.deadspin.com/the-hater-s-guide-to-the-2014-world-cup-1588867715)
not a reason soccer is lame, just hate well done.
Dnr yet, but Deadspin has legendary soccer butthurt
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http://screamer.deadspin.com/the-hater-s-guide-to-the-2014-world-cup-1588867715 (http://screamer.deadspin.com/the-hater-s-guide-to-the-2014-world-cup-1588867715)
not a reason soccer is lame, just hate well done.
Very enjoyable. And it really should be enjoyable whether you love soccer, hate it, or really don't care.
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That guy's hater's guides are great, no matter what they're for.
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Will have to read then
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Will have to read then
It actually belongs in the world cup thread as it really has nothing to do with reasons soccer is lame.
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Reasons this thread is kinda lame: it's mean
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Reasons this thread is kinda lame: it's mean
I've never seen such butthurt! :lol:
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Reasons this thread is kinda lame: it's mean
I've never seen such butthurt! :lol:
:confused:
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Reasons this thread is kinda lame: it's mean
I've never seen such butthurt! :lol:
:confused:
It was joke you dolt.
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Reasons this thread is kinda lame: it's mean
I've never seen such butthurt! :lol:
:confused:
It was joke you dolt.
Oh. I get it now. It's really funny.
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Is sunny_cat the timhawk of kansas state?
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I'm giving a wedgie to every soccer nerd I encounter at fattyfest.
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Bubbles you wouldn't
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Bubbles you wouldn't
Depends how drunk I get
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that guide is top notch. The 1978 Argentinian tortures. :cry:
Kinda wish I knew about them before this past weekend. I had a good conversation with an Argentinian woman. Would have been great to get her thoughts.
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Ginger's have high wedgie IQ. D- source. I bet bubs gives a good wedgie.
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BqB34MPCEAAfOW0.jpg)
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pretty good list
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Did this thread get started just to be mean to SWC and Sunny for doing/ enjoying something that they find fun?
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BqB34MPCEAAfOW0.jpg)
FauxPelini? :sdeek:
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Did this thread get started just to be mean to SWC and Sunny for doing/ enjoying something that they find fun?
No, it was started because I saw a sporting game at station and it ended in a tie and I thought that was lame (this was the night I had to work at 7 the next day and was super paked by 10)
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that guy is spot on. :thumbs:
yup. reading that it was like describing sunnycat to a t
I thought of scott as I was reading it, but yeah, that was well done.
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Did this thread get started just to be mean to SWC and Sunny for doing/ enjoying something that they find fun?
No, it was started because I saw a sporting game at station and it ended in a tie and I thought that was lame (this was the night I had to work at 7 the next day and was super paked by 10)
i hope metalhead feels like an bad person for calling you on the carpet like that. props to you for taking the high road. he would probably blow up if someone accused him of impure posting motivations.
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he'll reflect on what he has done.
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Lol this thread turned from legitimate things that could bug people about soccer into an attack thread on soccer fans, and s_c and myself defended ourselves and those other Americans who are passionate fans. Not shocking that mh could make an assumption what this thread was about.
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Did this thread get started just to be mean to SWC and Sunny for doing/ enjoying something that they find fun?
No, it was started because I saw a sporting game at station and it ended in a tie and I thought that was lame (this was the night I had to work at 7 the next day and was super paked by 10)
i hope metalhead feels like an bad person for calling you on the carpet like that. props to you for taking the high road. he would probably blow up if someone accused him of impure posting motivations.
I feel like it's my substance abuse issues that cause the mood swings. That or I'm just a total bad person. It's probably the latter, not the former.
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he'll reflect on what he has done.
It was poor word choice on my part. I forgot what this thread originally started as. I should have said something along the lines of, "why has this thread turned into bash SWC and Sunny for doing/ enjoying something that they find fun?" I'm sorry, friend. Can you find it in your heart to forgive me?
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Say 5 ride the lightnings and 10 and justice for alls and you will be washed of your sin
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Say 5 ride the lightnings and 10 and justice for alls and you will be washed of your sin
You've got it. phew, st. angers
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Say 5 ride the lightnings and 10 and justice for alls and you will be washed of your sin
LOL
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Say 5 ride the lightnings and 10 and justice for alls and you will be washed of your sin
Omg seven, more like ten. Out of ten.
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I got a huge brain boner from sevens post
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I got a huge brain boner from sevens post
it was v good
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The offsides rule - Hey, sorry you're really fast and made an awesome play to get by the defenders to get a ball passed to you. NO GOAL!!!!
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Goals are very very valuable, like 100 times more than a basket in hoops. They are very difficult, and when a team gets one, everyone's like "Wow! They worked so hard and got that goal!" I like that there aren't easy goals in the course of normal play, really makes 'em count.
What's lame is penalty kicks. They make the goal go from a miracle, to like a 75% proposition. Penalty goals are too easy IMO
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Pepe's red card.
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Pepe's red card.
:lol:
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So I just saw a normal good looking guy wearing a t-shirt, shorts, a USA scarf and a Chicago Fire scarf. 2 rough ridin' scarves in 85 degree weather. This is far worse than sloppy old guy with oversized NFL jersey and cargo jorts. This guy should know better.
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Chicago Fire
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Soccer fan "style" is confirmed as the dirtbaggiest
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So I just saw a normal good looking guy wearing a t-shirt, shorts, a USA scarf and a Chicago Fire scarf. 2 rough ridin' scarves in 85 degree weather. This is far worse than sloppy old guy with oversized NFL jersey and cargo jorts. This guy should know better.
guarantee sporting kc guy was doing the same thing, I just wasn't there to see it
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Fans get really upset if you say you got lucky win.
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lol
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Fans get really upset if you say you got lucky win.
:ROFL: fwiw, you are kinda right
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I like scarves
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I like scarves
me too. when it's cold.
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I like scarves
me too. when it's cold.
I just like collecting them. It's fun. I wear them to games if it's not hot.
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Did you guys see the celebration at Lucky's sportsbar after the first goal? my god. I'm not a soccer fan tho so, meh.
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http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/sportingscene/2014/06/world-cup-soccer-cheating-study.html
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Nice blog
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People pretending that suddenly they are the biggest futbol fans in the world.
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People pretending that suddenly they are the biggest futbol fans in the world.
I love that part. I dislike the losers who every four years act like everyone acts like the biggest fan every four years while THEY are actual soccer fans every year and should be the ones that everyone listens to about stuff.
edit: that may actually be what you meant though
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everyone is a soccer expert, they just didn't know it
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"Why don't they just kick it in the goal? Like, aim, and kick. So easy."
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People pretending that suddenly they are the biggest futbol fans in the world.
I love that part. I dislike the losers who every four years act like everyone acts like the biggest fan every four years while THEY are actual soccer fans every year and should be the ones that everyone listens to about stuff.
edit: that may actually be what you meant though
I'm not sure what I meant. I'll just type general things and then you can come in and make actual points. I agree with yours, btw.
Somebody just chatted me up about a "header" that apparently costa rica just made and I was all like, really, we're going to discuss this now? I don't know how to futbol talk.
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Using ' for minutes. WTF is that about? 24' = 24ft assholes.
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I often listen to the BBC, those blokes were unbearable after yesterday's loss.
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I often listen to the BBC, those blokes were unbearable after yesterday's loss.
oh man, i bet! british world cup tears are about the sweetest thing to non-brits
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sounds like _Fan's radio dial is kinda lame
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sounds like _Fan's radio dial is kinda lame
yeah he should be listening to more talk about the chiefs offseason workouts.
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sounds like _Fan's radio dial is kinda lame
yeah he should be listening to more talk about the chiefs offseason workouts.
You hear Justin Houston sat out?
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sounds like _Fan's radio dial is kinda lame
yeah he should be listening to more talk about the chiefs offseason workouts.
You hear Justin Houston sat out?
Just like the second half of the Indy game.
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sounds like _Fan's radio dial is kinda lame
yeah he should be listening to more talk about the chiefs offseason workouts.
You hear Justin Houston sat out?
Just like the second half of the Indy game.
:eye:
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Facebook posts like this:
This beats American football any day of the week. So much faster, and non stop rather than watching a bunch of guys stand around for an hour of timeouts. World Cup 2014 Whoo hoo!
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Facebook posts like this:
This beats American football any day of the week. So much faster, and non stop rather than watching a bunch of guys stand around for an hour of timeouts. World Cup 2014 Whoo hoo!
That's just a reason soccer fans are lame. Just like wrestlers who make fun of basketball. (I was a wrestler fwiw)
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soccer is lame for attracting those dorks. USA soccer fans* are kinda ku'ish in their need for validation. Its like a never ending rhetoric of "Hey I love soccer, let me tell you why I don't love baseball or football to prove my point" from some folks.
*non GE division
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:thumbs:
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I went to an FC Dallas game when it was 102 degrees once. I was going to punch two dorks in front of me wearing ManU scarfs but my wife wouldn't let me.
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soccer is kinda lame especially for what happened last night. I don't hardly watch soccer, but was watching last night. I was all excited, only 30 seconds left and the US was going to the elimination rounds, but NOOOO. 20 seconds left in minutes that were past regulation and the guy ties it up leaving no real winner in the game.
A rough ridin' TIE!?
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Wow, never heard anyone complain about ties in soccer before. :buh-bye:
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I mean I couldn't even fully process just what the eff happened
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why do they show the games as "FULL TIME" when listing final scores? is there a mercy rule? barring a beheading, would a match be final without going full time?
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why do they show the games as "FULL TIME" when listing final scores? is there a mercy rule? barring a beheading, would a match be final without going full time?
how do you feel about "half time"?
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why do they show the games as "FULL TIME" when listing final scores? is there a mercy rule? barring a beheading, would a match be final without going full time?
how do you feel about "half time"?
I'll consider it.
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Wow, never heard anyone complain about ties in soccer before. :buh-bye:
they should probably rough ridin' fix that then
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Wow, never heard anyone complain about ties in soccer before. :buh-bye:
they should probably rough ridin' fix that then
They would. Only thing is the only people who complain about it are retards. Did you know MLS didn't have ties in its early years? It was rough ridin' awful.
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people who complain about ties (especially during the group stages of a competition) are the worst, and idiots.
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:lol:
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soccer is kinda lame especially for what happened last night. I don't hardly watch soccer, but was watching last night. I was all excited, only 30 seconds left and the US was going to the elimination rounds, but NOOOO. 20 seconds left in minutes that were past regulation and the guy ties it up leaving no real winner in the game.
A rough ridin' TIE!?
this post is a luke wrapped within a luke held together by a series of lukes.
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soccer is kinda lame especially for what happened last night. I don't hardly watch soccer, but was watching last night. I was all excited, only 30 seconds left and the US was going to the elimination rounds, but NOOOO. 20 seconds left in minutes that were past regulation and the guy ties it up leaving no real winner in the game.
A rough ridin' TIE!?
this post is a luke wrapped within a luke held together by a series of lukes.
:lol:
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soccer threads clutter the unread page and three of them get 90% of their usage from four posters.
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soccer threads clutter the unread page and three of them get 90% of their usage from four posters.
bump
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Highlights the talking points of this thread
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYfIznmSWV0
(Probably definitely luked)
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Uruguay's uniforms are way too tight
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Uruguay's uniforms are way too tight
what do they need to play basketball in them?*
*that's a callback to the fashion thread
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i like them
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the sky blues are much better, tho
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Ivory coast looks magnificent in their tight jerseys
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greece beating the ivory coast cats
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One guy gets barely touched by another guy and gets essentially a free goal. Also the clock runs during the PK and they waste time celebrating. How about if you're stupid game is too lazy to stop and start the clock like a normal game, you make a rule where you can't waste time at the end of the game. Also PKs are like, way too easy.
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Ties. The stupid forward moving clock. Greece's stupid faces. Everything.
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Do clocks run during free throws? No.
"Oh sorry KSU Cats, I know Texas Tech took the lead on 2 free throws, but the clock ran out. We ran the clock while they celebrated and took a million years to do their Free throws. We just arbitrarily decided it stops........NOW. Also our clock goes forward. Oh and no getting down the court before the D. That's unfair. HEY BENCH GUYS! PUT YOUR SISSY VESTS BACK ON!!!!"
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One guy gets barely touched by another guy and gets essentially a free goal. Also the clock runs during the PK and they waste time celebrating. How about if you're stupid game is too lazy to stop and start the clock like a normal game, you make a rule where you can't waste time at the end of the game. Also PKs are like, way too easy.
Good points. Soccer lameness was a fun discussion while watching Royals baseball tonight.
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I hope KSU_FAN's Manhattan friends are driving since I guess he and stevesie are BBS'n on I-70
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I hope KSU_FAN's Manhattan friends are driving since I guess he and stevesie are BBS'n on I-70
:D
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Greece's stupid faces.
Like literally the first valid point itt
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yesterday afternoon was tough on all of us, bud :frown:
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I hope KSU_FAN's Manhattan friends are driving since I guess he and stevesie are BBS'n on I-70
:D
:nono:
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offside rule? (I don't actually know if it's lame or not, but it would be interesting to see a world class game played without it, right?)
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:don'tcare:
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I agree with offside to an extent. Prevents cherry picking. Which would Essentially turn into a bunch of pks.
Would ruin the beauty of the pitch, but 10/20 meter lines or something and you can't be more than 10/20 meters deeper than the last defender seems a fair trade. :dunno:
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I agree with offside to an extent. Prevents cherry picking. Which would Essentially turn into a bunch of pks.
Would ruin the beauty of the pitch, but 10/20 meter lines or something and you can't be more than 10/20 meters deeper than the last defender seems a fair trade. :dunno:
I would like to see something like that. Probably.
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offsides is fine. i do think its dumb how you can shoot the ball off the goalie and he saves it but if it goes to an offsides teammate he is ruled offsides. once that ball is kicked at the goal eff offsides.
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offsides is fine. i do think its dumb how you can shoot the ball off the goalie and he saves it but if it goes to an offsides teammate he is ruled offsides. once that ball is kicked at the goal eff offsides.
yeah i hate/do not understand that
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offsides is fine. i do think its dumb how you can shoot the ball off the goalie and he saves it but if it goes to an offsides teammate he is ruled offsides. once that ball is kicked at the goal eff offsides.
it's only called offside if he was in an offside position at the time of the original shot
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it can be a little confusing - you can be in an offside *position* all you want but you won't be called until you impact the play (ball is passed to you, you obstruct view of the keeper, ball is deflected to you)
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yeah i understand the rule toby i just think its dumb. offsides is to prevent the cherry picker getting a pass and to stop the goalie from being screened and some other lame soccer crap, not to stop the advantage of the ball randomly bouncing off the post or the goalie to a player who can score.
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I agree with offside to an extent. Prevents cherry picking. Which would Essentially turn into a bunch of pks.
Would ruin the beauty of the pitch, but 10/20 meter lines or something and you can't be more than 10/20 meters deeper than the last defender seems a fair trade. :dunno:
that phrase right there. lame.
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the kickball could hit you in the hand and break your arm!
prolly should be wearing pads and helmets
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We lost and people at the Peanut cheered.
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We lost and people at the Peanut cheered.
i love the peanut!
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We lost and people at the Peanut cheered.
We didn't REALLY lose tho
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We lost and people at the Peanut cheered.
Studs
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We lost and people at the Peanut cheered.
i love the peanut!
I split a dozen 3 boners with a bro (not J-Dub, we're not married good grief)
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We lost and people at the Peanut cheered.
i love the peanut!
I split a dozen 3 boners with a bro (not J-Dub, we're not married good grief)
Even though I ordered a burger he still gave me a wing tho :D
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http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/why-u-s--soccer-will-remain-a-marginal-business-165019716.html (http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/why-u-s--soccer-will-remain-a-marginal-business-165019716.html)
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http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/why-u-s--soccer-will-remain-a-marginal-business-165019716.html (http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/why-u-s--soccer-will-remain-a-marginal-business-165019716.html)
no commercials goes in the other thread, you rough ridin' downgrade
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http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/why-u-s--soccer-will-remain-a-marginal-business-165019716.html (http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/why-u-s--soccer-will-remain-a-marginal-business-165019716.html)
no commercials goes in the other thread, you rough ridin' downgrade
You're an idiot.
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http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/why-u-s--soccer-will-remain-a-marginal-business-165019716.html (http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/why-u-s--soccer-will-remain-a-marginal-business-165019716.html)
no commercials goes in the other thread, you rough ridin' downgrade
You're an idiot.
watch who you're talking to, bub.
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3rd place games
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Germany is good at it.
I like 3rd place games tho :dunno:
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too many goals
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i mean, how big is that goal anyways
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:lol:
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i mean, how big is that goal anyways
I KNOW, IT'S rough ridin' HUGE!