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  • Thecure
    Thecure Posts: 814
    i don't want to insult people here but i find that americans don't really like a sport that they are not good at and don't have alot of players who play at a high level.

    just liek in canada, we don't really watch baseball as we are not that good at it and there is not alot of canadians who play in the MLB.

    for me, i LOVE FOOTBALL! PORTUGAL VS GERMANY TODAY!
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  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    Thecure wrote:
    i don't want to insult people here but i find that americans don't really like a sport that they are not good at and don't have alot of players who play at a high level.

    just liek in canada, we don't really watch baseball as we are not that good at it and there is not alot of canadians who play in the MLB.

    for me, i LOVE FOOTBALL! PORTUGAL VS GERMANY TODAY!

    Actually that's why Americans don't play Hockey. ;) You just can't go out and ice skate anywhere :)

    I think the real problem is money. 9 out of 10 kids want to be pro athletes. They see baseball, basketball, football, gold, skateboarding/snowboarding/motocross as the sports they can make money in. So after grade school (where everyone plays soccer) they move to the other more "american media" friendly sports.
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  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    Byrnzie wrote:
    Only Americans call it soccer. Everyone else calls it by it's real name.
    False! We have our own football here... I believe the aussies have their own also. We call association football 'soccer' because football is gaelic football :p
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  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    Rygar wrote:
    How can someone 'never get it'? They'll never get it only if they never want to, in which case they didn't want you to waste their time trying to get them to get it in the first place, and are probably wishing you'd change the channel.
    I don't know either... I mean it's not the same as 'understanding' it... cos the reason it's one of the most popular sports in the world is cos there's nothing to it.... try to get the ball (without using your hands) down to the other end of the field and into the net... SURELY even an American could understand that? :eek:
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • Flannel Shirt
    Flannel Shirt Posts: 1,021
    I dont think its because we arent good at it here in the states, its just that we werent raised on it.

    Kids in our high schools would much rather play football (our football), baseball, basketball, hockey, track, basket weaving, detention, and after hour studies than play soccer.

    That said and all kidding aside, it is definately gaining in popularity. There are more and more soccer fields being put up, more attention is given to soccer on our sports channels (ESPN, FOX has their own soccer channel, etc), more kids are playing at earlier ages, etc. We are simply playing catch up with a world that has had hundreds of years as a head start. One day we will dominate that sport as well, so enjoy it while you still have it :) . Currently, all our best athletes play all the other sports. Once they start playing soccer, watch out world.
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  • stu gee
    stu gee Posts: 1,174
    Rygar wrote:
    How can someone 'never get it'? They'll never get it only if they never want to, in which case they didn't want you to waste their time trying to get them to get it in the first place, and are probably wishing you'd change the channel.

    I agree, but i also dont understand why someone with apparently so little interest in it as this thread starter appears to have would start a thread about it.

    I'll never 'get' baseball, or 'get' American 'football', but i dont need anyone to explain it to me so that i do 'get' it, because i dont want to 'get' it, and i dont feel the need to start a thread to question what baseball is all about, or why its so popular, no matter how utterly shite it most certainly is.
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  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    Flannel Shirt wrote:
    Currently, all our best athletes play all the other sports. Once they start playing soccer, watch out world.
    :confused: I don't recall being beaten by the US in gaelic football, hurling or rugby! Wanna remind me? :p
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,712
    stu gee wrote:
    I agree, but i also dont understand why someone with apparently so little interest in it as this thread starter appears to have would start a thread about it.

    I'll never 'get' baseball, or 'get' American 'football', but i dont need anyone to explain it to me so that i do 'get' it, because i dont want to 'get' it, and i dont feel the need to start a thread to question what baseball is all about, or why its so popular, no matter how utterly shite it most certainly is.
    Apparently you are unfamiliar with the thread starter ;)
    I'm sure it's a joke, but if it was so serious I think the point isn't complaining about soccer so much as it is complaining about soccer being on tv all the time...
  • Flannel Shirt
    Flannel Shirt Posts: 1,021
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    :confused: I don't recall being beaten by the US in gaelic football, hurling or rugby! Wanna remind me? :p
    My bad beer lady.......all the other REAL sports. Hurling is stupid. Period. Gealic football is just that...GAY! and rugby is for wanna be american football players who cannot comprehend strategy so they get sent to play that retarded sport.
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  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    Flannel Shirt wrote:
    My bad beer lady.......all the other REAL sports. Hurling is stupid. Period. Gealic football is just that...GAY! and rugby is for wanna be american football players who cannot comprehend strategy so they get sent to play that retarded sport.
    Ahhhh... thank you for proving your ignorance :) so you've obviously never seen any of the 3 :D
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    I see cave man here gets angry when pointed out that he's wrong... very wrong :eek: :p
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,712
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    I see cave man here gets angry when pointed out that he's wrong... very wrong :eek: :p
    Maybe, but is hurling a big deal to anyone not from Ireland or Scotland?
  • Flannel Shirt
    Flannel Shirt Posts: 1,021
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    Ahhhh... thank you for proving your ignorance :) so you've obviously never seen any of the 3 :D
    you are welcome. :) Why would I want to watch that retardness when I have baseball, football, and hockey?

    hurling...ha ha ha ha ha! bunk! isnt that what you do after too many heinekens?

    to keep on topic, who is the best in the world at soccer...country wise?

    am I caveman?
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  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    Rygar wrote:
    Maybe, but is hurling a big deal to anyone not from Ireland or Scotland?

    They play shinty in Scotland. And that was not the point, here is the quote:
    Currently, all our best athletes play all the other sports

    Whether it's considered a 'real' sport :D or popular outside of Ireland is besides the point... he said 'all other sports' so therefore is wrong... very wrong :)

    Ah fuck, I'm spending too much time on the MT these days :o
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    Flannel Shirt wrote:
    you are welcome. :) Why would I want to watch that retardness when I have baseball, football, and hockey?

    LMFAO... first time I've wanted to add a quote to my sig.... simply cos it's sooooooooo retarded :D baseball, 'football' and hockey... compared to hurling, gaelic football and rugby (pretty much the ORIGINAL games of your stupid hybrid mongrel games)
    Flannel Shirt wrote:
    hurling...ha ha ha ha ha! bunk! isnt that what you do after too many heinekens?

    Noop... but perhaps it's what YOU do little boy :p
    Flannel Shirt wrote:
    to keep on topic, who is the best in the world at soccer...country wise?

    Well currently the world champs are Italy... but I think Brazil time and time again are the best in the world.
    Flannel Shirt wrote:
    am I caveman?

    No... you are caveBOY! :)
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • Hinny
    Hinny Posts: 1,610
    American football is Rugby after a visit from a Health and Safety inspector.
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  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    Hinny wrote:
    American football is Rugby after a visit from a Health and Safety inspector.
    :D I love that!
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,712
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    Ah fuck, I'm spending too much time on the MT these days :o
    Very much so.
    And to promote hurling while referring to hockey as a 'stupid hybrid mongrel sport' (I don't care about baseball, basketball or much about football, so I'll overlook those) is very mongrelish.
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    Hinny wrote:
    American football is Rugby after a visit from a Health and Safety inspector.


    yeah the last thing i saw that fat and wearing that many pads was an obese elephant during her period...
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • libragirl
    libragirl Posts: 4,632
    Byrnzie wrote:
    Only Americans call it soccer. Everyone else calls it by it's real name.

    I was thinking that too...It's not even called soccer there.
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