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When the ball actually approaches one of the goals, the fans reach fever pitch and the cheering becomes a deafening roar.

americans are the ones who don't know how to BE FANS

for example, if the home team is leading by a huge margin, and as soon as the opposing team makes a score, the crowd shuts up
americans have to be told to "make noise" or shout "DE-FENSE! DE-FENSE"
just go to any sporting event and you'll know what i'm talking about :
huge screens telling the crowd to cheer and people leaving before the game is over if their team is losing
that's not a definition of a fan, that's a definition of a brainwashed robot

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Originally posted by paranoik0 I can't believe they are passing this as a serious "story". It's like they asked a 10 year old redneck kid to list his reasons of why "soccer" sucks, then rewrote it with big words. Seriously. "soccer sucks, it's for donkeys" turns into: "Actually, the donkey would have a significant advantage over humans in soccer. It has four legs rather than two. The donkey has no hands or opposable thumbs, nor any need of them in order to play soccer. And smashing its head into a soccer ball probably would not cause any diminution of equine IQ. Soccer, then, would appear to be a game better suited to dim-witted quadrupeds than to human beings."

that's fkn hilarious! you should take that writer's job.

who gives a shit about america anyways

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Originally posted by eRRaTiK that's fkn hilarious! you should take that writer's job.

thanks, but that was actually copy-pasted from the article

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Originally posted by chesco Actually,r eading through this is quite embarrasing. If this is the standard of journalism in the USA then it really is worrying. It reads as tho written for an kindergarted audience. Wow they use their heads, shock fuckin horror. What about boxers, rugby players, hockey players, the list goes on. this is clearly just an attack on football with little substance to back it up.

It's an opinion piece, not a news story. There's tons of shitty writing worldwide, so why does this surprise anyone?

This is from a pretty conservative US publication, so I'm not shocked. While it's funny, it is pretty annoying that these people do represent a good percentage of people.

For more non-soccer laughs, check out some of their other gems - http://news.yahoo.com/i/2280

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Originally posted by LittleGoku http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006...in1746998.shtml This article pretty much sums up the U.S. stance on "soccer" and its upward ascent at a snail-like pace. The media (excluding ESPN) is pretty much the one that is holding back this sport. After I read that article, I want to apologize to the world on behalf of my country. I am sorry for this nation full of ignorant morons in the media . It seems as if this nation is still at square one.

No probs mate, the article is from the neoconservative Weekly Standard so their 'journalists' think America is the pinnacle of everything there is in the World, and if America are shit at football (soccer!) it must be the fault of the sport, not the fact that America are absolutely wank at it!

Oh and just incase anyone cares about dodgy links...

The editor of the magazine is William Kristol, who is chairman of the Project for a New American Century, and that group consists of all the whacko neoconservative political types who advised Bush and co into going to war with Iraq which, along with their policy of supporting Israel no matter what, has turned every terrorist in the world against the West and has caused the deaths of thousands and thousands of innocent people around the world...

So excuse me if I don't care for their opinion on football...

http://home.no.net/bernt/soccer/

To be fair, when Americans do get into their 'soccer' it usually sounds summat like this...

http://manchesterbuccaneers.spaces....sonalSpace.aspx

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Originally posted by George Smiley To be fair, when Americans do get into their 'soccer' it usually sounds summat like this... http://manchesterbuccaneers.spaces....sonalSpace.aspx

About the Author
Adrian Sherling worked for Sky Sports for six years. His main job was ghost-writing columns for the pundits, which has been invaluable experience for writing from the point of view of a 12-year-old.


the synopsis about the book is pretty funny.

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Roswell attempts to spread the word about Manchester and their successes and failures against teams such as Tott Nam, made up predominantly of young Vietnamese players

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Originally posted by verndogs i honestly can never understand why people don't follow this sport based on the fact that you can't use your hands

I think it has more to do with low scoring games. Like if a game ends 1-0, it is "boring" for meat-head America.

A conservative publication against "soccer." I don't expect anything else in America. Honestly, I doubt "soccer" will ever catch on with the same passion exhibited around the world. That would be out of its character.

Wolrd Cup > World Series

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Originally posted by OurManFlint I think it has more to do with low scoring games. Like if a game ends 1-0, it is "boring" for meat-head America.

i don't follow your logic, 1-0 is a boring game usually, whats wrong with wanting more goals? how would that change the essence of the game?

why would a score of 4-3 be any less good than 1-0 ?

even the Fifa acknowledge this by "updating" the ball to make it lighter and less predictable.

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Originally posted by malek i don't follow your logic, 1-0 is a boring game usually, whats wrong with wanting more goals? how would that change the essence of the game?

I've seen some pretty exiting 1-0 games, with plenty of attacks and good defense. Low-scoring games can be full of good play. Remember the Germany-Poland game. The score was 1-0, but was fun to watch nonetheless.

I'm not saying low-scoring games are better to watch than higher-scoring games, but low-scoring games shouldn't be disregarded as boring.

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Originally posted by OurManFlint I've seen some pretty exiting 1-0 games, with plenty of attacks and good defense. Low-scoring games can be full of good play. Remember the Germany-Poland game. The score was 1-0, but was fun to watch nonetheless. I'm not saying low-scoring games are better to watch than higher-scoring games, but low-scoring games shouldn't be disregarded as boring.

obviously, a 1-0 game can be exciting, even very. But the fact is that most 1-0 games get very boring after that goal... winning team defending and finding every way possible to waste time which imo is a disgrace.

here we go again.

LINK HERE

more american bashing on soccer... at least this is from a reasonable 3rd point of view but some of the quotes later on are just kick-in-the-face-able.

Re: here we go again.

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Originally posted by Aristronica LINK HERE more american bashing on soccer... at least this is from a reasonable 3rd point of view but some of the quotes later on are just kick-in-the-face-able.

Honestly who cares what the americans think? In our countries the whole country stop to watch the world cup.Since the U.S. isn't a futbol nation they won't stop working or take days offs to see their team play.Not to mention that the games are being played real early in the day.

in conclusion: there must be something wrong with america.

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Originally posted by RapidFire in conclusion: there must be something wrong with america.

well like there was any doubt in the first place

nice vid Lira

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Originally posted by Lira

Paella on a stew , in a M�xico - Portugal .

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Originally posted by RapidFire in conclusion: there must be something wrong with america.

something funny from the french fuck

The only Sport that American's really watch and fill is NASCAR.. draws by the hundreds thousands. Maybe culture will switch to soccer or at least more open minded to it.

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