Re: Soccer sucks. So? He can't be an American and call me a dumb American because I don't like a poor person's sport? I'm done with the conversation. Congrats soccer geeks, you've made me like soccer less.
Re: Soccer sucks. What's the deal with world cup ball? Anyone played with it? All the players are bitching and moaning about it.
Re: Soccer sucks. I've played with it but I can't see anything wrong with it. Then again, I'm not on a professional level. From what I hear, the ball seems to have a weird trajectory.
Re: Soccer sucks. no. please. come back. I need to convince you to like the same "average-sized" players as me, and put up with your shit about how something I like is retarded. Please. don't go. Soccer will cease to be a sport if we can't all hold hands and watch the Super Bowl and World Cup at the same time. Also, nice dig at the poor, good to see classism still healthy in America...
Re: Soccer sucks. I think attacking styles of soccer are enjoyable to watch. I love watching Brazil, Spain, Netherlands....national teams like that. FC Barcelona is a lot of fun to watch, the rare times I get a chance, because of their beautiful passing. I think Americans who dislike soccer view it the wrong way. They equate scoring with "things happening"....but there are examples in classic American sports where that isn't true. Plenty of Americans enjoy pitchers' duels in baseball, where progress toward victory is not necessarily about scoring but about great defense (pitching and fielding) and patient offense (working the pitcher and taking advantage of your few opportunities to score). Plenty of Americans enjoy football games dominated by defense (which was common in pro football prior to the '90s and is still common in college football), where progress toward victory is the "field position battle" and "time of possession battle." There are clear analogues in these to soccer...winning games in soccer is about winning the field position battle (keeping the action closer to your opponent's goal), time of possession battle and maximizing your opportunities to attack the goal. Rather that expecting "scoring" and being disappointed, I'd counsel Americans interested in getting into soccer to appreciate the field game between the goals, where intricate dribbling and passing and tactics can be appreciated in the same way as intricate pitching/fielding in baseball and play-calling and execution in football. And the dribbling and passing, for a team who's good and in rhythm, can very much resemble a great offensive basketball team (to me, at least). Scoring is simply on a different scale, but there's just as much action.
Re: Soccer sucks. Among English Premier League teams, I like Arsenal and Chelsea, yeah. Might seem like a strange combination of teams to like, since they're rivals, but not living in the region, I'm not that affected by rivalries.
