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ADT0079
Joined: Oct 08, 2003
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Want to know why its such a great game all over the world but not popular in america
Thanks. : o
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Krubach
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From: Sunny Portugal! :)
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Pffffffff... Who knows?... Americans are different in so much ways...
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vckay
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Soccer is currently the fastest growing sport in north america.
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ceco
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Reason 1: America didn't invent it, we are not the best, so to cover our asses, we say that it sucks. Best example of this, baseball, which oh my God it sucks more than anything in the world. Americans like it, but most don't realize that most of the players are foriegn.
Reason 2: Soccer doesn't have something exciting happen every minute, like basketball or American football. Soccer is the beautiful game, because a play can start a full 5 minutes before the goal. And when the goal goes in, that is very exciting.
Reason 3: Let America win the World Cup, and then as is true in American fashion, they will all jump on the bandwagon of soccer, calling it the best.
Reason 4: We like baseball, the most stupid game ever invented. I heard that God actually invented Hell only for those that like baseball. God I hate baseball. I pray everytime that there is talk of a strike, that the sport will implode on itself.
Soccer is the best sport in the entire world, that might be why it is number 1 in the world.
And whats up with us calling the baseball, basketball and american football championships the "World" championships.
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ADT0079
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I agree i hate baseball with a passion football and hockey do it for me. And dont worry world cup for america no time soon.if u live outside the U.S do they televise the NHL or NFL?
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ares
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Starting next week, the world(except the us ;-)) is gonna focus here in Portugal: the euro2004 is going to start;-)
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boto43
Joined: Nov 23, 2003
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From: Trnava-Nitra,Pardubice CSSR
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americans don't know what it's good.instead of watchin' and playin' soccer they'refightin' in iraq  |
ADT0079
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Im sorry u feel that way boto. Lets not start a hate thread .americans aren't the Only soldiers fighting in iraq
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ceco
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Yes, the NHL, NBA, and even some NFL is live or tape delay if you have satellite, at least here in Greece. If the US had good soccer, and not that crap that they call the MLS, then maybe they would like soccer more.
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gelfen
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soccer ain't that big in Australia either. everyone will support the Socceroos for the World Cup tilts, and the Olyroos at the Olympics, but the national league is a complete toilet of a setup off-field (i.e. management and officialdom).
very few people follow the local comp. most of the rather small band of support is from immigrants or first-gen australians from countries where soccer is popular - but even that meagre audience is waining with the off-field mess. there's more support here for the British and European leagues than the local one, but that's still a fair minority of the population. in addition all our best players - many with considerable reputations - move overseas because of the poor state of our local comp. here is the list of club affiliations for a recent Socceroos squad (taken from the Australian Soccer website):
AGOSTINO Paul - TSV 1860 Munchen GERMANY
ALOISI John - Athletico Osasuna SPAIN
BRESCIANO Marco - Parma ITALY
CAHILL Tim - Millwall ENGLAND
CHIPPERFIELD Scott - FC Basel SWITZERLAND
EMERTON Brett - Blackburn Rovers ENGLAND
KALAC Zeljko (gk) - Perugia ITALY
KEWELL Harry - Liverpool FC ENGLAND
LAYBUTT Steve - Royal Excelsior Mouscron BELGIUM
LAZARIDIS Stan - Birmingham City ENGLAND
MOORE Craig - Rangers SCOTLAND
MUSCAT Kevin - Millwall ENGLAND
NEILL Lucas - Blackburn Rovers ENGLAND
OKON Paul - KV Oostende BELGIUM
POPOVIC Tony - Crystal Palace ENGLAND
SCHWARZER Mark (gk) - Middlesbrough ENGLAND
SKOKO Josip - Genclerbirligi TURKEY
STERJOVSKI Mile - Lille FRANCE
VIDMAR Tony - Cardiff City WALES
VIERI Max - Napoli ITALY
VIDUKA Mark - Leeds United ENGLAND
ZDRILIC David - Aberdeen SCOTLAND
two problems many aussies have with soccer is firstly that often very little seems to occur (why spend hours to watch a nil-all draw?), and secondly the perceived "weakness" of players - the ones who collapse in agony after feeling the breeze of an opposition player who runs past, and if any genuine contact is made you'd think the guy was about to die. our local brands of football (Australian Rules and rugby) are far more physical. arguably Australian Rules is just as skillful, while rugby is certainly more rough-and-tumble.
but then why would you follow soccer when there's Australian Rules Football and Cricket, or even rugby in the north-eastern states?
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Sammy_boy
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btw it's called FOOTBALL, not soccer!  grrrrr! 
Unfortunately, football has been spoilt by all the money involved in it, I'm not sure what the situation's like in other countries, but in England there is only realistically about 4, maybe 5 or 6 clubs that could win the Premiership. These clubs attract and generate most of the money, whilst most other football clubs struggle to break even financially. Most people in the world will have heard of Manchester United, and Arsenal, but how many could name all the other clubs in the Premiership, let alone the other football leagues?
Sorry if I'm a bit off topic there, I hope that it does attract more international attention, and good luck England in Euro 2004! Let's add the European Championships to our Rugby World Cup! (Sorry Gelfen!)
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Dj Boyi
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Baseball? Dont u mean Rounders :-)
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gelfen
Joined: Nov 22, 2003
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From: Melbourne, Australia
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hi sammy.
it might be called "football" (by some) but it's not real FOOTY!
(although strictly, it's the only code with the right to the name "football" since it's the only one where you can't use your hands).
as for the union, we were lucky to get as far as we did and in the end it was only one player who made the differece (i.e. Johnny).
wrt to soccer, the good thing about the british comps is the FA Cup because any club in the country can potentially win. there are occassionally some really good stories to come out of that.
btw - Sammy you're welcome over in my new thread, as is anyone else who cares to drop by.
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bahbahsupercar
Joined: Mar 24, 2004
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Football - a ball hit with a foot and a game where a ball is hit with oh err.... a foot. A simple explanatory word invented years ago buy some bloke called Fred, "By George I think I will kick this ball with my foot for no reason, why its a football".
Soccer - A silly word invented by an American because their Rugby for girls game was for some silly reason already called football (why, when its predominately thrown, caught and put between a fat sweaty guys arse?). " Oh dear boys, what shall we call it? - flabbit, hoofer, shibbla, naffty, wibbly? Oh darn it, is dumb and boring anyway lets call it Soccer." " Why dont we call it football like the rest of the world dan?" "Becasue we are American, ARE YOU QUESTIONING MY PATRIOTISM!?"
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masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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From: Sydney, London
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In Australia we also call it Soccer.
Football, or more correctly footy, is Aussie rules football
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Posted: 2004-06-08 18:43
