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[-Edward-]

Why don't you guys in the USA seem to like soccer?. I watch the US major league every thursday on channel 5 here in the uk and i have to say the standard of Us soccer is up there with the europeans. There are some exciting american players like Joe Maxx Moore currently at Everton in England and John Stern with Nottingham Forrest in the uk.

What is that you guys dont like the lack of goals?.

Id be intrested to know and my favorite US is Dallas Burn (hope thats right lol).

[Blanket]

Originally posted by Technics
Why don't you guys in the USA seem to like soccer?. I watch the US major league every thursday on channel 5 here in the uk and i have to say the standard of Us soccer is up there with the europeans. There are some exciting american players like Joe Maxx Moore currently at Everton in England and John Stern with Nottingham Forrest in the uk.

What is that you guys dont like the lack of goals?.

Id be intrested to know and my favorite US is Dallas Burn (hope thats right lol).

hahah I'm not in US, but I think it's one of the most boring sports in the world besides Cricket =P (My personal opinion).

It's just that I think most of the time, if you sat down and watch a soccer game on TV, and then go out for 1/2 hour and come back, you wouldn't have missed a thing =P.

RugBy is more my sport =).

[-Edward-]

Union or League?.... Im a league fan myself fingers crossed that the bulls beat the warriors :-).

[inwks]

Is Union/League rubgy?

I agree with Blanket, football is the worst game every; played by morons (look at half of Man U's team), followed (in the majority) by thugs who should have been castrated at birth.

There are much better sports out there, where the fans are actually interested in the sport, rather than trying to kick the crap out of people who support the other side....

[Laci]

Originally posted by Technics
Why don't you guys in the USA seem to like soccer?. I watch the US major league every thursday on channel 5 here in the uk and i have to say the standard of Us soccer is up there with the europeans. There are some exciting american players like Joe Maxx Moore currently at Everton in England and John Stern with Nottingham Forrest in the uk.

What is that you guys dont like the lack of goals?.

Id be intrested to know and my favorite US is Dallas Burn (hope thats right lol).

I grew up in it was bigger than football ...I was on the girls championship team I was the goalie ahhhh memories LOL

[-Edward-]

I'm a goalie too im injured right now .... So i cant play and thats why im online so much .... Peice of advise always look where ya running goal posts hurt .

[Chicken]

*OUCH*

Well technics, I too grew up around soccer. Played it, and it was very big in the East Coast. Most of the schools I went to didn't have football teams (from high school to college), and soccer was the "thing". Somehow though, although we seem to like it at an early age, it doesn't transfer past age 22. Not that it totally dies after that, but you are right, it isn't big here. Football (the oval shaped one), is America's game.

Another interesting note: last night's baseball game was the lowest rated game EVER for a game of that importance. I don't follow baseball, but I believe it was a championship game of some sort (heh, you can tell I don't follow it). Seems baseball is dying...

Meanwhile, shows like Battlebots (a show in which robots try to destroy eachother airing on Comedy Central), do quite well. I have no comment.

[JTY]

I love soccer. I use to play it a lot. But then I got hit in the face with the ball at close range and man did I get a nose bleed, and blood coughed up.

[Laci]

Originally posted by JTY
I love soccer. I use to play it a lot. But then I got hit in the face with the ball at close range and man did I get a nose bleed, and blood coughed up.

I broke my middle finger playing soccer...you should have seen the cast they put me in...I got to give my teacher the finger everytime I raised my hand ROTFL!

[angela]

I think that people like to play soccer more than watch it.

I played when I was younger as a goalie, too! As an older person now I can still participate in town/rec leagues which are fun. It is hard to have (American) football rec leagues - too much equipment and risk of injury. ESPN shows lots of soccer/football and it can be a lot of fun, especially when they score a lot of goals and get a little aggressive.

[JustinK]

I actually prefer soccer over football (though I watch sports about once in a blue moon). Never exactly got into the idea of a bunch of guys in tights and padding throwing the inflated skin of a dead pig around. You'd think they could use rat skin or something. Less people like rats and how many get killed in traps each day? It's a total waste. My thoughts are getting a bit more twisted than normal. I guess my soccer judgement is more on what I played when I was younger. Only soccer teams around then so I joined one. The little punk who was SUPPOSED to be on my team kept lying to his parents that I kicked him and got me in trouble various times. And then he broke my little trophee... He stole some of my halloween candy... heck, I hate soccer too! Now badminton, that's a sport!

[Michael_Bray]

Cricket is better then soccer anyday

[BC]

Actually, Aussie Rules and cricket are better than soccer.

Errrrrrrr..... Hang on a min. You into rugby or Aussie Rules Michael?

[-Edward-]

I once watched aussie rules soccer saw some poor guys head nearly get knocked off his shoulders. That game is way too violent for my innocent eyes.

Crciket cool game just wish us English where good at it. We beat the West Windies and everyone now thinks we are good enough to win the next cricket world cup roftlmao. The West Indies are in decline so even hollan or ireland could probably beat them right now.

I was just wondering about the MLS is it still on the verge of going bust or did them old foggies they sent from germany rescue the game?.

[Michael_Bray]

Well,

I prefer rugby league, but Aussie Rules is also a bloody good game.

I usually follow it pretty closely, but when the swans loose enough to be out of contention for the finals, I stop following it