Mon Sep 12, 2005 8:46 am
Hey, Football (soccer) is the biggest sport in the world, u dont like coz America sucks at it, and never qualifyies for the world cup. I also find it strange that American football and baseball, your biggest sport are only really played in America, in fact England has invented most sport.
Mon Sep 12, 2005 9:06 am
Hey alofwar, if you hate America, just come out and say it, don't skirt around the issue attacking something as meaningless as sports. Who would realistically give a second thought to some other countries choice of sports? I've never had even a lukewarm emotion over the fact that Japan likes sumo wrestling, or whatever. I don't really care if you hate us, I'm just amused by the misdirection of your hatred.
Mon Sep 12, 2005 12:23 pm
I dont hate Americans, i believe we should have very close relations with America, im just expressing my opinion about sport, and to be honest it never really crossed my mind until i read this thread.
Mon Sep 12, 2005 12:26 pm
Originally posted by Lord ZOG
Leave it to a soccer fan to define someone who likes to touch other men's nuts as "tough".
Thats funny because i never said he was "tough"
I said he was dirty which a lot of NFL players are in the dogpile. Don't put the words in my mouth zog.
Mon Sep 12, 2005 12:37 pm
Originally posted by Alofwar
Hey, Football (soccer) is the biggest sport in the world, u dont like coz America sucks at it, and never qualifyies for the world cup. I also find it strange that American football and baseball, your biggest sport are only really played in America, in fact England has invented most sport.
Know your facts Jack:
US has "never" qualified the last 3 world cups... but somehow they played in the world cup tourney anyways.
Baseball is played everywhere except for small pockets in Africa and Europe and is huge in central america, south america, Asia, some in Austrailia and here in North America.
There were sports long invented and died out way before many brits started using opposable thumbs to aid in picking up a cup of tea...
Mon Sep 12, 2005 1:03 pm
Originally posted by Alofwar
I hate the way You Americans have stolen the name football, football is played with a round ball and u have to keep the ball below the bar to score. And what u call Football is Rugby to us, u steal our sport then give a name of another one of our sports.
... and you care what we Americans name our sports because _______________________ (please fill in the blank)
Mon Sep 12, 2005 2:23 pm
Originally posted by Alofwar
I dont hate Americans, i believe we should have very close relations with America, im just expressing my opinion about sport, and to be honest it never really crossed my mind until i read this thread.
My bad, it just struck me a strong stance regarding something as innocuous as sports.
Mon Sep 12, 2005 8:48 pm
Originally posted by Kingofbeers
Thats funny because i never said he was "tough"
I said he was dirty which a lot of NFL players are in the dogpile. Don't put the words in my mouth zog.
Point taken.
I just thought from the scope of the discussion that you were trying to justify soccer players' toughness compared to NFL football players.
I'll admit that playing soccer isn't easy, and you have to be insanely fit to play it efficiently, but that doesn't make it exciting to watch, nor does it make the players comparable to NFL football (or NHL Hockey players for that matter).
Soccer is a skill, no doubt, but so is chess. I just wouldn't pile into a stadium full of drunken rowdies to cheer on a chess match or a soccer match.
Mon Sep 12, 2005 8:57 pm
you make a strong point too zog... well made.
Mon Sep 12, 2005 9:33 pm
Damn you two, go get a hotel room
Mon Sep 12, 2005 9:47 pm
Originally posted by Trash Can
Damn you two, go get a hotel room
...says the guy who STOLE MY TAG LINE!!!
Mon Sep 12, 2005 10:01 pm
Soccer hooligans scare the crap out of me. How do you fight with someone that enjoys it when you punch them in the face?
Wed Sep 14, 2005 2:16 pm
Originally posted by Trash Can
Damn you two, go get a hotel room
Trash, how do you feel about the Falcon's performance on Monday Night?
Wed Sep 14, 2005 3:46 pm
Canada also plays football(CFL), there is NFL Europe, Japan has been picking it up, my friends in Mexico are also learning about and enjoying it.
Wed Sep 14, 2005 9:24 pm
Originally posted by Alofwar
Hey, Football (soccer) is the biggest sport in the world, u dont like coz America sucks at it, and never qualifyies for the world cup. I also find it strange that American football and baseball, your biggest sport are only really played in America, in fact England has invented most sport.
whoa hold on a sec, let's look back at some World Cup soccer history. Grant it the USA has never won the cup and soccer is just now catching on as a major sport in the USA (MLS [major league soccer]); but England hasn't won in recent history. england won the cup, i think only once in 1966, when most of us weren't even born yet, versus a west german team.
in 1994 the USA made it out of group play and i think that year England didn;t even qualify for the cup!?
in 1999 our USA women's team won the Women's World Cup and i also think had one of the longest wining streaks in soccer at the time.
also in 2002, England and the USA both made it our of the group rounds but both lost before the quarterfinals.
still it is a growing sport here and we do now have freddie adu. i think USA soccer will catch up to the rest of the world soon
