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YOU SUK SOCCER IS THE BEST SPORT IN THE WORLD I DO NOT BELIVE YOU THINK SOCCER SUCK

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-soccer4life

soccer is for gays

Hey visit www.soccersucks.org it explains it all! I'm so sick of these Euro-WHINERS, whinning and moaning because we won't pay any attention to their stupid ass sissy game of kickball....these soccer apologists have had a bug up their asses for years about America and now with George Bush in office they think it's ok now to openly bash us......they live on thier little rainy island in IRREVELANCE....

Soccer is the best sport in the world. Hockey or whatever the hell sport you like sucks ***. Hockey players are so lazy they cant run they have to glide on skates for gods sake. Baseball is for lazy ppl. F U All.

Truely the most boring sport on the planet. Soccer players want to be tough so they bump and slide into to each other. If they get too tough they will get a "RED or YELLOW' flag!!

If you want to show how tough you are on a field put on the pads! Soccer is like a cancer that has spread across the U.S. over the past 30 years. We did not have the strongest military over the past century because we played soccer! Our fighting men played real American made sports.

I also wounder why these soccer fans use so much sexual reference when defending their sport.

Ahem....fighting men and the true American spirit and American sports. I only see a bunch of beer bellied people getting wasted even before the game starts...nice example for fans. As for sports take American Football...or is it American knock your opponent off his feet to entertain the bunch of drunken beer bellied fans...Man you may have the strongest army...(in numbers) but let's admit it. You are not the sharpest knife in the kitchen.

Yo, asshat. Americans play football with their hands and sissy protection kit; who is the dumbfuck now?

if your american or living in america please dont say that soccer sucks. is it too much to say that 70% of the world hates these american faggets and people all over the world play soccer.You cant say any shit about that can u america?

soccer is so fucking boring and gay that's why soccer players are all long-haired queers, who only use one name like Cher or Madonna! LOL, you assholes....go beat up old women and children at the match you hooligan, bald, fat- UK cunts! You live in fucking EURABIA now with all the terrorists that you hand passports and citizenship so freely to! Now your pigs have come home to roost and plot against you while you're drunk constantly!

The only reason soccer is so popular around the world is because of its simple rules and how cheap it is to play. Soccer is a primitive sport that needs to go extinct.

I don't even consider soccer a sport. Watching a bunch of underfed idiots kick a ball around for hours on end is absolute torture for the spectator. Jamming an ice pick repeatedly into my ear would be less painful than sitting through a marathon borefest that ends in a 0-0 stalemate.

All you non Americans can kiss my ass. Especially the stupid fucking French Bastards. If you need a gun during a war pick up the french weapon...best you will find, never fired, dropped once. SOCCER SUCKS...What the fuck is up with stupid fucking GOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLL? I dont think the toughest european soccer player could kick the weakest NFL cheerleader's ass. And to the jackass that thinks the US has the strongest military in "numbers"...do your research you stupid shit. WE dont have the strongest in "numbers" we have the strongest in technology and ability. Not only that but unlike the French we dont surrender. The germans took France in about 15 minutes during WWII and 14 of those minutes were spent trying to navigate through paris.

soccer is for fags. let's all face it.

all u fucks need to get a life and quit talking shit about soccer, it isnt the most popular sport in the world for nothing. so quit talkin shit...and the funny thing is that all of u haters r prolly all fatass football fans that sit in front of ur bigscreens cheering on a bunch of guys that run for 5 seconds, then get 40 second breaks, run 6 seconds, timeout...thats exciting. the cheerleaders r prolly the best part of the game...hahaha

1. americas are complete retards. just a fact.
2. but soccer is also usually boring.

pro soccer players have mad skills. the game could be a great spectator sport. the fundamental problem is twofold -

first in the midst great drives, the practice is usually to randomly send up a booming pass into a clump of mixed players. which usually in turn results in a nonsensical turnover unrelated to skill and based purely on the luck of where the morons skyball landed. this is just stupid.

secondly, in any sport, when the defense is allowed to fall back on knocking the ball out of the field of play or intentially incurring penalties to kill play, it becomes so annoying and/or boring you'd rather pluck your own eyeballs from your skull with a dull teaspoon than have to watch it anymore. other examples: bad hockey and bad basketball. but soccer is the king - let one team finally get vaguely near the goal and you know the defenders are just going to boot the thing to kingdom come or hack somebody before they can, oh my god, ACTUALLY TAKE A SHOT ON GOAL.

and obviously i am American. to all you criminally idiotic flag-waving countrymen who object to point 1 above: stick your flag and your bible in your ass where your daddy can find in next time he comes home to visit. use your brain and think for a change. blind, mindless, mimicry, doing what you are told by autoritarian figures who are screwing you all the way to the bank and laugh at your dumb ass the minute the doors are closed is so sad. we are a microscopic portion of the world population and to arrogantly assert that you are a 'beacon of freedom' and 'lead the way for the world' is pretty unconvincing when most of you think:
- China and Japan are pretty much the same thing
- Europe is a country someplace near France or something
- Jesus loves America more than the other countries and it's just a matter of time before everyone else sees the light.

what does that have to do with Soccer? well, soccer is as boring as having to listen to an American talk about how great America is and how boring soccer is.

Soccer is popular all over the world for one simple stupid reason you slobbering fuckwits...it costs almost NOTHING to play. Any gathering of kids with a reasonably round object and a target that can be designated as a "goal" is all you need. No other reason, THAT'S WHY WE DON'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT IT IN AMERICA!!! WE CAN AFFORD TO PLAY SPORTS THAT ARE FAR MORE ENTERTAINING!! Why do you think basketball is starting to catch on everywhere...all you need is a bucket and a ball. Now shut the hell up you limey bitches. Soccer sucks and you know it, but it's all you've ever bothered to learn how to play.

Whatever, dumbya.

"1. americas are complete retards. just a fact."

No, it's not a fact. It's your (skewed) opinion. Nice to see you're painting all Americans with the same brush. That said, yes, I agree that some of the entries in this forum have gotten out of hand (and off topic) with flag waving, etc.

You come across as a very bitter, condescending person. Just a hunch here, but I'd bet this is just one of many message boards you've visited solely to spew anti-American (or, the way it sounds, anti-Bush) b.s. rants. If you don't like it here I'm sure there are plenty of people willing to help drop kick your ass across the border of your choice. On your way out you'll be crossing paths with the hordes of people streaming INTO this country.

And, yes, soccer sucks. We can agree on that much.

Soccer is damn boring, okay? That's why we Americans think it sucks dick. Fuck you and anyone who plays it and thinks it's actually "fun" and tries to coerce us to think so. What a bunch of fuckwads. Fuck you and your fucking idiotic sport.

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soccer really sucks. everybody are talking about american football, but america has two big national sprots: fottball and baseball. and thats the good think about it. the sports world isnt so boring like in europe. they just have soccer... nothing else. thats pready poor.

soccer really sucks. everybody are talking about american football, but america has two big national sprots: fottball and baseball. and thats the good think about it. the sports world isnt so boring like in europe. they just have soccer... nothing else. thats pready poor.

Ehhh, Europe does have HOCKEY, BASKETBALL, AND RUGBY... Did any of you fucking idiots think about that, NO? All of you are fucking clueless about the sport of Soccer all you people do is yack, yack, yack, about how it sucks.... It's amazing how people can act like a buncha jackasses these days.. Soccer is the MOST POPULAR SPORT IN THE FUCKING WORLD, BITCH!
Except for countries as boring as yours!

HAVE YOU ALL HERD OF HOCKEY? BASKETBALL? AND RUGBY? EHHH HAVE YOU? Well EUROPE and other countries follow those sports BUT Soccer is the MOST POPULAR! OH and let me tell you, EUROPE and other countries aren't boring, Canada and the USA are, PERIOD! You Americans get easily excited when someone plays golf or baseball, shame on you asswipes!

HAVE YOU ALL HERD OF HOCKEY? BASKETBALL? AND RUGBY? EHHH HAVE YOU? Well EUROPE and other countries follow those sports BUT Soccer is the MOST POPULAR! OH and let me tell you, EUROPE and other countries aren't boring, Canada and the USA are, PERIOD! You Americans get easily excited when someone plays golf or baseball, shame on you asswipes!

HAVE YOU ALL HERD OF HOCKEY? BASKETBALL? AND RUGBY? EHHH HAVE YOU? Well EUROPE and other countries follow those sports BUT Soccer is the MOST POPULAR! OH and let me tell you, EUROPE and other countries aren't boring, Canada and the USA are, PERIOD! You Americans get easily excited when someone plays golf or baseball, shame on you asswipes!

HAHAHAHAHA!!!

You make your argument by mentioning RUGBY?! You lost ALL credibility with that one, shit for brains. And as for soccer, you mallethead, I think the points brought up by others (namely, the fact that it's CHEAP to play) clearly show why this "sport" is so popular. Nobody making above minimum wage gives a rat's ass about kicking a fucking ball around when they can spend a little $$$ to play real sports.

its so sad how everyone who hates soccer is american. Typical fatasses.Stick to baseball or football u pussiess.America could be one of the greatest teams in the world of soccer if so many americans didnt hate it. Thats sad.

hahaha you people make me laugh FOOTBALL (soccer) is the best sport in the entire world and how can u say people who earn over minimum wage dont like it? i probably earn more in a day than u do BEFORE tax in a year. Oh and u say america has the best military dont make me choke u yanks have killed more people in countless wars with friendly fire than actually getting a bloody terrorist so fuck u RULE BRITTANIA!!!

okay okay okay ....i admit soccer isn't exactly one of my prefered sports...but i just have one question..why is it that when a grown man (proffesional soccer player) gets kicked in the shin (WITH a shin pads on) that he dramaticly drops to the ground ,grabs his shin ,assumes the fetal position and cries like fat kid who just had his candy stolen?

Us Americans can also go to a Football game (not futbol) and not cause a riot with the other fans. We are just sick and tired of being told how baseball and football suck, while cricket and soccer are the best in the world. Soccer is only popular across the world is because its cheap to play and British colonialization.

I also challenge any soccer play to get drilled by a 250 linebacker in the back while going up for a pass.

To those who think football is easy I challenge anyone to try and push a 300lbs lineman all day. You will blow out your knees and ankles right away.

"Soccer is the best sport in the world. Hockey or whatever the hell sport you like sucks ***. Hockey players are so lazy they cant run they have to glide on skates for gods sake. Baseball is for lazy ppl. F U All.
" K wtf? you can't be serious , i'd like to see david beckham or some other faggot ass soccer player take on george laroque or todd bertuzzi. THEN we will see who is lazy. I think the only reason you europeans hate hockey so much is that you are too fuckin retarded to lace up a pair of skates to find out for yourself

I'm British and grew up with soccer. I have to say that I've been lucky to have had alot of exposure to American Football after being Stateside over the last couple of years an I'm converted. When I watch soccer now it just sucks and bores me rigid to see a load of fairies run around the pitch not doing much. Watch a soccer game and your in for loads of 1-0 or 1-1 games.

American football is just simply a better game, with strategy and tactics from the plays themselves to time management. Also its a hard hitting game if the opponent has the ball you deck him. Its pure adrenalin rush to watch the snap or watch a running back break the tackle and get into the open, or to watch your teams defense say no way your converting on third down as they dig in...need I say more!

Look at the players personalities too, truth is NFL players have alot more heart when they play, look at Jerome Bettis, Priest Holmes and Favre as examples. People like Beckham and the rest are just souless in comparison.

To soccer fans take some advise study the NFL and watch games before you diss the NFL because you'll discover that it is the 'real' football.

I like the guy who just said he was British and converted to football, he had a good point and expressed it very concisely. I dont like soccer, and Rugby is kick arse (ass). Football is my game of choice and anything you say about football will not tarnish my liking for the game, and anything I say will probably do as much for you soccer lovers out there. The Britts are ok with me, but the French get no respect from me. I might not understand some of the views expressed by the Britts but they make some sense. The French however are a bunch of chicken-shits and are F.U.B.A.R. (Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition).
Sure Soccer is cheap, but a pickup game of Football in someone's back yard isn't exactly expensive either. I'm sure to piss someone off with this writing but I'm just some dumb fat American who lives in a small town in Nebraska (which no one even in america has heard of) so who really cares what i think?

wow, are you all fucking stupid!? Whoever wrote the thing about being british and converting to NFL is obviously not really british. Even if a british person would like football more he would never make fun of soccer. Im Canadian and I grew up playing soccer. I like watching football but it is the most skill less sport.. half of the guys who play football have never touched a soccer ball and have no education they are just lucky they are are big fat asses who can injure each other and throw and catch. Football is the only sport that you can be fat and lazy and still play.. my friend had never touched a football in his life and took the ball to the 50 yrd line and scored a field goal on his FIRST TRY. that friend played ummm.. soccer? yeah that would be correct. id like to see a football player kick a soccer ball... now i dont want to be stereotypical so the faggot americans who are saying that soccer is gay and wimpy, you should shut ur fucking mouth because your country is already in enough trouble with like 19 countries and your gunna get ur ass blown up. you guys may have a lot of technology but three european countries will kick ur ass and china likes soccer too. uh ohh...
To the guy that was wondering why people roll on the ground when they get kicked in the shins with shin pads on you can come to my house and we can test i guarantee that you will cry if i kick you hard enough :D

If you say soccer is boring then you can try playing it instead of watching it on TV you might enjoy it a bit.

Muhhaha I love it when someone who isn't a Brit claims to know what we would or wouldn't do and then has the audacity to question my citizenship due to my sports preference. Sure I've played soccer, heck I grew up playin the so-called "Beautiful Game". It also gives me the right to give my opinion that I dont like the game much anymore in comparison to what I see on the NFL. NFL skill-less?.....obviously never seen Sean Alexander on a run, or Janikowski make a 60 yard field goal have you?

There is a snobbery here on the part of soccer fans against American football and this is plain wrong. Fact is that in Britain the Superbowl is the most watched sports game on TV after the FA Cup final. If the NFL marketed more agressively in Britain and Europe and got American Football played in schools I dont doubt it would take off bigtime. Fact is that Americans get to play soccer and if it isn't as popular there so what? theres good reasons why. Americans at least have the choice to decide for themsleves which sport they prefer, most Brits and Europeans never get to play American football, which is a great loss, due to soccer snobs.

Problem is that there are too many morons like the last poster who want to bash anything American because its currently cool in some parts to be anti-American. Its sad some people are so narrow minded, oh well there missing out on the great sport of NFL. Their loss!

Here are some ways soccer could be better:

1. Stricter offsides rules
2. A 3 in the key type rule to prevent 8 defedners droping back to defend the goal
3. A icing type rule, nothing is more boring then see a goalie boot the ball 90 yards
4. Most of all NO TIES.

I can enjoy all sports but soccer can be so mind numbing at times. In the NFL there has only been 16 ties in 31 years. MLB only ends in a tie because of weather, too late at night, or a power failure at the stadium. And when that happens the game is repalyed at a later date or not counted. In the NBA and NHL there are no ties.

I agree with the people who say that those who have never played football have no idea how physical it really is. I am one of many americans who grew up not being allowed to play football for its level of violence and so I played soccer for a good portion of my life- that is until I finally did play football. there is nothing in soccer, at least in my experience, that compares to being able to knock the shit out of someone across the line from you EVERY SINGLE PLAY. If youve never hit someone so hard that theyve puked, shit their pants, or laid on the ground for at least 5 minutes, you have NO IDEA why people like football better than soccer. Football is a blood sport. the reason why there are pads is because the type of hitting that is done in football would not be possible without them as you would dislocate your shoulder. Thus, they actually enable the game to be played the way it is. Also in football, as opposed to hockey or rugby, you hit through your opponent. This means that the hit does not stop at the point of contact. You are taught to hit a foot-foot and a past your opponent. Pound for pound football players are amazing athletes. perhaps the best in the world. If youve never played or never paid attention to it, you have no idea what a 320 pound lineman who can bench press a VW and squat a cadillac, running a 4.9 40 can do to you. You should also check out the athletic stats of "skill" position players and see what their agility tests indicate, what their jumping abilities are, and what their speed is. Football is a power sport. the athletes train for explosiveness, not endurace. The endurance element is in the ability to reach maximum level of explosiveness play after play. This is a major difference between football and soccer as well. I cannot say that my experiences with soccer are representative of any level beyond a local youth league but in my humble experience football is a much better game all around. Its the sport of blue collar working america. Most kids in america that play soccer are white middle class suburban kids or immigrants. Its kinda sad that you got white privilieged kids saying how soccer is the worlds sport when most football teams in the states represent more actual racial and class diversity. Just food for though

p.s. I knew kids that were tiny that played elite league soccer in high school that wouldnt have lasted a quarter on the football field trying to tell me how slide tacking someone is the same as blind siding a quarterback at full speed or taking a running back head on and putting your helmet under his face mask.

YOU'RE ALL BUNCH OF FUCKING RETARDS. CANADA RULES THEN COMES THE STATES AND THE REST OF THE WORLD JUST FUCKING SUCKs. SOCCER IS THE MOST FUCKING BORING SPORT IN THE WORLD, THE GAME IS JUST TOO FUCKING SLOW AND ALWAYS ENDS WITH TIES. YOU EUROPEENS JUST FUCKING SUCK ASS AND SHOULD NEVER BE ALLOWED THE RIGHT OF SPEECH TO PREVENT EVERY STUPID THING YOU FUCKERS HAVE TO SAY.
HOCKEY IS THE BEST
GO ON www.hockeyfights.com/videos/
I'D LIKE TO SEE ANY SOCCER PLAYER DOING THIS

"To the guy that was wondering why people roll on the ground when they get kicked in the shins with shin pads on you can come to my house and we can test i guarantee that you will cry if i kick you hard enough :D "

Bring it

soccer is for fairies, Euro-trash

soccer is for fairies, Euro-trash

I would like to see any of these fucking fat Yankee faggots come to a Red Star Belgrade, Legia Warsaw, or Panathiakos Athens Game and say that soccer is for fairies. Say that to any Ultras and you get a knife in your eye. They wouldn't last a minute. Riots after the world series, big fucking deal, bunch of drunken panzies turning around cars. Come to an old firm game, balkan game and eastern european darby and it's blood Biaatch!!
As for American football more fucking breaks during the game than actual play. It's all so that these fat fucks can finish of their buckets of KFC.
Skill wise, have a look at Ronaldinho and try doing everything with you feet, elegantly and technically. To play American football you can be a good sprinter or a big fat cunt and play the game for a couple of years and you could play at the highest level. To play soccer even in a 3rd world country at 2nd division level you would have to be playing the game for years and getting good coaching.
You poor American Fuckwits can't even bare to imagine what supporting your club means since you have no tradition (your clubs move from city to city like a cheap hoe moves from dick to dick). Putting a stupid hat and make up on to look like your clubs mascot is just gay and makes you look like a twat. You Grid Iron fans just like looking at guys in tight pants tackling each other.
In eaurope there is tradition and honor in your club as there is the region you come from. You watch the game for skill and to stand by your region. So any of you American retards come to a rela soccer match and express your opinions, and come home in a body bag.
Ultras Legia !!!!!

Football (soccer) has been described as popular purely because it's cheap - a round object and something for a goal - isn't that the whole point? A true sport isn't something you sit around watching other people play, it's something you engage yourselves in as well as spectating.

It's not a wimpish game - I have an idea, let's break your shin, and see how long you can stand up? Then let's push you over, and as you fall over, your shin gets moved around and stretched after just having the bone snapped. Let's see, are you crying yet? People go to hospitals for a lot less.

Football is not a game of "beat the shit out of everyone because it's fun" - that's dangerous, and requires absolutely no skill at all. To be able to control a ball with pinpoint accuracy is skill. That's what football is - "the beautiful game". It's irrelevant who wins, to true football fans, all that matters is that every player tried his hardest.

Do you think africans (and other third world countries) can play American Football? Headgear and pads shouldn't be so expensive for some kid who has no water, should it? Or of course he just grab a ball-shaped object and have a kick-about.

On an off-topic point, have some of you ever heard of an English test? In it, you have to S-P-E-L-L words. If not, visit dictionary.com and start reading.

Please, this could be an interesting debate, but idiotic fuckers who can't type or spell properly have turned it into a flame war.

I was trying to prove a point that if you want to be tough and macho (comment about American football being a blood sport), you can prove yourself of the field (although try saying that to players like Vinnie Jones). If you read the topic of the discussion (To them, soccer is 'democratic' because it eliminates the swiftest and the most powerful and takes for its physical standard the average European male. In other words, the average soccer nerd's own height and weight."), it shows how the yanks portray the average Euro male. The fact is that their country is the most obese place in the world (even look at some of the American football players)and the average european male is a lot fitter and stronger than those American cunts. Soccer (or football) is a game that relies on movement coordination, the skill of a player to anticipate what is going to happen, and just plain old skill. Look at Thierry Henry and say he does not have explosivness.
Thus, one can say it is not that democratic since if your: a fat KFC eating Yank, a dumn son of a bitch, prone to injury, uncoordinated or just a plain American retard your not really a baller (soccer player). You can be at best a local park amateur.

Soccer is a fun game when your playing it with a bunch of friends, but when your supporting your team or plaing in a serious comp. don't be going all fucking soft and give the old phrase, 'every one gave it their best shot', because that is just bullshit looser mentality. True you support your team when they are down(or raise morale if your playing for one) but you don't pat the players on the back for getting their asses kicked, you give em' a boot.
Ultras Legia!!!!

I remember watching the '98 World Cup w/ a soccer loving friend and after HOURS of excrutiating "action" a 1-1 tie. And the announcers were caliing it a barn burner(or the european equivalent). That's all the soccer I'll ever have to watch in a lifetime.

you european white trash don't know what your talking about. soccer can be played by girls. you dont see woman's (american) football now do you? Id like to see you fuckin pansys go talk shit to even a D-1 college football player and see what happens to you. faggots

don't forget. we saved your asses in world war 2. Ingrates

you think soccer players and fans are tough? do you know where the best football players come from? The streets motherfuckers. Coaches looks for players prone to sociopathic, violent, aggressive behavior. You fucking european pieces of shit don't know nuthin about America. stay the fuck out then and tell your relatives to go home too.

Booooyyyy hooowwwwdddyyy. Yeeeaaa all don't know nothing about real sports. I'm from the great state of Nebraska and we have one word for men who don't play football-queers.

Booooyyyy hooowwwwdddyyy. Yeeeaaa all don't know nothing about real sports. I'm from the great state of Nebraska and we have one word for men who don't play football-queers.

having seen that movie, "Bend It Like Beckham" with my daughter tells me all I need to know about soccer.

Ha. You Americans are funny. You think you're country is so great and then come on here and speak like a two year old with the concept of profanity. Good thing you do not represent a cross-section of society.

fuck you Euro-trash. If our country isn't so great, what euro country could take us? Hell, if it wasnt for the US of A, ya'll wouldve killed each other off in WW1 and WW2. Sucker ass bitch

You Americans wimped out of it for most of it - but then realised, we can make them owe us big time - you only saved our asses to cover your own.

U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!

SUCK ON THAT YOU FOREIGN PIECES OF SHIT!

We didnt wimp out fer it. It wasnt our dang war to began with. Once we saw yall werent stoppin Germany we couldnt sit on the sidelines. Someone had to take charge. USA #1

Alright, that was mean - but you can't claim credit for winning it or helping to win it - that's the whole ideal of the Allied Forces - a team effort - the British and the French helped just as much as you did.

isnt this board about soccer? the war was 60 years ago holy shit...also if you need to bash soccer to feel better about your own sports (american football, baseball etc.)then thats kind of sad. I dont have anything against any sport,except for american football players and fans who think they are better than everyone else... people do what they love, and people watch what they love, and i love, play and follow soccer, just as someone would do the same with american football, i dont get what is wrong with that. I see soccer as one of the most physically demanding sports out there, for one you have to run 90 minutes straight, with only a short halftime and no breaks/timeouts, something is always going on in soccer, if you watch an american football game, they need a 40 second break after a 6 second play, but i guess i would too if i weighed 300 pounds...also you say football players have heart..well look at ricky williams, who quit football to smoke pot. or all those players who r bitchin cuz they think they deserve 15 million instead of 14 million..come on now soccer players play for the love of the sport, not for the love of money.

Most soccer players here in the states are pot smoking hippies. Ultimate Frisby playin granola white kids. Why do you think we rip on it so much here in the US?

What's wrong with a pot smoking hippie? That's another example of what judgemental bastards you Americans are.

you damn commies keep soccer to yourself. yall aint nothin but a bunch of no good peaceniks. you think our armys what it is today because of soccer? Hell no! yalls armys aint nothin now cause yall play soccer and other red sports. keep your damn mouths shut hippie

Pot smoking hippies live a low existence, and put a sour image on issues more politicians and would be green people might support if they didn’t have to worry about other people calling them a hippie. Their only political motives, or usually their main one is to legalize pot. Big deal. I’ve been around the block a few times, but there is point when you grow up. When we have bigger issues at stake in the US: like energy needs, a controversial war, and natural resource problems, it puts a huge scar on policy makers view of how they’ll make policy when a scraggly, smelly, tie-die hippies with a dazed as all hell look on their face sprouting off the rhetoric of their mainstream left wing carrying a no war sign with a legalize it shirt they haven’t washed for a week. Hippies culturally appropriate tribal ceremonies and claim to have rights to these things they know nothing about. Anyways, isn’t soccer a communist sport?

All you pussy hippie commies with your European Union need to keep your damn mouths shut about the land of the free and the home of the brave.

I live in america and some ppl have never seen a soccer game and say it sucks. Im sorry to say that alot of the "red neck" americans are so narrow minded that they do think america is #1 at anything and if they arent it must suck. Soccer is a great sport so is football , baseball, hockey etc. They are all different and require different skills. To say that soccer doesnt involve athletic ability is totally wrong. Try running and dribbling for 90 minutes. Try making a free kick from 20-30 meters.Some of you complain that it is a low scoring game... thats bull. Look at the NFL.. they have to make one touchdown worth 6 pts and feild goal 3 pts. If soccer made these types of rules then you would see a "higher score". I love soccer and I love american sports because I am "open minded" unlike some of you narrow minded dumbasses. It's because of narrow minded fucks that the rest of the world hates us. There are lots of you out there which is a sad thing.

this is whats wrong with america right here folks. People here aren't like-minded enough. America won't be successful in the war on terror if we aren't united. Spewing this hippie liberal crap only makes you out to be a sympathizer of the bad guys. Get with the program peacenik. Bush- Four more years!

I don't know why you Europeans hate America so much. Ever since white people came here and set up a racial dictatorship your relatives have had it better then the other races here. Quit complaining you colonizing bastards. As someone said above soccer is the most popular sport in the world because of european colonialism. Sure is a history to be proud of. STFU you melanonin challanged bastards.

I don't know why you Europeans hate America so much. Ever since white people came here and set up a racial dictatorship your relatives have had it better then the other races here. Quit complaining you colonizing bastards. As someone said above soccer is the most popular sport in the world because of european colonialism. Sure is a history to be proud of. STFU you melanonin challanged bastards.

Dear Soccerguy-

Dartsguy thinks your game is dull.
Bowlerguy says your sport is slow.
Billiardsguy thinks your game is boring.

No one like ties. If ties are decided by penalty kicks kicks, why not just skip to it for God's sake.

What? The world loves soccer... Oh yeah. Well- AMERICA makes the world go round and we think it sucks. AMERICA doesn't rule? If we didn't save you're ass, you EUROS would all be speaking German right now.

By the way- great names for your teams- FedEx Guiness England Wind or whatever you call yourselves.

You bunch of cock-biting hooligans. LA Rioters think you take things to far...

What a bunch of dumb shits. The pro-soccer clowns keep popping off how football players have to "take a break" every 40 seconds or so. DO YOU IDIOTS EVEN UNDERSTAND THE RULES OF FOOTBALL?!?! Apparently not! In simple terms, the point of the game is to cream the guy with the ball, right? So how in hell could you possibly play the sport WITHOUT a break in the action? It's not possible (and makes ZERO sense) to try to make the flow of play continuous after the ball carrier gets pancaked. DUHHHH!!!!

Come up with a better argument than the above. You're just showing your ignorance.

And if you want to take your shots at obese football players, go ahead. Some of the linemen ARE huge, but they'd also k.o. your sorry ass with a forearm smash that would knock your head off its hinges. Their job is to block the guy(s) in front of them to open a hole for the running back and/or keep the opposition from annihilating the quarterback. The obese guys in football are obese for a reason -- have you ever tried to manhandle a 300-lb.+ behemoth who's as wide as he is tall? Good fucking luck! What's more, you'd be surprised at the athletic ability of these big boys. Many of them are a lot more agile than you realize and could likely run you down, chew you up, and spit you out before you can say "soccer sucks".

As far as baseball, basketball, and hockey...you won't find any fat asses in those sports. So don't even go there.

If I have insomnia, I try to find a soccer match on t.v. to help me sleep.

Funny thing, too. Why are soccer matches only shown at 2 or 3 a.m. in the States? BECAUSE NOBODY GIVES A SHIT ABOUT SOCCER. ESPN18 might be the only channel that would consider carrying this crap. What's more, the game would be TAPED. They don't even bother with a live broadcast because there is no interest either way.

If I have insomnia I try to find a soccer match on t.v. to help me sleep.

Funny thing, too. Why are soccer matches only shown at 2 or 3 a.m. in the States? BECAUSE NOBODY GIVES A SHIT ABOUT SOCCER. ESPN18 might be the only channel that would consider carrying this crap. What's more, the match would be TAPED and played between two teams nobody has ever heard of. They don't even bother with a live broadcast because there is no interest either way.

Soccer IS popular in the States...for grade schoolers and a small number of junior high kids. Beyond that, forget it. Eventually, those same kids get bored with kicking a ball around and move onto something else. Older and wiser, they come to realize how dull soccer really is.

soccer is gay...I heard alot of those european clubs are homosexuals and "things" go on in the locker rooms

I live in Dublin. And soccer makes me want to slash me wrists. Soccer fans are the most obnoxious, self servin' pieces o' sewer sludge to walk the planet earth. I'd much prefer a full day o' diarrhea trots than watch soccer dolts dance 'round in their skimpy girly-wear.

So here's a Guinness I'm a-hoistin' to all me American friends. The NFL kicks arse. And to the clownfucks who want everybody to b'lieve that soccer is king: Yer cranium is a vacuous shitehole.

I live in Dublin. And soccer makes me want to slash me wrists. Soccer fans are the most obnoxious, self servin' pieces o' sewer sludge to walk the planet earth. I'd much prefer a full day o' diarrhea trots than watch soccer dolts dance 'round in their skimpy girly-wear.

So here's a Guinness I'm a-hoistin' to all me American friends. The NFL kicks arse. And to the clownfucks who want everybody to b'lieve that soccer is king: Yer cranium is a vacuous shitehole.

I understand that some of things that define a country or people are its traditions (like their sports). American-football and baseball is the typical american sport and i respect u for that, as much as u should respect us for liking football. You go on and on saying that american-football is a sport for men. Do u even know the origins of your national sport? I believe it doesn't take to be a genious to realize american-football came from rugby (they don't use any protections u know, and there are no fat asses). And this one isn't so obvious but the first rugby match started as football match that wen't really wrong (lolol).

Futebol Clube do Porto (the third cl is on it's way)

One thing to anti-football fans (soccer, whatever):
Football isn't easy to play.Being strong and big will help you play but it won't make you a good player. If want to see a bunch of guys tearing each other apart i'll see k-1 or the UFC. If want to see technique that will put me thinking "how the hell did he do that" i'll watch football match.
And yes, football is a sport women can play and there's nothing wrong about it.And only a person that never saw real football can say it's the same thing.Women's football is far more technical and calculist and less physical.Men's football is much more improvised and that's the beauty of the game: it's impossible to plan everything on a match. It's like a far-space probe: u can't control directly but you can give them instructions which it will use to adapt to different unpredictable situations.

One thing to anti-football fans (soccer, whatever):
Football isn't easy to play.Being strong and big will help you play but it won't make you a good player. If want to see a bunch of guys tearing each other apart i'll see k-1 or the UFC. If want to see technique that will put me thinking "how the hell did he do that" i'll watch football match.
And yes, football is a sport women can play and there's nothing wrong about it.And only a person that never saw real football can say it's the same thing.Women's football is far more technical and calculist and less physical.Men's football is much more improvised and that's the beauty of the game: it's impossible to plan everything on a match. It's like a far-space probe: u can't control directly but you can give them instructions which it will use to adapt to different unpredictable situations.

one thing some of you making comparisons between football and rugby may be overlooking is that in football, hitting is different. In football, the players are taught to hit through their opponents, and yes, people are often taught to hurt their opponent as well. I understand rugby is violent and that soccer has its moments as well, but the hitting technique in football is THE reason for shoulder pads. If shoulder pads were not used, it would be very hard to hit someone in the manner that football players do. If you want to see a good example of this on a consistent basis, look at a team that runs the ball often. On running plays, the offensive linemen drive through their opponents and are much quicker and more explosive than pass blocking linemen who are generally bigger and taller. Football players train for explosiveness and the ability to replenish that explosive ability on a consistent basis. Now days, most football coaches will not have their team do distance running for training. Conditioning is done in short sprints and agility drills. The type of muscle mass built from distance running is counter productive to the type that generates the explosive ability needed in football. This is also the reason why one of the main lifts in football is the Hang Clean, it builds explosiveness. It promotes triple joint extension, which is the push generated by the simultaneous locking of the hip, knee, and ankle joints. Some offensive lineman have a natural ability to do this. A good example in the college game is the offensive line of the 1994 Nebraska Cornhuskers team. They had one player in particular, Zack Wiegert who had this natural ability. If you ever have a chance to watch a film clip of him on a run block, particularly a on a pull around the end, you will see a demonstration of this ability. Some clips show him sending a player airborne 8-10 yards after the quick, initial contact. This is because of this triple joint extension ability that is fostered by training with Hang Cleans and other explosive lifts and conditioning drills. In actually, there is no comparison between soccer and football or soccer and rugby. They are all different games that require very different types of athleticism. Also the type of muscle mass that is explosive is not that of a body builder, but more that of a power lifter or a sprinter.

one thing some of you making comparisons between football and rugby may be overlooking is that in football, hitting is different. In football, the players are taught to hit through their opponents, and yes, people are often taught to hurt their opponent as well. I understand rugby is violent and that soccer has its moments as well, but the hitting technique in football is THE reason for shoulder pads. If shoulder pads were not used, it would be very hard to hit someone in the manner that football players do. If you want to see a good example of this on a consistent basis, look at a team that runs the ball often. On running plays, the offensive linemen drive through their opponents and are much quicker and more explosive than pass blocking linemen who are generally bigger and taller. Football players train for explosiveness and the ability to replenish that explosive ability on a consistent basis. Now days, most football coaches will not have their team do distance running for training. Conditioning is done in short sprints and agility drills. The type of muscle mass built from distance running is counter productive to the type that generates the explosive ability needed in football. This is also the reason why one of the main lifts in football is the Hang Clean, it builds explosiveness. It promotes triple joint extension, which is the push generated by the simultaneous locking of the hip, knee, and ankle joints. Some offensive lineman have a natural ability to do this. A good example in the college game is the offensive line of the 1994 Nebraska Cornhuskers team. They had one player in particular, Zack Wiegert who had this natural ability. If you ever have a chance to watch a film clip of him on a run block, particularly a on a pull around the end, you will see a demonstration of this ability. Some clips show him sending a player airborne 8-10 yards after the quick, initial contact. This is because of this triple joint extension ability that is fostered by training with Hang Cleans and other explosive lifts and conditioning drills. In actually, there is no comparison between soccer and football or soccer and rugby. They are all different games that require very different types of athleticism. Also the type of muscle mass that is explosive is not that of a body builder, but more that of a power lifter or a sprinter.

Why doesnt everybody just shut the fuck up? Go play whatever it is you like to play and stop hating on eachother. ALL sports (including soccer football, basketball ect.) require skill. And why do people keep bringing WWII up?

soccers gay. it teaches little boys to fight like pussies by kicking someone in the nuts instead of like a man.

I live about two blocks from a soccer field here in NE, the state where Cornhusker football rules and soccer sucks. Every other car I see parked there is an SUV from the suburbs driven by soccer moms or sometimes dad. Not only does soccer suck, I'd blame part of global warming on soccer parents hauling around one kid to a game 30 miles away from home in SUV's with soccer stickers of their kids teams for addtional greenhouse gases we do not need in our atmosphere. What a waste of gas.....

All of you shut the fuck up. This is bull shit that soccer is cool and that there is contact. Pussys and fags play soccer. The reason why soccer is popular among you fags is because of God damn soccer moms that don't want their children getting hurt. Nobody cares about soccer in the United States because football owns it. Thats why the are parents in Texas giving their son roids and beating them whenever they play shity. And to all of you Euro trash that love soccer, you would Nazis if it wasn't for the U.S. so fuck off.

All of you shut up. This is bull that soccer is cool and that there is contact. Pussies play soccer. The reason why soccer is popular among you queers is because of soccer moms that don't want their children getting hurt. Nobody cares about soccer in the United States because football owns it. Thats why there are parents in Texas giving their son roids and beating them whenever they play like crap. Thousands of of fans pack into stadiums every weekend across the country and millions more watch it on TV. And to all of you Euro trash that love soccer, you would be Nazis if it wasn't for the U.S.

soccer sucks because most of the players in fact dont like the game, just play for necessity of money, if they could learn something else better to make big money theyll do surely, the only purpose of the soccers is to flirt with the Montecarlo Kings or became fashion models as Beckham, and then kick ass the soccer

soccers sucks because in fact most players dont like the game, they just play for money, if they could find another job to get so big money, they surely do, they just want to flirt with Monaco royalty or became fashion models as Beckam, and then kick ass soccer

"don't forget. we saved your asses in world war 2. Ingrates"

I hope you die a nasty death whoever wrote this. Ignorant fuck.

I feel a song coming on....

George Bush is an islamic fundamentalist obviously,
Trained by al-queda in the heart of Texas - to fight for the faithfull army,
He's now in the process of uniting the rest of the world against the good ol' USofA,
The land of the free will come crashing down if he has his way.

plain and simple: soccer players are the best payed slaves in history, by the worst slavery corporation of all: FIFA

"don't forget. we saved your asses in world war 2. Ingrates"

I hope you die a nasty death whoever wrote this. Ignorant fuck.

I feel a song coming on....

George Bush is an islamic fundamentalist obviously,
Trained by al-queda in the heart of Texas - to fight for the faithfull army,
He's now in the process of uniting the rest of the world against the good ol' USofA,
The land of the free will come crashing down if he has his way.

"don't forget. we saved your asses in world war 2. Ingrates"

I hope you die a nasty death whoever wrote this. Ignorant fuck.

I feel a song coming on....

George Bush is an islamic fundamentalist obviously,
Trained by al-queda in the heart of Texas - to fight for the faithfull army,
He's now in the process of uniting the rest of the world against the good ol' USofA,
The land of the free will come crashing down if he has his way..

If that's your best effort at songwriting don't quit your day job. Unless songwriting IS your day job...then you're in deep shit.

Here's one for ya:

My name is JoJo
I know I blow-blow
I don't have a clue
about the red, white and blue
Guys like me who think they're smart
can be offensive as a fart
I really should go back to school
cuz I ain't nuttin' but a fool