Rant: Soccer

[jim]

I don't want to [expletive] on the soccer thread in other sports, so here we go. I've been watching the US/Mexico game because I have a bet with a Mexican friend of mine and have become mildly interested in the outcome. I'm really never ever going to listen again to some European ass hole tell me about how slow and boring baseball is. I've never seen a sport so boring to watch in my life. I'd rather watch golf than this. I'd rather watch tennis than this.

Good god this is horrible.

[Radbird]

Beware the wrath of trill.

(but I can't really argue with you)

[Radbird]

[JackofDiamonds]

Tennis, golf, soccer, baseball...

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EVEN BETTER

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[jim]

There are important soccer games played where the outcome would be the exact same if I played goalie. Or a chair played goalie. Close games. 0-0 games.

When a sport has a bunch of 0-0 games there is something inherently wrong with it. And every time I get mildly interested in soccer and decide to watch that's what I get.

[JackofDiamonds]

There are important soccer games played where the outcome would be the exact same if I played goalie. Or a chair played goalie. Close games. 0-0 games.

When a sport has a bunch of 0-0 games there is something inherently wrong with it. And every time I get mildly interested in soccer and decide to watch that's what I get.

Yeah, I was talking about tennis. Tennis is a fast and entertaining game. Watch pro-tennis live and your brain will melt at the angles and pace they are playing at... it's a different game.

Soccer, baseball, golf are all background sports to me. Unless it's a big game, I just turn them on and look up when something interesting happens.

[thrill]

Beware the wrath of trill.

I'm not an evangelist. The sport speaks for itself and if you can't hear it, neither soccer, nor you are missing anything.

[go birds]

I played for like 18 years and can't stand to watch it unless something big is on the line.

Ties are disappointing but I also think deciding games via shoot out are stupid (this goes for hockey as well). Shoot outs are exciting, but it shouldn't be the end all be all for a hard fought match by both teams.

Jim would you feel the same if the game ended in a 10-10 tie?

[Freed Roger]

Beware the wrath of trill.

I'm not an evangelist. The sport speaks for itself and if you can't hear it, neither soccer, nor you are missing anything.

It hardly matters anymore about the US proletariat view on soccer and acceptance. There are plenty of outlets to watch, discuss and obsess over any sport or hobby. My brother used to have the quadriannual defending of soccer and world cup. Now he just watches, enjoys, does brackets, goes to bars with friends. It does not matter if Bernie etc annoints it anymore.

That said, they really need to find a judicous way to not end games as a tie. Yeah, it was monumental task for US to geta tie. But that is what they were playing for 99% of game.

[jim]

I played for like 18 years and can't stand to watch it unless something big is on the line.

Ties are disappointing but I also think deciding games via shoot out are stupid (this goes for hockey as well). Shoot outs are exciting, but it shouldn't be the end all be all for a hard fought match by both teams.

Jim would you feel the same if the game ended in a 10-10 tie?

0-0 ties are different than other ties. How many sports are 0-0 ties common? One. Soccer.