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<blockquote><strong class="quote-title">toysalot wrote:</strong><hr>World cup? Not interested either...<br><br>Remember the commercials with Mark McGwire and Sosa and a few others with the catch-phrase "women love the long ball?" That goes along with all sports.<br><br>America wants to see scoring and lots of it. America wants to cheer more than once or twice a game. We want to see scores like 8-6 in baseball and 120-118 in basketball and 45-38 in football. <br><br>Soccer is a brutal endurance game but there just isn't enough scoring/excitement for America. Our adrenaline levels are much higher than the rest of the world.<br><br>No disrespect either...I too, am not a fan.<br><br><br>Go USA!<br></blockquote><br>Nnnnnnnnn...........BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB...................AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PISS on the rest!!!

<blockquote><strong class="quote-title">Charger68 wrote:</strong>
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World cup? Not interested either...<br><br>Remember the commercials with Mark McGwire and Sosa and a few others with the catch-phrase "women love the long ball?" That goes along with all sports.<br><br>America wants to see scoring and lots of it. America wants to cheer more than once or twice a game. We want to see scores like 8-6 in baseball and 120-118 in basketball and 45-38 in football. <br><br>Soccer is a brutal endurance game but there just isn't enough scoring/excitement for America. Our adrenaline levels are much higher than the rest of the world.<br><br>No disrespect either...I too, am not a fan.<br><br><br>Go USA!<br></blockquote><br>Nnnnnnnnn...........BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB...................AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PISS on the rest!!!</blockquote>Thats what I do in the fresh water that comes your way from up here!!!!!<br><br>

<p>Man I thought we had a thread about real football......not soccer. Could care less here........no matter how hard ESPN wants to plug Soccer it will never catch on here. Sure ratings might be there if the US stays in for awhile for the World cup but it will quickly go away. Fortunately for 99% of the US a home made ball is not the only source of entertainment like it is many poor countries leading to the love of soccer.</p>

My 2 cent theories on why soccer will only ever be, at best, a temporary amusement for 90% of US sports fans:<br><br>
1) The rest of the world loves the game, so our independent, contrarian nature dictates that we'll despise it.<br><br>
2) Much of a soccer game is pretty esoteric, not unlike much of a baseball game. It's no surprise that baseball has lost it's status as 'America's pastime' in recent years (that mantle has passed to Football or Basketball). Our attention spans are so short that unless there's points piling up on the scoreboard we lose interest.<br><br>
I told you they were 2 cent theories!<br><br>
Scott

<blockquote>the only source of entertainment like it is many poor countries leading
to the love of soccer.</blockquote><br><br>Exactly...how many countries in the world that have billions of people are 3rd world(or close to it) countries that couldn't even afford a glove and a bat much less a whole teams worth? Also, a full set of football gear is very expensive also and then for 11 men teams? <br><br>With soccer...all you need is a ball and some vacant land, lots of vacant land and you got a soccer game!!! <br><br>I think the reason there are so many hooligans and fights breaking out at soccer games is because the fans are so frickin' bored and drunk that's all the want to do is fight someone. Then the riot breaks out then the stands collapse then all hell breaks loose!!! Does make some highlights on Sportcenter tho'.<br><br>Still doesn't interest me...<br><br><br><br><br>

From the sounds of it The World Cup ain't gonna do well here.

Well I'm all over it - have played soccer since I was 7, and still going strong. Wearing my Donovan jersey to work today, looking forward to US vs. England!<br><br><br>

Donovan......... Yeah, didn't he sing Mellow Yellow and Hurdy Gurdy Man???? He has a JERSEY?????

Dave,<br><br>I was thinking the same thing! What does Dovovan the singer have to do with anything and why does he have a jersey? <img src="http://forums.gottadeal.com/images/smilies/sidesplit.gif" width="30" height="18"><p>Bob Jordan.<br><br>PS, I also notice that Martin (the thread starter) writes in Canadian (favourite). I thought our northern buddies like Hockey? By the way, it's June; did that winter sport end yet?<br></p>