athlists.com — The chances are this will offend Americans that like soccer. It will probably piss off Americans as a whole. But regardless of anger, these 7 are the legitimate reasons soccer will never be as big as NASCAR, MLB, NFL, or NBA in the eyes of most Americans.
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itsallinanameJul 17, 2008
"but I find it incredibly difficult to get behind a sport that allows players to purposely fall on their faces when the opposition tries to steal the ball, and then get rewarded for it."I'm not going to lie, while they don't always fall on their faces this sounds like basketball, and i think you're looking at it wrong. While I'm sure most people don't prefer these players to take a dive, any advantage in soccer, through a free kick or penalty kick is an advantage. Defenders know how to approach players in risky situations, and should be aware of players who do these things an extreme amount. Also free kicks can be respites due to the fact that many players run up to 10KM a game (6.2 miles). If you nit pick this one aspect of soccer, you just don't have an appreciation for the things listed above in this dude's article. Stamina, speed, passing, ball control, these things are all incredibly hard at the pro level, and i think sometimes the true speed of the game isn't capture. The key to improving America's view on soccer is playing more of the Euro games on ESPN, and other sports networks. This year ESPN's coverage of the EURO 2008 cup was amazing. If you didn't enjoy the intensity of many of those games, and the down to the wire victories, you have no emotion.
Closed AccountJul 17, 2008
Thank you for serving into the point I was trying to make.
aeooJul 18, 2008
That's right. Especially the "lack of precision" reason is pure bulls**t. If he played any real football then he'd know you can have millimeter precision football kicks, pretty much on demand. Trained players can put a football anywhere inside the goal with as much precision as you may like. Using feet to control the ball doesn't mean less precision, but it does mean more power behind the moving ball after it's been kicked.
adveyesJul 21, 2008
Buried for "schoolgirls on speed".
blufireJul 22, 2008
Y is NASCAR so good
twinsnake89Jul 22, 2008
Galaxy vs. Chivas USA....can't get any more dangerous...fights always break out when I go to those games....GO GALAXY!
alexclewesJul 23, 2008
i can tell you - it's too long.
sirvantesJul 27, 2008
Eh, have you ever watched any kind of sport from outside of your own country? Basically everything is covered in sponsors, it's normal.
frampo4Nov 17, 2008
nope one will do. American suck at soccer and get their ass handed to them by countries they've never heard of year after year so they gave up.
vkrbibinFeb 27, 2009
The funny part is that the American media messed it up so bad that the real football is called soccer I will send Valdes to them to teach them a lesson <a class="user" href="http://www.allaboutfcbarcelona.com/search/label/Valdes">http://www.allaboutfcbarcelona.com/search/label/Va ...</a>