deepblue Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 When will the world realize that soccer isnt that popular a sport in north america. Every four years its rammed down our throats....its going to be a looong summer. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 I'm with you there. The last time I saw a full game of football was during the last World Cup. And the last game before that was the World Cup before that. I don't understand one of my friends who has taken all his holiday allowance in order to watch every single match!!! He's even bought a pair of hard-drive TV recorders to record any games screened at the same time as others so he can watch them later! In 2006 our neighbours (obsessive England fans) warned us politely that they were going to host a party to watch England play Portugal. After a hasty tete-a-tete my wife and I decided we'd rather take the car through the Channel Tunnel for a week-end in France to get away from the certainty of a sleepless night. Unfortunately for us, France were scheduled to be playing the same night. Against Brazil - the best team in the world. We didn't know until we arrived in Lille. We realised that we couldn't escape the inevitable and watched it on the giant diamond screen set up in the public park. Happily, France actually managed to win... Unhappily, with all the car horns, we ended up having a sleepless night after all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffster Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 I don't watch soccer much either but the World Cup happens, it is one of the most watched events in TV in the world, they don't have the World Cup for the US or Canada. It is not all that popular here for sure. A friend and fellow guitar player is a big fan, he travels to every World Cup. Really cool trips for him. The only soccer I watch is when I hang out with a British friend and his group of friends. Hey I think Hockey sucks too, I find it painfully boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 Hey I think Hockey sucks too' date=' I find it painfully boring.[/quote'] Are you talking about Ice-Hockey or, errm, Hockey hockey? Boring it may be. It's certainly a painful game to play - especially 'mixed' matches! I played at High-school and the girls were lethal with their sticks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShredAstaire Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 Ummm...what's Hockey hockey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 Ummm...what's Hockey hockey? It's the name of a game played by people who say everything twice. It's the name of a game played by people who say everything twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 I don't feel it's 'rammed' down our throats. No more than the Super Bowl or World Series (which by the way really is not) is rammed down Europe's throat. This forum is an international community and if some of us want to talk about the International Goat Roping Championship, then so be it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShredAstaire Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 Are you talking about Field Hockey? Are you talking about Field Hockey? :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffster Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 Ice Hockey, I go to Predators games once in a while and I can barely sit through a game. It is just boring as hell to watch. To me is like the soccer league here in the US in that the majority of players are foreign. It seems like like an imported sport. But well this thread is about soccer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 Are you talking about Field Hockey? Are you talking about Field Hockey? Aye Aye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShredAstaire Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 I live in Toronto which has a huge Italian and Portugeuse population....as well as many other nationalities... These people are the soccer (football) fans...I'm not much of a fan and I REALLY hate all the driving around and honking with their flags waving at 2 in the morning... It's a sport people!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artie Owl Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 Haha you're bored at those games because they're Nashville games. It's so popular around the globe because all you need to play soccer is two somethings to make posts out of and a ball, or ball substitute, unlike most other sports (except rugby) that require gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 It's a bit crazy here in London. It seems like all the cars have sprouted a pair of flagpoles from their roofs with the flags of St. George's cross fluttering in the breeze. Some of the exterior house decorations have to be seen to be believed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 All one needs for a game of b-ball is a b-ball on one of the ubiquitous out-door b-ball courts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artie Owl Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 Basketballs require more as they need to bounce. Hoops have to be a certain height for it to be fun and have to not fall everytime you shoot at it etc.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowdiddley Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 It's the name of a game played by people who say everything twice. It's the name of a game played by people who say everything twice. Thats funny! Thats funny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisdude Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 When will the world realize that soccer isnt that popular a sport in north america.Every four years its rammed down our throats....its going to be a looong summer. :( It does not really matter how popular' date=' what does matters is how much we slaughter the USA on Saturday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 It does not really matter how popular' date=' what does matters is how much we slaughter the USA on Saturday! [biggrin'] Well; that's put the 'Murray Walker Pronouncement of Death' on that one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowdiddley Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 It does not really matter how popular' date=' what does matters is how much we slaughter the USA on Saturday! [biggrin'] [biggrin] The mass majority of the USA could not give a good fart about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swleary Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 Oh yes Soccer is so popular with other nations however, I find it real boring. The world cup actually moved the Tour De France to another date because it gets in the way of the World Cup.. I don't know about you people but cycling is more exciting to watch than a few guys playing with their balls lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 When will the world realize that soccer isnt that popular a sport in north america.Every four years its rammed down our throats....its going to be a looong summer. I disagree wholeheartedly. My family has been involved in the game since I was a child. FYI Tens of Thousands of families across America love soccer. Sorry it's not as popular as football (which I love dearly) and not as endearing as America's game (baseball, which I love and have been involved with on the youth level for four years in a row now). While soccer may not be woven into the fabric of this nation like other sports, there are youth and adult teams across this nation playing nearly every day and every weekend. As for it being rammed down our throats. Not so. Turn the channel. There's plenty of other sports you can watch. Better yet, take up golf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 Soccer is actually a fast growing sport among the younger folks. Kids who are not big enough or have an aversion to pain flock to soccer as a way to get involved in sports. Little league soccer is easily as popular here as little league football. For me personally, add soccer to the games/sports that I love to play, or watch live, but have a hard time watching on TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S t e v e Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 It does not really matter how popular' date=' what does matters is how much we slaughter the USA on Saturday! [biggrin'] [biggrin] +1 many pints of beer shall be consumed this saturday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S t e v e Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 FYI Tens of Thousands of families across America love soccer. Sorry it's not as popular as football (which I love dearly) soccer is football just a different name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S t e v e Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 Oh yes Soccer is so popular with other nations however' date=' I find it real boring. The world cup actually moved the Tour De France to another date because it gets in the way of the World Cup.. I don't know about you people but cycling is more exciting to watch than a few guys playing with their balls lol[/quote'] nothing wrong with playing with ya balls...jus sayin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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