offside in football is so much easer to understand

6/11/2010 10:58:51 AM

Soccer offside rule is difficult if you can't count to two

6/11/2010 11:09:46 AM

Steve Nash is a great athlete

6/11/2010 11:11:40 AM

Starting forward, Pablo Sandoval

6/11/2010 11:13:00 AM

Just watched the keeper from South Africa leap into the air to make a save on a ball that was going into the near upper 90. Would compare it to just about any top athletic move I see NBA basketball players make every game.

6/11/2010 11:23:59 AM

hey, look at that. The first game called for 3' of stoppage time and the whistle was blown at 93:00 with the ball at midfield. Pretty random and arbitrary game clock in this here sport if you ask me!

6/11/2010 11:57:43 AM

you're the vast world minority, suck it up and shut up.

6/11/2010 12:09:46 PM

really not sure if there's anything more annoying than the "it's the most popular sport in the world!" defense

6/11/2010 7:06:15 PM

I mean, technically running is the most popular sport in the world.

That makes it the best!

6/11/2010 7:08:48 PM

Rice is the most ate food in the world, therefore its better than steak! - soccer dork

6/11/2010 7:15:39 PM

This entire thread is garbage.

6/11/2010 8:51:50 PM

woah someone who likes soccer in the i hate soccer thread im gonna bitch and wine about him for 8 pages like the douche bags in the fifa thread maybe just maybe ill be cool like them

[Edited on June 11, 2010 at 8:56 PM. Reason : ;]

6/11/2010 8:55:08 PM

[Edited on June 11, 2010 at 8:57 PM. Reason : ]

6/11/2010 8:56:51 PM

This thread is simply 8 pages of bitching about nothing that anyone can do anything about... regardless of how much you bitch, soccer won't disappear; it's not like soccer's a politician... you can't vote in a new sport in its place.

6/11/2010 9:01:30 PM

^holy shit you can't? I HAVE BEEN LIVING UNDER FALSE PRETENSES. Thanks so much for explaining that too me. However, on a down side, I still fuckin hate it and will continue to bitch about it. I appreciate the effort though.

6/11/2010 9:03:17 PM

^^^^ We'll make a deal with you. If you asshole soccer haters will stay out of the fifa thread, us soccer supporters will stay out of this thread. Deal?

[Edited on June 11, 2010 at 9:17 PM. Reason : s]

6/11/2010 9:17:06 PM

Quote :

"regardless of how much you bitch, soccer won't disappear"

agreed

also, regardless of how many soccer threads or articles there are, until the US doesn't completely suck, and as long as we have great sports in this country like college football and basketball, the NFL, etc...soccer will play 2nd...or 3rd...maybe 4th fiddle

6/11/2010 10:30:55 PM

Ties suck

6/12/2010 12:41:49 AM

6/12/2010 11:26:32 AM

yea! bring up that one game in the last 20 years to end in a tie! that'll make up for the thousands of soccer games to end in ties in the same timeframe. GOOD CALL!

6/12/2010 11:35:26 AM

there have been more than one in the last 20 years

6/12/2010 11:47:47 AM

sorry, 4 games.

6/12/2010 11:48:48 AM

^^ bitch don't get it twisted. i'm the one who bumped this thread in the first place

soccer hate, through and through

6/12/2010 11:49:23 AM

Exactly, everyone thought ^5 that game sucked.

Ties suck. Period.

[Edited on June 12, 2010 at 11:50 AM. Reason : ]

6/12/2010 11:49:44 AM

I'm not really anti soccer but indifferent to the whole thing. I feel the same about the Olympics.

Ties in the NFL suck too but, that rarely happens. At least they play an overtime before declaring a tie.

6/12/2010 12:21:48 PM

World Cup is the only time I ever watch soccer (well maybe at the Olympics too). But watching it this year, I am actually starting to understand the strategy and some of the other details that I've never cared enough to learn regarding soccer. Maybe I'll start watching some MLS in the future.

6/12/2010 10:55:15 PM

You might wanna start with the EPL. MLS will probably skew any grasp on strategy you think you have at this point.

6/12/2010 11:43:53 PM

the EPL ain't exactly tactics-heavy, either

it's good if you want to see a pretty long ball or see someone get thumped, though

6/13/2010 4:15:43 AM

^^ Is there any way to actually see EPL games consistently in the US? I know MLS games are on sometimes.

6/13/2010 11:08:46 AM

FSC has a couple games each weekend and ESPN2 picked up a game each weekend this past season.

6/13/2010 11:09:49 AM

Early weekend mornings on Fox Soccer Channel

6/13/2010 11:09:58 AM

FSC also shows Serie A (top league in Italy) games

6/13/2010 11:11:21 AM

Also A-League games at 4am

6/13/2010 11:12:17 AM

please stop calling a tie a great game.

By definition a great game can't end in a tie.

6/13/2010 11:21:57 AM

Apparently teams can win in a tie:


[Edited on June 13, 2010 at 11:43 AM. Reason : .]

6/13/2010 11:42:53 AM

^ FAIL


hahahaha

6/13/2010 11:43:24 AM

It's alluding to the Harvard Crimson headline "Harvard Beats Yale, 29-29" back in the 60s after Harvard made a huge comeback to tie it.

6/13/2010 11:44:32 AM

Are you guys serious?

It's an obvious play on one of the most famous college football headlines of all time. There was even an HBO Sports of the 20th Century show about that game.

6/13/2010 11:44:53 AM

how is that a fail?

do you not understand the meaning?

[Edited on June 13, 2010 at 11:46 AM. Reason : ^ ty for explaining to the noobs]

6/13/2010 11:46:05 AM

It was a fail because he posted the image of the choose your own adventure book the first time. dumbass. He posted the WRONG pic.



fuck you

6/13/2010 11:47:31 AM

soccer sucks. Hate it. Hate the people that actually act like they give 2 cents about it but dont watch soccer other than the world cup even more.

[Edited on June 15, 2010 at 3:07 PM. Reason : .]

6/13/2010 7:05:19 PM

cool brah

6/13/2010 7:13:32 PM

^^ do you watch the olympics?

6/13/2010 8:19:58 PM

Dude, get the fuck out of the hate thread and go back to your "I love ball kicking" thread.

Speaking of Olympics, I'd probably rather watch 4 hours of curling than 1 hour of soccer.

[Edited on June 13, 2010 at 8:24 PM. Reason : .]

6/13/2010 8:22:07 PM

Exactly my point. STFU asshole. You have NO credibility to talk shit.

6/13/2010 8:27:07 PM

Get the hell outta here. Bandwagon sports watcher.

You guys are getting pretty upset about a sport Americans dont give 2 cents about.


[Edited on June 15, 2010 at 3:08 PM. Reason : .]

6/13/2010 8:28:53 PM

Of albums released in the last 18 years, The Backstreet Boys' '"Millenium" album has sold the most copies worldwide

In other words, The Backstreet Boys are the most popular band in the world, so you should listen to them, or else you don't understand them

6/13/2010 8:40:14 PM

translated...

backstreet boys=soccer

6/13/2010 8:41:36 PM

^^^i'd give that edit another try. you're getting closer.

Quote :

"World Cup is the only time I ever watch soccer (well maybe at the Olympics too). But watching it this year, I am actually starting to understand the strategy and some of the other details that I've never cared enough to learn regarding soccer."

I'd recommend watching the champions league, which is the highest level of club soccer available.

[Edited on June 13, 2010 at 8:42 PM. Reason : ]

6/13/2010 8:42:38 PM

why the hell are you guys in here crapping in this thread? Do you want me to go piss in your soccer sand box?

haters only. everyone else gets a suspension.


[Edited on June 15, 2010 at 3:08 PM. Reason : .]

6/13/2010 8:44:55 PM