World Cup

[BOBS DAD]

Now I can't agree with you there. I'm an American and I *adore* soccer, as do millions of youth and college soccer players across America. I think we went overboard with the "trying-to-be-different/distinguish-ourselves" thing.

On that same note, I CAN NOT stand baseball or football. They bore me to death! Superbowl weekend only amuses me because of all the good food, LOL.

Good stuff Giselle!!! I am 47 years old and when I was 10 years old a fella came to our school and organized a Soccer match between our grade school and several other local ones. He said that soccer was the "world's sport" and that we Americans were just catching the craze, but before "we all graduated from High School", Soccer would be EVEN BIGGER than the Super Bowl.

Well Giselle, I guess you probably already know the end to that story! LOL!!! It ends about the same way as the "everything will be metric" by the year 1980! If Soccer were simply "naturally" exciting and one couldn't help catch the fever, it would have flourished in the U.S. by now, despite any resistance or "trying to be different" efforts on anyone's part. I guess I am just one of the 249 Million in America who do enjoy baseball (Yes, we baseball lovers agree that it is a slow game - but from one who played it their entire life - from LL through College - we know that there are a lot more psychological games being played than what the camera captures), football and basketball.

I think the last 3o years have shown us that Soccer will not take root and that Hockey will only be a secondary distraction!!! Just poking yer soccer bone!

[BOBS DAD]

OK... here's a standard Soccer game in our house. Mick is glued to the tube and all the girls are doing something. I am watching the game to start with, cause me and Mick - generally speaking, like all sports. But as usual, no one is scoring and the anouncers are going on endlessly about nothing and nothing from nothing leaves nothing.

So I get up and go to the bathroom (we don't freeze the game cause we don't have any real concern that I will miss anything). I come back in and the score is still 0-0. No surprise. Mick is real interested in rewinding the game to show me a "pass" that I missed.

I am trying to get interested but I remember the grass needs cutting. And watching the grass grow is infinitely more interesting than the current game. So I cut the grass, get a shower and come back in. Mick is all mad about some calls and missed opportunities. Score ends up 0-0 in OT - or EXTRA TIME - what's that all about?????

[RICHARD]

Oh my!

What beautiful goals by the Germans.

In a nutshell.

Take a ball, kick it from 10 meters away and put it into the tiniest corner of a
HUGE net.

While you have people trying to stomp, kick and break your knees.

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"Football" is ice hockey on grass. Basketball with no hands and American football with no pads, except shin guards and a high tolerance for getting kicked in the head.


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KK,

Why did your response make me laugh?

[Kirsten]

I'm supporting Germany, of course, and it's exciting that the soccer World Cup is in my country.

People here were very happy with the 4:2 result yesterday; and the goals were truly beautiful. There were huge World Cup parties here everywhere, and this was just the beginning.

I will watch England : Paraguay this afternoon.

BTW, I heard that Victoria Beckham arrived in Germany now, and here's a joke going around these days:

Q:: Why do the Germans hope that England will stay in the tournament as long as possible?

A.: Because Victoria Beckham will boost the German economy by going shopping here!

Kirsten

[Killearn Kitties]

Poor Posh.

[Barbara]

I have been in London yesterday and missed the game completely. I had to stand quite some stuff by my co-workers in London
My German boss called me and asked when I'll be back. I said at 8 p.m. He said "BUT YOU KNOW WHAT'S ON THEN??????" And I said "Yes- but I didn't know it was in my contract to have to watch it "

I'm a nerd- I would love a team from a very small and unknown country to win- but I have no idea who that could be

[shihtzulover850]

BTW, I heard that Victoria Beckham arrived in Germany now, and here's a joke going around these days:

Q:: Why do the Germans hope that England will stay in the tournament as long as possible?

A.: Because Victoria Beckham will boost the German economy by going shopping here!

Kirsten

LOL That is hilarious!!!! Oh my gosh!!!

[Anita Cholaine]

OMG, 6-0?!? I cannot even believe it myself!
And the match is still going on....

[Kirsten]

Wow, Anita - 6:0!!! What an impressive match! And that young Messi is really talented.

Guess now there's party everywhere in Argentina, right?

Kirsten

[Cincy'sMom]

OK... here's a standard Soccer game in our house. Mick is glued to the tube and all the girls are doing something. I am watching the game to start with, cause me and Mick - generally speaking, like all sports. But as usual, no one is scoring and the anouncers are going on endlessly about nothing and nothing from nothing leaves nothing.

So I get up and go to the bathroom (we don't freeze the game cause we don't have any real concern that I will miss anything). I come back in and the score is still 0-0. No surprise. Mick is real interested in rewinding the game to show me a "pass" that I missed.

I am trying to get interested but I remember the grass needs cutting. And watching the grass grow is infinitely more interesting than the current game. So I cut the grass, get a shower and come back in. Mick is all mad about some calls and missed opportunities. Score ends up 0-0 in OT - or EXTRA TIME - what's that all about?????

Too funny!!!

I LOVE soccer, LOVE IT! When I am playing, that is. Yes, I am 30 years old and still play soccer year round (2 outdoor seasons, 3 indoor sessions). I just can't get into it on TV.

It is the same with Baseball. I LOVE to play (softball). Haven't missed a season in 22 years!! Can't stand to watch it on TV.

Yet I love to watch 43 guys drive circle after circle on a Sunday afternoon I can't explain it! Go Tony!

[Cataholic]

Good stuff Giselle!!! I am 47 years old and when I was 10 years old a fella came to our school and organized a Soccer match between our grade school and several other local ones. He said that soccer was the "world's sport" and that we Americans were just catching the craze, but before "we all graduated from High School", Soccer would be EVEN BIGGER than the Super Bowl.

Well Giselle, I guess you probably already know the end to that story! LOL!!! It ends about the same way as the "everything will be metric" by the year 1980! If Soccer were simply "naturally" exciting and one couldn't help catch the fever, it would have flourished in the U.S. by now, despite any resistance or "trying to be different" efforts on anyone's part. I guess I am just one of the 249 Million in America who do enjoy baseball (Yes, we baseball lovers agree that it is a slow game - but from one who played it their entire life - from LL through College - we know that there are a lot more psychological games being played than what the camera captures), football and basketball.

I think the last 3o years have shown us that Soccer will not take root and that Hockey will only be a secondary distraction!!! Just poking yer soccer bone!

Bob's Dad...uh, what rock are you living under? I am 40, began playing at 5, played at college, for a nationally ranked (NAIA, at the time) college, and I am here to tell you- soccer is and has been the most growing sports we have. You seem to forget that baseball and football have been around forEVER, and in comparison, soccer is much more ahead of the game then you might think. Football and baseball have an advantage- lots of old people attend/support the game, and our country is a bit elder heavy at the moment.

Seriously, I would just tell you, like others have told me when I state how boring football is, "Its just because you can't understand the game that you don't find it interesting. No, really. You just don't understand."

[BOBS DAD]

Bob's Dad...uh, what rock are you living under? I am 40, began playing at 5, played at college, for a nationally ranked (NAIA, at the time) college, and I am here to tell you- soccer is and has been the most growing sports we have.

Seriously, I would just tell you, like others have told me when I state how boring football is, "Its just because you can't understand the game that you don't find it interesting. No, really. You just don't understand."

ROCK??? ROCK??? I don't live under no stinkin' rock!!! In vernacular my Uncle Nick used to use. Everything was "stinkin". LOL!!!

40 - yer just a pup! Soccer and Soccer fans like yourself have been saying that for 50 years, but yet soccer continues to be relegated to a tertiary sport. Soccer leagues are comprised of a few good athletes (like yourself), kids who can't play anything else, those that need exercise and sissy boys!!! Soccer is for Soccer Moms and much like Ice Cream - it's most enjoyed by women and small children!

[Karen]

Go Argentina! Go Sweden - get yer thick heads together, guys, and remember the goal is to score next time! (But I am (secretly) happy that the game was a tie, just because T&T is such an underdog and played well.)