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Minimal contact??? I presume you have never played, correct? They get kicked everywhere on their bodies, head butted, elbowed, tripped, kneed, raked with cleats......... Yeah real minimalOriginally posted by: her209
Soccer is a minimal contact sport. Now, if they had a all hot women all nude all contact sport soccer league, then heck ya
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Actually the World Cup matches I've seen have been 90 minutes they don't have time outs, they don't stop the clock for penalties and there are no commercial breaks. Also you maybe get 2-3minutes stoppage time added on at the end but that's about it. It's significantly shorter in duration than Football.
It's not that I don't like it, I just would rather spend my time watching Football or Basketball.
minendo
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Games are 90 minutes long. There are two 45 minute halves with no stoppage of time. Referees add additional time to the clock at the end of the game to make up for injuries, substitutions, etc. There is 4 referees per game: 1 center ref, 2 linesman, and one ref that acts as the time keeper. The time keeper decides how much additional time will be added per game.
I play it, but really, The Simpson's summed watching it best.
Kent Brockman: "Center passes to fullback...passes to center...back to fullback...he holds it...holds it...holds it."
Spanish Announcer: "Center to fullback..back to center..back to fullback..he holds it..holds it.. HOLDS IT!!!!"
I'm with Kent on this one. Too much holding, not enough scoring. Hockey can get away with a 2-1 or 1-0 game because inevitably there will be big saves, big hits, everything that makes hockey exciting besides goals. Soccer will have a grand total of six shots on goal between the two teams despite the fact that they play a full half hour longer than hockey. Not to mention the fact that they are a bunch of wusses. "I was kicked in the shins, I'm going to clutch at my leg moaning like a five year old who fell of my bike, I've drawn a card, I'm all better!" Isn't that exciting. Playing is one thing, especially in a league where defense is secondary to offense (My last game ended 6-2) Watching two goals get scored in ninety minutes with nothing happening the other 88 minutes gets boring quickly.
Kent Brockman: "Center passes to fullback...passes to center...back to fullback...he holds it...holds it...holds it."
Spanish Announcer: "Center to fullback..back to center..back to fullback..he holds it..holds it.. HOLDS IT!!!!"
I'm with Kent on this one. Too much holding, not enough scoring. Hockey can get away with a 2-1 or 1-0 game because inevitably there will be big saves, big hits, everything that makes hockey exciting besides goals. Soccer will have a grand total of six shots on goal between the two teams despite the fact that they play a full half hour longer than hockey. Not to mention the fact that they are a bunch of wusses. "I was kicked in the shins, I'm going to clutch at my leg moaning like a five year old who fell of my bike, I've drawn a card, I'm all better!" Isn't that exciting. Playing is one thing, especially in a league where defense is secondary to offense (My last game ended 6-2) Watching two goals get scored in ninety minutes with nothing happening the other 88 minutes gets boring quickly.
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There are sports that are fun to play and then there are sports that are fun to watch. This post only mentions the watching aspect.
I'm an American, and if I were to choose a sport to watch, soccer would be at the bottom of my list. I watch to be entertained, so a sport needs to have exiting moments. I have a short attention span - if something exiting doesn't happen at least every 15 minutes I'll turn the channel and find something else to watch. Many Americans feel the same.
Now comes the key difference in sport watchers: what is exciting? I've watched soccer in several different countries - with avid soccer fans. Their definition of exciting is much different than mine. Imagine this typical soccer event: a player takes the ball from one end of the field to the corner of the other end, he has a poor angle on the goal, two opposing team players are between him and the goalie, the goalie is watching him closely, and there are no teammates around to help. At this stage he has a dismal chance of maybe possibly attempting a shot at the goal that in most cases will miss or be blocked. Soccer fans find that really exciting - I don't. A small possibility of a shot at the goal that almost always misses has no excitement to me. I need an actual goal to be excited. I've watched dozens of soccer games where the final score is 0 to 0 - thus not one thing excited me during the whole game making the game boring. Hockey, baseball, and auto racing suffer the same fate. As we get shorter attention spans, baseball attendance has plumetted in America.
The exact opposite is basketball. In basketball you are almost guaranteed a score with every play. Scores happen every 15 seconds so each individual score is meaningless. I can't be excited every 15 seconds for hours on end. Instead each score is boring since it is happens all the time. I don't watch basketball for that reason.
I need a middle ground. I need a game where there are usually a handful of scores that occur every 15 minutes or so. A game where individual scores are quite important. That way there are multiple individual exciting events spread throughout the game. VERY few popular sports meet my definition. Rugby and football are about the only ones I can think of. We cannot get rugby on TV here - so I watch football only.
I'm an American, and if I were to choose a sport to watch, soccer would be at the bottom of my list. I watch to be entertained, so a sport needs to have exiting moments. I have a short attention span - if something exiting doesn't happen at least every 15 minutes I'll turn the channel and find something else to watch. Many Americans feel the same.
Now comes the key difference in sport watchers: what is exciting? I've watched soccer in several different countries - with avid soccer fans. Their definition of exciting is much different than mine. Imagine this typical soccer event: a player takes the ball from one end of the field to the corner of the other end, he has a poor angle on the goal, two opposing team players are between him and the goalie, the goalie is watching him closely, and there are no teammates around to help. At this stage he has a dismal chance of maybe possibly attempting a shot at the goal that in most cases will miss or be blocked. Soccer fans find that really exciting - I don't. A small possibility of a shot at the goal that almost always misses has no excitement to me. I need an actual goal to be excited. I've watched dozens of soccer games where the final score is 0 to 0 - thus not one thing excited me during the whole game making the game boring. Hockey, baseball, and auto racing suffer the same fate. As we get shorter attention spans, baseball attendance has plumetted in America.
The exact opposite is basketball. In basketball you are almost guaranteed a score with every play. Scores happen every 15 seconds so each individual score is meaningless. I can't be excited every 15 seconds for hours on end. Instead each score is boring since it is happens all the time. I don't watch basketball for that reason.
I need a middle ground. I need a game where there are usually a handful of scores that occur every 15 minutes or so. A game where individual scores are quite important. That way there are multiple individual exciting events spread throughout the game. VERY few popular sports meet my definition. Rugby and football are about the only ones I can think of. We cannot get rugby on TV here - so I watch football only.
Personally, I love hockey the most... and soccer isn't exactly very exciting to watch for me but I still rank it above football and baseball. Baseball.. well that's obvious.. there's no time limit and it's too slow paced. The thing with football is that the plays stop every 3-5 seconds.. I find that boring to watch.
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One thing I noticed about soccer fans is that they are mostly just fans when it relates to their home country team. That means most soccer fans I know would consider watching a soccer game a waste of time unless it involves their home country team or the result will affect their home country team.
I've asked every soccer fan a simple question - and it has proven my point up till now. Maybe some of you soccer fans will chime in with your answer:
Imagine a soccer game played by two teams of my friends. These teams are of no particular nationality. You know none of the players on the team. You are not related in any way to any member on the team. Will you spend 90 minutes watching this game?
If you are a soccer fan and answered no, then you agree that watching a game isn't very exciting. You like soccer for other reasons - national pride being the biggest.
I've asked every soccer fan a simple question - and it has proven my point up till now. Maybe some of you soccer fans will chime in with your answer:
Imagine a soccer game played by two teams of my friends. These teams are of no particular nationality. You know none of the players on the team. You are not related in any way to any member on the team. Will you spend 90 minutes watching this game?
If you are a soccer fan and answered no, then you agree that watching a game isn't very exciting. You like soccer for other reasons - national pride being the biggest.
Tell that to the fused vertebrae in my spine, or my sisters cracked cranium, or my best friends broken leg....
American football having 'Lots of contact' as advantage?? So has gay pr0n, but I ain't gonna watch that either. American football, just like ice hockey, is for wussies. 50 layers of protective gear so you don't tear your nails when hitting the other party with your handbag? No thanks. Watch Rugby instead then.
Ha!! you ain't to bright are you?? American Football is anything but for Wussies. Your just mad cause in high school when you and your other male (companions) were kicking the ol' soccer ball around. the real men were out drilling guys and knocking out teeth on the old grid iron.
Soccer is for guys who could not make it on the football field!!!!!
Ha!! you ain't to bright are you?? American Football is anything but for Wussies. Your just mad cause in high school when you and your other male (companions) were kicking the ol' soccer ball around. the real men were out drilling guys and knocking out teeth on the old grid iron.
Soccer is for guys who could not make it on the football field!!!!!
not american, but have been living here for 10 years now. i still don't get this country's attraction to that most boring of sports on the planet, played by fat guys on steroids, that sit around for 4 hours and have a max of 10 minutes of action in those 4 hours. that is dumb!
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