Do americans think soccer is boring?

[tokamak]

Originally posted by: SteelCityFan
2. Puck is small, and travels in excess of 100MPH and can really hurt you. Takes guts to block a puck.

i suppose you would like to stand in goal and let any world class striker take shots on you

anyways, i am an american, and i love soccer. it is my favorite sport.

what you have to understand about baseball is that it is not meant to be quickly paced. part of the attraction is the atmosphere - going out to the ballpark, having a few beers, eating some hot dogs and peanuts, and basically spending the afternoon or evening relaxing. it is a meticulous game - watching the pitcher carefully select and place pitches, watching a team string together a series of hits, walks, and steals to score runs, or watching fielders fluidly make plays. its a shame that shortened attention spans have rendered baseball unenjoyable to many americans.

 

[The Dancing Peacock]

I enjoy watching the world cup. I don't watch much soccer other than a few international matches here and there, but I've been trying to watch every game. I've seen parts of every one. I've missed most of the 4a.m. ones, I keep passing out.

It's exciting to watch, even if the game is 1-1 or 1-nil. It makes any score that much more important. It's like a slower hockey, but it's grueling. No line changes, and 45 minute halves, and often in the heat and not a climate controlled area at a cool, even temperature.

 

[DanJ]

I'm American; soccer's my fav sport.

 

[spanky]

yes its boring.

both soccer and baseball.

 

[LH]

I dont know, after watching the world cup for the first time, soccer is more entertaining to watch than football. Much faster paced. Now if those goobers wouldnt dive in soccer.

 

[Kadarin]

Three letters: NFL

Edit: George Carlin on the differences between baseball and (American) football: link

 

[Random Variable]

I don't love soccer, but I don't hate it either.

 

[crawford]

I guess im a typical american, I think soccor is boring and I just got back from the dbacks game..... Go Dbacks ! 13 innings of non-boring sports

 

[LH]

it takes 3 hours to play a 60 minute game, thats fast paced? Sorry soccer is much faster, the feild is bigger, but its still faster. When I watch football, I normally only watch the 4th, sometimes Ill watch the 3rd and the 4th but never a full game.

 

[Johnnie]

yes

 

[IGBT]

I think soccer has failed in the US because the broadcasters don't like the lack of "breaks" in the action so it makes it diff.to sell commerical time. Baseball and football have all kinds of action"breaks" thus more opp.to sell commerical time....money.

 

[Farmall]

World Cup is interesting to me only because the U.S. is playing - I could care less about any of the other teams playing. Not much of a soccer enthusiast.

Hockey, football and baseball top my list of sports I am interested in.

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

I'm Dutch, and I don't like soccer at all. It's a wussy sport, and I'm glad the Dutch team didn't make it to the WC this time, so we don't have half as much soccer in the newspapers and on TV.

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.

If you think women's tennis is boring you are obviously thinking it should be watched as a sports match. Try looking at it in a slightly different way and you may understand why it can be appealing

We need gameshows on TV like The Running Man.

 

[datalink7]

If you think it is a wussy sport, you obviously haven't played it.

 

[The Stigenator]

Tom Lykis today had a big topic of why he doesnt like world sports.. come on so teh LA Times had a big spread for the US winnning a game. The point is that most main stream north american sports barring Icehockey and Basketball are sports that you sit with your friends and drink a bud and eat a hotdog or two..

I am serious I went to a Dodgers game cause my friend raved so much about how good teh game is etc etc.. I went and 20 minutes later it was still boring.. He explained the game to me (as if I didnt know most of it) and it still didnt excite me. The only thing I found exciting is that every few minutes you can get a beer and a hotdog to keep you company. The game sucked. Infact I made a bet with him that if I can hit a baseball in the practice nets he should shut up and accept the fact that the game isnt as hard as he put it upto. So we went down to the Glendale Baseball practise courts and I put in a 4 bucks for 16 balls for the fastest machine (80mph or was it 90). I whacked 15 of the 16 (I missed the first because of the delay for teh first ball). I mean I whacked meaning it wasnt just a touch but rather each and every shot I hit...

Then I showed him cricket and I had him try and face some of my googly's and clippers as well as a few of my yorkers.. the guy had no contact with a single ball
The point is that many people who claim a sport is boring havent tried it. When they do they will realise it. The main stream american sports are not player sport but rather spectator sports. If you play it daily you will realise it that its freaking boring especially if everyone is waiting for you to hit the ball.

 

[The Dancing Peacock]

Originally posted by: datalink7

Originally posted by: Skyclad1uhm1
I'm Dutch, and I don't like soccer at all. It's a wussy sport, and I'm glad the Dutch team didn't make it to the WC this time, so we don't have half as much soccer in the newspapers and on TV.

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.

If you think women's tennis is boring you are obviously thinking it should be watched as a sports match. Try looking at it in a slightly different way and you may understand why it can be appealing

We need gameshows on TV like The Running Man.

That is interesting [that the Dutch team didn't make it], seeing as how I just finished watching the Dutch vs Senegal game

And if you think it is a wussy sport, you obviously haven't played it.

Someone needs to go back to World Geography class. Denmark != to The Netherlands. Citizens of Denmark are called Danes or Danish, citizens of The Netherlands are the Dutch.

Thanks for playing

 

Well, I've been playing for 12 years now and I love watching the game. It requires everything that a true sport needs.

1) Endurance
2) Strength
3) Agility
4) Speed
5) Skill
6) The ability to read a play and IMPROVISE!

I am sorry, but not many sports can stand up to that. Football lacks endurance, baseball strength, endurance and agility, but I believe hockey grabs them all as well. When you can watch a play develop and see the end result before it happens, or be surprised when something does happen, it makes a sport entertaining. I find football lacking because of the set plays that the coach has to call out. How boring! At least soccer players can think for themselves. If you really think you are men, go play rugby.

I won't even touch baseball because its too easy.

Hockey I respect because it is very much like soccer. Every goal is golden and very special. A touchdown or a run in baseball doesn't seem to matter all that much. Thats just my 2 cents though.

 

[datalink7]

Originally posted by: The Dancing Peacock

Originally posted by: datalink7

Originally posted by: Skyclad1uhm1
I'm Dutch, and I don't like soccer at all. It's a wussy sport, and I'm glad the Dutch team didn't make it to the WC this time, so we don't have half as much soccer in the newspapers and on TV.

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.

If you think women's tennis is boring you are obviously thinking it should be watched as a sports match. Try looking at it in a slightly different way and you may understand why it can be appealing

We need gameshows on TV like The Running Man.

That is interesting [that the Dutch team didn't make it], seeing as how I just finished watching the Dutch vs Senegal game

And if you think it is a wussy sport, you obviously haven't played it.

Someone needs to go back to World Geography class. Denmark != to The Netherlands. Citizens of Denmark are called Danes or Danish, citizens of The Netherlands are the Dutch.

Thanks for playing

Doh... I thought that Danes and Dutch were the same. Oh well.

 

[Nefrodite]

the women have the most unattractive uniforms... ick.

 

[Basse]

I love watching Soccer (we call it football over here though), but only during the World Cup or the European when I can cheer on my country. I don't watch the different league-games much. I played it myself growing up and sometimes play for fun with some friends. It's a great team sport

However the sport has been greatly discolored lately because most great players have become actors instead, pretending to get hurt and falling all the time trying to get free-kicks and penaly-shots (if you saw how Rivaldo behaved in the last game you'll know what I mean). Now something has to be done about that...

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

Originally posted by: OmegaNauce
Well, I've been playing for 12 years now and I love watching the game. It requires everything that a true sport needs.

1) Endurance
2) Strength
3) Agility
4) Speed
5) Skill
6) The ability to read a play and IMPROVISE!

I am sorry, but not many sports can stand up to that. Football lacks endurance, baseball strength, endurance and agility, but I believe hockey grabs them all as well. When you can watch a play develop and see the end result before it happens, or be surprised when something does happen, it makes a sport entertaining. I find football lacking because of the set plays that the coach has to call out. How boring! At least soccer players can think for themselves. If you really think you are men, go play rugby.

I won't even touch baseball because its too easy.

Hockey I respect because it is very much like soccer. Every goal is golden and very special. A touchdown or a run in baseball doesn't seem to matter all that much. Thats just my 2 cents though.

Thinking isn't exactly the strength of soccer players As the professional soccer players here are like superstars they also get invited for TV shows a lot, and their average score on the national IQ tests is about 80. Watching gameshows with soccer players can be amusing, when they don't know stuff the average human learns at age 5 or so (example: how to speak their own language a bit decent).

Soccer is huge here, even more so than American football, baseball or basketball in the US. I've played it a lot during holidays when I was young, but I can't stand watching it. Especially the way the professional players try to get the referee on their side is disgusting, with them falling down the moment someone might have touched them and groaning while grabbing the 'hurt' leg, and when the referee doesn't notice it just standing up and continuing to play again. Weren't they hurt so bad 2 seconds ago? Or might that have been an attempt to get a free kick?

Top soccer players get salaries of many millions of dollars from their clubs, just like the top sportsmen in the US, but here the government actually funds the clubs to prevent them from going broke... WTF? If they can afford to pay hundreds of millions to the players, why do they need government funding too??
The Dutch government also has to deploy extra police with every soccer event here, even with regular matches, just to prevent fights and random destruction. When a Dutch club recently won something big the fans celebrated this by smashing up part of their own town. Great crowd with an average IQ of 40 at most. We've had several deaths here due to fans of different soccerclubs agreeing to meet for a fight and attacking eachother with knives, chains, and metal bars.

Never really enjoyed watching it, the game tends to be only slightly more intelligent and interesting than the players and their fans.

Edit: If, however, they'd introduce freefighting into soccer I'd be the first to watch it. Imagine a game where they can do anything they want to the one with the ball.

 

[datalink7]

Originally posted by: Basse
I love watching Soccer (we call it football over here though), but only during the World Cup or the European when I can cheer on my country. I don't watch the different league-games much. I played it myself growing up and sometimes play for fun with some friends. It's a great team sport

However the sport has been greatly discolored lately because most great players have become actors instead, pretending to get hurt and falling all the time trying to get free-kicks and penaly-shots (if you saw how Rivaldo behaved in the last game you'll know what I mean). Now something has to be done about that...

I agree. The acting is pretty weak and disgusting. That is something I was impressed about in the US vs Portugal game. Neither team, particularly the US, took as many dives as seems to be the usual. If they hit the ground, they got back up pretty quick on the most part.

But overall there are to many actors out there.:disgust:

 

[Supahfreak]

2 words... MIND NUMBING

FreAk:|:Q:|

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Soccer like most sports is entertaining to me if I have a club/team to root for and since we have U.S. mens' and womens' soccer teams I enjoy watching when they play. I also agree it's far more exciting than basebore

 

[bulldawg]

Do americans think soccer is boring?

This one does!!