The greatest most beautiful game in the world is despised by our American friends, but why?

Why have they never fallen in love with football but prefer their dreadful "sports" instead, sports that no one else in the world can stand?

BobPaisleyPark said:

The greatest most beautiful game in the world is despised by our American friends, but why?

Why have they never fallen in love with football but prefer their dreadful "sports" instead, sports that no one else in the world can stand?

they must have seen how the dirty leeds fans behaved at hillsborough last night

RicoN said:

BobPaisleyPark said:

The greatest most beautiful game in the world is despised by our American friends, but why?

Why have they never fallen in love with football but prefer their dreadful "sports" instead, sports that no one else in the world can stand?

they must have seen how the dirty leeds fans behaved at hillsborough last night

I bet that scumbag Leeds fan wouldn't have been so brave to hit 6'6'' Kirkland if they were both standing in a bar.

So glad they were relegated, hope they never return to the Prem.

What are these other "dreadful "sports" ... that no one else in the world can stand"?

Honestly, I just find it a bit boring . I find Hockey boring too....& I'll only watch baseball, if I'm already pre-occupied with something else.

I don't hate it. But I dig the American side of football more. That's all. I can kick a mean soccer ball though...

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it's a whole different continent

yankees have baseball, american football and hockey

aussies have cricket

europeans have soccer and F-1

I guess basketball is loved by everybody

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JoeTyler said:

it's a whole different continent

yankees have baseball, american football and hockey

Baseball is also huge in Latin America and Japan. It's arguably bigger in Japan than in North America.

Ice hockey is most popular in North America yes, but is also big in the colder European countries.

That just leaves American football as the only sport "no one else in the world can stand".

Bait thread.

BobPaisleyPark said:

RicoN said:

they must have seen how the dirty leeds fans behaved at hillsborough last night

I bet that scumbag Leeds fan wouldn't have been so brave to hit 6'6'' Kirkland if they were both standing in a bar.

So glad they were relegated, hope they never return to the Prem.

warnock, brown, diouff... leeds deserve them!

i dont think americans hate it ... it is getting much bigger here in the states .

when i was in high school , my school just started soccer . We sucked . I think we won one game my senior yr ...

but now it is everywhere . kids of all ages (boys and girls ) play it from an early age ...

So my point is , that it is getting more popular .

I do find it boring to watch ... in general .

It reminds me of golf . Or paint drying .

BobPaisleyPark said:

The greatest most beautiful game in the world is despised by our American friends, but why?

Why have they never fallen in love with football but prefer their dreadful "sports" instead, sports that no one else in the world can stand?

Why do you care?????

uh

there's bad/boring soccer

and then there's GOOD/ENTERTAINING SOCCER

damn, you don't watch the Golden State Warriors vs L.A.Clippers, because you prefer the San Antonio Spurs vs L.A.Lakers, right?

same with football, there are like 15-20 european teams that never dissapoint

JoeTyler said:

it's a whole different continent

yankees have baseball, american football and hockey

aussies have cricket

europeans have soccer and F-1

I guess basketball is loved by everybody

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UK and it's former colonies have Cricket (India, Sout-Africa)

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We have the NFL...what more could one want?

Seriously though, more and more Americans are loving soccer I'm told. I tried to watch the World Cup but I was bored.

Americans do seem to love sports involving incredibly big men crashing into each other in order to cause paralysis.

The rest of the planet remain bemused.

BobPaisleyPark said:

Americans do seem to love sports involving incredibly big men crashing into each other in order to cause paralysis.

The rest of the planet remain bemused.

Don't European football dudes crash into each other during soccer and rugby matches? You seem to hate American football?

Who the fuck cares if the rest of the world is bemused? American football kicks ass - GO GIANTS!

"We" like provocative titles for our threads don't we Bob?

I think hate is pretty strong word and incorrect, indifferent is a much better word.

American culture is entrenched in our seasons our cycles for sports, it damn near impossible for another sport to take root. If you don't know college sports (basketball and football) are huge in the States. The only time most Americans give a damn about Golf or Tennis is when an American is number one. The main factor for many Americans viewing Soccer as boring in part because they don't understand the game.... its nuances. Many American's view baseball a boring. Low scoring games wouldn't be seen as a duel between the pitcher and batters... how a catcher calls a game and a pitchers throws or the defensive plays.

I do have question about Soccer and it's scheduling, how does that work? From afar it seems those gents play soccer year around without much of a break.

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Soccer is becoming more popular in the States, but American football is considered to be one of our most loved past times, and it generates a greater following because people in the US love that sport and are invested in it. People root for their hometeams and the sport is loved in the USA.

I don't think anyone in the USA hates soccer... its just not as popular is all.

BobPaisleyPark said:

Americans do seem to love sports involving incredibly big men crashing into each other in order to cause paralysis.

The rest of the planet remain bemused.

Please stop talking for the rest of the world

kpowers said:

BobPaisleyPark said:

Americans do seem to love sports involving incredibly big men crashing into each other in order to cause paralysis.

The rest of the planet remain bemused.

Please stop talking for the rest of the world

Soccer has always been my favorite sport to play, it's one of the few sports where height really doesn't give you much of an advantage (except as a goalie).

It's one of my least favorite sports to watch because it's so damn boring, 95% of the time the ball is being kicked back and forth midfield. Shots on goal are rare, and when a team gets down by 2 or 3 goals the game is basically over.

The answer is simple. You like soccer because you grew up with it while Americans love their sports because they grew up with it. You have an emotional attachment to your teams and it keeps you loyal to the sport.

I don't understand why you are so concerned with this topic. Why aren't you concerned about Canadians, Australians, or NZ people who also do not care for that sport. Also, for the record I dont find anything beautiful about soccer. It's so boring to watch in my opinion.

BobPaisleyPark said:

Americans do seem to love sports involving incredibly big men crashing into each other in order to cause paralysis.

The rest of the planet remain bemused.

Well, it makes me laugh when two soccer guys feign injuries for absolutely no reson. It's hilarious because how can you get terribly hurt while playing soccer.

The Seattle Sounders professional soccer team sell out their venue for some of their games.

On a side note:

We have professional women's basketball and they used the same venue as the professional men's team (when we had a men's team) and they sold more tickets per game (by a huge amount) then the men's team.

Asymphony5 said:

The answer is simple. You like soccer because you grew up with it while Americans love their sports because they grew up with it. You have an emotional attachment to your teams and it keeps you loyal to the sport.

I don't understand why you are so concerned with this topic. Why aren't you concerned about Canadians, Australians, or NZ people who also do not care for that sport. Also, for the record I dont find anything beautiful about soccer. It's so boring to watch in my opinion.

It's anti-Americanism is what it is...

The real reason is that American men are intolerant of anyone who doesn't like the same things they do, and most of them think soccer is a wussy sport.

Hudson said:

The real reason is that American men are intolerant of anyone who doesn't like the same things they do, and most of them think soccer is a wussy sport.

Speak for yourself.

Timmy84 said:

Hudson said:

The real reason is that American men are intolerant of anyone who doesn't like the same things they do, and most of them think soccer is a wussy sport.

Speak for yourself.