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Message 83 of 291 (565286)
06-15-2010 7:25 PM 		Reply to: Message 71 by Hyroglyphx
06-13-2010 5:43 PM

Surprised the Yanks actually tied with England.
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Really!?! I thought it just showed how overrated England is.
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I didn't even know the USA had a soccer team, I mean its soccer, who the hell cares, isn't that sport for girls anyway? I figured with soccer being their big popular sport they would be good at it.
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Message 94 of 291 (565412)
06-16-2010 4:37 PM 		Reply to: Message 6 by onifre
04-14-2010 3:05 PM

The main reason soccer isn't televised the way baseball, basketball and football are shown is because soccer plays none stop for 45 min, no breaks. Which means, no commercial breaks. Which means advertisers can't shove Mc Donalds and Nike down your throat every 5 minutes. If advertisers can't advertise, it won't get shown on TV. Period.
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MLS tried to change this by adding more breaks in the game to allow advertisers air time. Which in my opinion is pathetic that American TV has to go that route, while the rest of the world can go an hour and a half without 100 commercials.
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- Oni
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A major factor, I think, is that no stations cover football (soccer) in which to watch it. I think that partly attributes to the lack of fanfare in America.
Americans will only enjoy what they get expossed to on a regular basis. Who knew we would love to watch Jersey douchebags punch women in the face so much? Be we do! Season 2 is Miami baby!
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The main reason soccer isn't televised the way baseball, basketball and football are shown is because soccer plays none stop for 45 min, no breaks. Which means, no commercial breaks. Which means advertisers can't shove Mc Donalds and Nike down your throat every 5 minutes. If advertisers can't advertise, it won't get shown on TV. Period.
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MLS tried to change this by adding more breaks in the game to allow advertisers air time. Which in my opinion is pathetic that American TV has to go that route, while the rest of the world can go an hour and a half without 100 commercials.
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- Oni
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NASCAR is continuous, for hours, unless there is a wreck. It manages to be televised, AND have commercials. I think its just because soccer is not that great. Besides if we want to watch a sport with a bunch of moving around and not much scoring, we will watch Hockey.
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Message 96 of 291 (565421)
06-16-2010 5:10 PM 		Reply to: Message 88 by AZPaul3
06-16-2010 1:34 PM

Soccer is soccer. It is NOT football! It can hardly even be called a sport.
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No its definitely a sport, but like Curling I am not interested in it. Call it whatever you want. I was just surprised at the score of a game, that the US had a team, and that anyone really gave a shit.
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Let's hope we meet again later in the tournament, and we can teach you infidels a lesson!
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Lulz; yeah sure whatever. Who cares? If its such a big deal to y’all, I hope you win then.
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England isn't overrated overall, but I do think Team USA is underrated. Even still, they won because they're goalie sucks balls. The rest of the team is very good.
I could be wrong (it happens); when is the last time they won? How many times have they won?
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Thems fighting words on this board. Lot's of Europeans. Let's try and not sound like a typical, arrogant American.
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Oh yeah because everyone is so kind and civil to each other around here. The fact that you assume typical Americans are arrogant, says a lot about how you feel about your country. BTW our Girls Soccer team does a lot better than our men’s Soccer, so calling the Soccer a girls sport from my perspective is not derogatory. It would only be derogatory for macho guys who think poorly of women, and their ability to perform in sports.
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God, I hope this is satire...
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This is truly funny. The assumption that my negative posts about Soccer are genuine, and this person’s are satire.
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06-16-2010 6:32 PM 		Reply to: Message 97 by AZPaul3
06-16-2010 6:13 PM

lol that is right. You could also just watch the highlights on your favorite highlights show, and not miss anything either. Though if you wanted to watch a lot of soccer there is always Telemundo, and Univision.
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06-17-2010 12:54 PM 		Reply to: Message 100 by Jumped Up Chimpanzee
06-17-2010 4:31 AM

Page not found - Vuvuzela-Time
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That rules. Haha.
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Can you really not see the beauty in a 0-0 result? After months of pre-tournament hype, concerns over injuries to key players, weeks of intensive training at altitude, players and fans travelling halfway around the world; how tedious would it be if all that ended in something as crass as watching some goals being scored, rather than a glorious sense of deflation?
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Yeah why even play at all? And getting points for tying, seems like the Special Olympics to me well you came and you tried, everyone is a winner here, YAY!
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Viva la Raza
Mexico just rocked France 2 - 0
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Message 110 of 291 (565586)
06-18-2010 9:36 AM 		Reply to: Message 108 by Jumped Up Chimpanzee
06-18-2010 4:21 AM

Re: Tragically, there's more
no wonder no one wants to go to that continent to watch a soccer game.
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Message 112 of 291 (565589)
06-18-2010 9:46 AM 		Reply to: Message 111 by onifre
06-18-2010 9:40 AM

Re: Goal keepers are supposed to STOP the ball...
ROFLMFAO!
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watched it both times, it keeps getting funnier, thanks. 5 point post right thur.
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Message 188 of 291 (566327)
06-24-2010 9:21 AM 		Reply to: Message 168 by New Cat's Eye
06-22-2010 4:33 PM

Re: Soccer at its best
If you want the propaganda here is soccer at its worst.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-iRLmaZf4A&feature=related
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sry couldn't get the video up as you did
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06-24-2010 3:50 PM 		Reply to: Message 192 by Jumped Up Chimpanzee
06-24-2010 10:40 AM

Re: Soccer at its best
i probably shouldn't reply because you probably won't get it, but they were mad at Bruno for messing with thier tradition, and interefering with the Tides' cheer team. Football is very serious in the SEC. Of course you are probably trying to say there is some anti-gay sentimate, but if you are this a poor example, because that is not what is going on in your video at all.
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Message 200 of 291 (566525)
06-25-2010 6:43 AM 		Reply to: Message 199 by Jumped Up Chimpanzee
06-25-2010 6:17 AM

Re: Soccer at its best
aside from the obvious sexism.
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because there was more men cheering in that video than women?
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